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DBJ Capital
Venture capital · Chiyoda, Japan · Asia Pacific
DBJ Capital is a venture capital firm wholly owned by Development Bank of Japan (DBJ). It invests in domestic startups and also commits capital to venture capital funds in Japan and abroad.
Invests inHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsstartupsseedearly stagefollow-onfund investingjapan
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Or find every investor that fitsDBJ Capital lists 103 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (19%), AI & Machine Learning (15%) and Enterprise Software (12%). 98% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside Global Brain, JAFCO and Incubate Fund.
Counts come from funding rounds that name DBJ Capital, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not DBJ Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 4 companies; its own site lists 103. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 50% |
| Series B | 25% |
| Growth | 25% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 4 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 96th | 103 companies |
| Recent activity | 82th | 4 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 57th | 3% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 11th | 19% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 19% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 15% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 12% | 8% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 7% |
| Media & Entertainment | 7% | 4% |
| Education | 6% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
| Human Resources | 4% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Global Brain | 12 |
| JAFCO | 11 |
| Incubate Fund | 9 |
| SMBC Venture Capital | 9 |
| Spiral Capital | 9 |
| Coral Capital | 7 |
| Globis Capital Partners | 7 |
| Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Capital | 7 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers10299%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company11%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare DBJ Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with DBJ Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 7 Aug 2026 | Series B | |
| 22 Jun 2026 | Series A |
Round details for DBJ Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in DBJ Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
103 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company provides a workstyle operating system that supports remote work and office management | Enterprise SoftwareHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides marketing services, including advertising strategies and operations for smartphone apps and media companies. | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Ageless provides personnel services, mainly for the middle and senior age groups | Human Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Alivas Inc is developing new medical devices for the treatment of chronic constipation. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Alivexis, Inc. develops small-molecule targeted therapeutics through integration of biology insights, technology, and operations. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Jiffcy develops a text-based communication app that allows users to experience a sense of talking in person through text, with features that convey emotions and create a sense of presence. | ConsumerMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Aptpod develops and provides industrial IoT platform middleware, client applications, and edge hardware | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Arrowsmith Inc. develops phage therapy to combat antimicrobial resistance | Healthcare & Biotech | Jun 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Berg Earth is an agri-business company centered on vegetable seedling production and sales | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company manufactures medical equipment. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides web marketing services, including SEO and LLMO consulting, content creation, and advertising operations. | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops cell therapies and antibodies for cancer treatment | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company empowers unrevealed internet-driven creativity through marketing and commerce services for creators and content IPs. | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| ClipLine provides services to improve labor environments in the service industry | Human ResourcesEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Coconala operates a marketplace platform connecting professionals with diverse skills to those in need of such skills, and also provides agent services for professionals and companies. | E-commerce & MarketplacesHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| The company contributes to the recovery of natural capital and the realization of a sustainable future | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Aug 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| CYBERDYNE develops and provides medical and robotic services and products, including wearable cyborgs and vital sensors. | Healthcare & BiotechRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Cyfuse develops and manufactures bio 3D printers and other products for regenerative medicine | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| DigitalBlast develops devices for various space life science experiments and provides support for space-related businesses | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- dbj-cap.jp
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 23 Jan 2026
- Companies checked
- 103
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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