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Hakuhodo DY Ventures
Venture capital · Japan · Asia Pacific
Hakuhodo DY Ventures is a Japanese venture capital firm that invests in startups, with a fund called Hakuhodo DY Future Design Fund. It also works with portfolio companies on business partnerships with Hakuhodo DY group companies.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
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Your fit with Hakuhodo DY Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsHakuhodo DY Ventures lists 70 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Growth, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (22%), Enterprise Software (17%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (13%). 95% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside Global Brain, Japan Post Capital and Salesforce Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Hakuhodo DY Ventures, 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 Hakuhodo DY Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 70. 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 | 33% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 67% |
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 | 3 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 91th | 72 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 53th | 1% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 25th | 22% 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 22% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 17% | 8% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 13% | 5% |
| Fintech | 9% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 6% | 15% |
| Media & Entertainment | 6% | 4% |
| Human Resources | 6% | 1% |
| Food & Agriculture | 6% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Global Brain | 13 |
| Japan Post Capital | 9 |
| Salesforce Ventures | 7 |
| DBJ Capital | 6 |
| Mint | 6 |
| NTT DOCOMO Ventures | 6 |
| Prime Partners | 6 |
| Spiral Capital | 6 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers70100%
- 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 togetherCompare Hakuhodo DY Ventures 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 Hakuhodo DY Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Aug 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Series C+ |
Round details for Hakuhodo DY Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Hakuhodo DY Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
70 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides services to maximize sales and efficiency in e-commerce and D2C businesses | E-commerce & Marketplaces | 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 | ||
| Arches connects clients with niche experts and specialist talent for various business challenges | EducationHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company builds products, tools, and standards to make computers more personal | ConsumerEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides AI workflow products to automate business processes and increase productivity | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Biophilia develops and sells pet food, including dog and cat food, under the brand names such as "Life Dish" and "Kokogurume" | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| The company sells cakes, sweets, and other confectionery products online and for takeaway. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Castee provides various services to support creators and help them monetize their content | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| The company operates a VTuber production, media mix, and metaverse business | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Craif develops and provides cancer risk screening products and medical devices using bio-AI technology | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company recruits engineers and creators and has a film subsidiary | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Degas is a technology company that combines farmer finance and geospatial AI to improve lives and build resilience at scale. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Emole creates and distributes short drama content through its app BUMP and provides a platform for creators to showcase their work. | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Enpay provides a cashless and paperless system for collecting payments from parents for schools, kindergartens, and other educational institutions. | FintechEducation | 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 | ||
| Findy supports and empowers creators and engineers, particularly in the context of AI and data-driven innovation. | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a retail analysis platform that helps improve store performance through data analysis and AI-driven insights. | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company engages in various business activities including strategic investment, distribution and sales, solution provision, and overseas sales. | E-commerce & MarketplacesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides digital gift and coupon services to various customers, including corporations and local governments. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 8 Nov 2026- Site
- hakuhodody-ventures.co.jp
- Last read
- 8 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 23 Jan 2026
- Companies checked
- 70
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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