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Energy & Environment Investments, Inc.
Venture capital · Shinagawa, Japan · Asia Pacific
Energy & Environment Investments is a Japanese independent venture capital firm founded in 2006 that invests in environment and energy startups. It has operated roughly ¥69 billion in cumulative funds and invested in more than 180 companies, supporting their business growth.
Invests inIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsenergy transitiondecarbonizationmobilitysmart societyclimate techcircular economy
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Or find every investor that fitsEnergy & Environment Investments, Inc. lists 67 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 7 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series B, 43% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (19%), Education (15%) and AI & Machine Learning (12%). 92% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside Global Brain, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Capital and Spiral Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Energy & Environment Investments, Inc., 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 Energy & Environment Investments, Inc.'s whole history. Rounds on record name 7 companies; its own site lists 67. 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 roundEnergy & Environment Investments, Inc. does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 14% |
| Series A | 14% |
| Series B | 43% |
| Growth | 29% |
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 | 3 | 0 |
| '26 | 4 | 1 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 91th | 73 companies |
| Recent activity | 86th | 5 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 56th | 14% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 56th | 3% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 11th | 19% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 69th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 19% | 7% |
| Education | 15% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 12% | 18% |
| Space & Defense | 11% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 5% |
| Climate & Energy | 4% | 1% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 4% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Global Brain | 5 |
| Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Capital | 5 |
| Spiral Capital | 5 |
| Incubate Fund | 4 |
| Shizuoka Capital | 4 |
| Delight Ventures | 3 |
| JAFCO | 3 |
| Japan Post Capital | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers6699%
- 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 Energy & Environment Investments, Inc. 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 Energy & Environment Investments, Inc.| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Jul 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 19 Jun 2026 | Series B | |
| 1 Feb 2026 | Series A | |
| 4 Dec 2025 | Series B | |
| 30 Oct 2025 | Series C+ | |
| 18 Aug 2025 | Series B |
Round details for Energy & Environment Investments, Inc.
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Energy & Environment Investments, Inc.'s rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
67 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company develops and produces composite materials with optimal properties that cannot be achieved with single materials. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Anaphite Limited develops and applies dry coating technology for battery manufacturing. | Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| ANSeeN Inc. develops and manufactures X-ray imaging sensors and other related products. | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company plans, develops, manufactures, and sells electric vehicles, and also provides related services. | Mobility & LogisticsSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Astroscale develops and launches satellites and provides on-orbit servicing solutions to extend mission life and remove orbital debris | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Asuene provides a cloud service for calculating, reducing, and reporting CO2 emissions and greenhouse gas emissions | Climate & EnergySpace & Defense | Jul 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Beff provides services for lithium-ion battery development, mass production, and data management | Industrial & ManufacturingE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides housekeeping and cooking services. | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company supports the introduction and operation of renewable energy and the utilization of environmental value | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | 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 | ||
| Cynaps develops and sells IoT products, including CO2 sensors, and provides IoT development support services. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides total solutions for frozen food distribution, including machine selection, delivery, and quality maximization. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and provides original software for analyzing forest information from commercial drones and offers services for forest management and conservation. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Dricos designs healthcare automation for people to become healthy, and develops customized supplement servers for the fitness industry. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Asuene provides a cloud service for calculating, reducing, and reporting CO2 emissions and greenhouse gas emissions for companies. | Climate & EnergySpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| ElevationSpace is building an in-orbit transportation network to connect cargo, crew, and all orbital operations | Space & Defense | Jun 2026Series B | Funding round | |
| The company reprocesses complex plastics that were previously difficult to recycle. | Space & DefenseSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides various platforms for maximizing revenue and efficiency in restaurant floors in office buildings and commercial facilities. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Furusato Netsuden generates electricity from geothermal energy and aims to create a sustainable society, | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- ee-investment.jp
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 18 Aug 2025
- Companies checked
- 67
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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