Investors / Japan / Goldwin Play Earth Fund
Goldwin Play Earth Fund
Corporate VC · Tokyo, Japan · Asia Pacific
Goldwin Play Earth Fund is a corporate venture capital fund managed by Goldwin Venture Partners, established on April 1, 2022, with a 10-year operating period and 3 billion yen under management. It invests in and partners with startups, leveraging the experience and resources of portfolio companies and LP Goldwin Inc., including collaboration with Goldwin's R&D base Goldwin Tech Lab in textile materials.
Invests inConsumer
In its own wordsfashionsportssustainabilitytextile recyclingcommunityenvironment
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Or find every investor that fitsGoldwin Play Earth Fund lists 12 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series B, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Consumer (24%), Fintech (14%) and Space & Defense (14%). 60% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside H&M Group Ventures, JAFCO and Hulic Startup.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Goldwin Play Earth Fund, 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 Goldwin Play Earth Fund's whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 12. 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 roundGoldwin Play Earth Fund does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 100% |
| Growth | 0% |
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 | 2 | 1 |
| '26 | 0 | 0 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 30th | 12 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 89th | 17% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 30th | 24% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Consumer | 24% | 3% |
| Fintech | 14% | 12% |
| Space & Defense | 14% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 14% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 10% | 6% |
| Media & Entertainment | 5% | 4% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 5% | 1% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 5% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| H&M Group Ventures | 3 |
| JAFCO | 3 |
| Hulic Startup | 2 |
| OSAKA University Venture Capital | 2 |
| Shizuoka Capital | 2 |
| 1809 Capital | 1 |
| AFI Ventures | 1 |
| Break Trail Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers12100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- 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 H&M Group Ventures
Compare Goldwin Play Earth Fund 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 Goldwin Play Earth Fund| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Jul 2025 | Round Led | |
| 24 Jun 2025 | Series B |
Round details for Goldwin Play Earth Fund
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Goldwin Play Earth Fund's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
12 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambercycle converts end-of-life feedstocks into new materials for brands and manufacturers | Consumer | Jul 2025Round | Page + round | |
| Bioworks develops and produces plant-based materials, including a bioplastic called PlaX | Mobility & LogisticsConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Colorifix develops a biological process to create color and dye textiles, replacing the use of harmful chemicals. | FintechSpace & Defense | Jun 2025Series B | Page + round | |
| The company develops and engineers textile membranes that make fabrics completely waterproof and breathable without harming the environment. | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Infinited Fiber turns textile waste into a high-quality, circular textile fiber called Infinna | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company engages in various businesses including commercial plant operations, technology licensing, apparel, bottle recycling, and chemical recycling. | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| OZVISION creates and provides various services and media content | Media & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Resortecs enables products to be easier to repair, recover, and reuse through innovative threads and disassembly technologies | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Sanu offers a shared vacation home service, allowing customers to own and use a portion of a vacation home | Real Estate & ConstructionLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Solarcore develops and sells advanced aerogel thermal insulation products for various industries. | Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Synflux is a speculative fashion laboratory to envision a great transition from polluting mass production to an update for an optimized ecosystem empowered by planetary-scale computation. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for producers to sell their products directly to individuals or companies. | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- goldwin.co.jp
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 24 Jun 2025
- Companies checked
- 12
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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