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Ignition Point
Venture capital · Japan · Asia Pacific
Ignition Point operates three businesses: a consulting business supporting clients' new business creation and business transformation, an innovation business that develops its own products and co-creates ventures with large companies and universities, and an investment business. Through its investment business it runs venture capital and corporate venture capital funds, investing in startups and providing value-up support, as well as investing in existing industries.
Invests inMobility & LogisticsRobotics & HardwareIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsstartupsventure capitalcorporate venture capitalaisaasjapan
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Or find every investor that fitsIgnition Point lists 2 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Mobility & Logistics (25%), Robotics & Hardware (25%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (25%). 100% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside COLOPL NEXT, Energy & Environment Investments, Inc. and Hiroshima Venture Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Ignition Point, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundIgnition Point 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 | 50% |
| Series B | 50% |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 0 |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| COLOPL NEXT | 1 |
| Energy & Environment Investments, Inc. | 1 |
| Hiroshima Venture Capital | 1 |
| Iyogin Capital Company Limited | 1 |
| JAFCO | 1 |
| Mizuho Capital | 1 |
| NTT DOCOMO Ventures | 1 |
| Nihonkai Lab | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2100%
- 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Mobility & Logistics | 25% | 1% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 25% | 1% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 25% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 25% | 18% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Ignition Point 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 Ignition Point| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Series B |
Round details for Ignition Point
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Ignition Point's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
2 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1A Inc. is involved in manufacturing and procurement using AI. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Apr 2026Series B | Funding round | |
| KG Motors develops and promotes small mobility robots, such as mibot, to create a sustainable and enjoyable transportation experience. | Mobility & LogisticsRobotics & Hardware | Sept 2026Series A | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- ignitionpoint-inc.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 23 Apr 2026
- Companies checked
- 2
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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