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Kintetsu Venture Partners
Corporate VC · Japan · Asia Pacific
Kintetsu Venture Partners is the CVC of the Kintetsu Group, promoting co-creation between startups and the group's businesses. It supports startup growth by leveraging the group's assets across transport, travel and leisure, retail and food, hotels, and real estate.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsiotaimobilityhealthcaresustainabilityregional revitalization
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Or find every investor that fitsKintetsu Venture Partners lists 13 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (17%), Media & Entertainment (9%) and Consumer (9%). 100% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside Shizuoka Capital, Asahi Media Lab Ventures and CARTA VENTURES.
No funding round on record names Kintetsu Venture Partners yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Kintetsu Venture Partners' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 13. 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 17% | 18% |
| Media & Entertainment | 9% | 4% |
| Consumer | 9% | 3% |
| Fintech | 9% | 12% |
| Legal & Compliance | 9% | 2% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 7% |
| Food & Agriculture | 9% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Shizuoka Capital | 2 |
| Asahi Media Lab Ventures | 1 |
| CARTA VENTURES | 1 |
| COLOPL NEXT | 1 |
| Coral Capital | 1 |
| CyberAgent Capital | 1 |
| DIMENSION | 1 |
| Global Brain | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 39th | 15 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 7th | 17% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers13100%
- 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 Shizuoka Capital
Compare Kintetsu Venture Partners head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
13 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AirX is a technology company that develops a digital platform for air transportation | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a new service and has gone through a civil rehabilitation procedure. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company produces innovative smartphone apps and websites. | Media & EntertainmentConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| KabuK Style is a travel fintech company that simplifies travel payments and offers complete travel packages, including hotels, air, and rail travel, with a focus on accessible and stress-free booking experiences. | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Kinchaku is the platform that sells, serves, and recognises every guest | Legal & ComplianceE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company operates supermarkets. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Kintetsu Retailing operates restaurants and shops in train stations | Food & AgricultureReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| The company operates taxis, hire cars, and sightseeing taxis | Mobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| The company extracts sericin and fibroin from cocoons using safe methods and applies them to various products. | Healthcare & BiotechConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides devices and services for making products and equipment smart and connected to the cloud. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company operates a mobile app for finding and working temporary jobs | Human Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Wovn Technologies provides website and app localization solutions | EducationMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- kintetsu-vp.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 13
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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