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Global Brain
Venture capital · Tokyo, Japan · Asia Pacific
Global Brain is an independent venture capital firm that invests in startups and provides hands-on support, including open innovation with large corporations. It manages flagship funds backed by institutional investors and operating companies, and also runs CVC funds and co-investment programs with corporations.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
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Or find every investor that fitsGlobal Brain lists 430 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 34 funding rounds, 10 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 42% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (16%), Enterprise Software (12%) and Healthcare & Biotech (10%). 69% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside Globis Capital Partners, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Capital and Z Venture Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Global Brain, 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 Global Brain's whole history. Rounds on record name 32 companies; its own site lists 430. 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 | 13% |
| Series A | 42% |
| Series B | 23% |
| Growth | 23% |
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 | 1 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 7 | 1 |
| '26 | 26 | 9 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 100th | 431 companies |
| Recent activity | 99th | 28 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 55th | 13% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 62th | 5% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 4th | 16% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 99th | 21 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 16% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 12% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 10% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 7% |
| Fintech | 7% | 12% |
| Education | 6% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
| Media & Entertainment | 5% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Globis Capital Partners | 26 |
| Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Capital | 26 |
| Z Venture Capital | 24 |
| Spiral Capital | 23 |
| JAFCO | 17 |
| Incubate Fund | 16 |
| Sony Innovation Fund | 16 |
| NTT DOCOMO Ventures | 15 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers41496%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company164%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Globis Capital Partners
Compare Global Brain head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Global Brain| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 30 Oct 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 29 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 7 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 2 Sept 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Series A | |
| 28 Aug 2026 | Seed Led |
Round details for Global Brain
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Global Brain's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
430 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olive captures biometric signals from any camera and extracts physiological markers like attention and activation in real time | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a service to efficiently outsource dispensing tasks for animal hospitals | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| 16Lab develops a gesture-defined controller for controlling various household appliances and devices | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| 4DReplay creates multi-angle video technology for live TV and web platforms | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company produces and sells a product called Skeepon, which helps protect plants from high temperatures and droughts. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Activ8 produces and creates content for various events and projects, including music lives, virtual festivals, and anime-related productions. | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company offers a subscription-based service for living in various locations throughout Japan. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and provides various products and services for agriculture, including software, hardware, and consulting services. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Agrimedia, Inc. provides various services including consulting, facility operation, and recruitment support for the agricultural industry. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Aidemy provides e-learning and training services for AI and DX | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Airmeet provides a platform for hosting and managing events, podcasts, and content creation, utilizing AI-powered tools for video editing, streaming, and analytics. | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Air Membrane synthesizes, researches, develops, and sells graphene and two-dimensional materials, and provides consulting services for technology and application development | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company offers same-day luggage delivery service in various areas of Japan. | Legal & ComplianceConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| AlixLabs develops breakthrough equipment for next-generation semiconductor manufacturing | Industrial & Manufacturing | Nov 2025Series A · 2 rounds | Funding round | |
| Allganize Inc. develops and deploys artificial intelligence agents and apps for enterprises to automate workflows across their data, systems, and operations. | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Alpaca provides APIs for trading stocks, options, and cryptocurrencies | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Alpha Fusion develops targeted alpha therapy for cancer treatment | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides services to help local communities and creators collaborate and promote regional resources through digital platforms and NFT sales. | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides sales enablement tools and services, including AI-powered sales analysis and coaching tools. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company sells clothing and accessories online. | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 13 Nov 2026- Site
- globalbrains.com
- Last read
- 13 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 6 Jul 2023
- Companies checked
- 430
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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