Investors / Japan / Innovation Engine Inc.
Innovation Engine Inc.
Venture capital · Tokyo, Japan · Asia Pacific
Innovation Engine is a Japanese investment firm established in 2001 that invests in and supports the growth of technology-based businesses. It reports having managed funds totaling approximately 53 billion yen.
Invests inEducationEnterprise Software
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Or find every investor that fitsInnovation Engine Inc. lists 1 checked portfolio company on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Series B, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Education (50%) and Enterprise Software (50%). 100% of its companies are based in Singapore. It invests most often alongside Becker Ventures, Castrum Capital and Go2Mars Labs.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Innovation Engine Inc., 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 roundInnovation Engine 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 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 0 | 0 |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Education | 50% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 50% | 8% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Becker Ventures | 1 |
| Castrum Capital | 1 |
| Go2Mars Labs | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1100%
- 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 Innovation Engine Inc. 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 Innovation Engine Inc.| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Sept 2025 | Series B |
Round details for Innovation Engine Inc.
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Innovation Engine Inc.'s rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
1 company checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Openverse Network is an open infrastructure for digital existence | EducationEnterprise Software | Sept 2025Series B | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- innovation-engine.co.jp
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 17 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 1
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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