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Minerva Growth Partners
Venture capital · Tokyo, Japan · Asia Pacific
Minerva Growth Partners is a Japanese growth-stage investment firm that provides patient growth capital to startups, mainly funded by Western institutional investors. It was founded jointly with Hong Kong-based asset manager Pleiad Investment Advisors and aims to back Japanese companies that can compete globally.
Invests inFintechReal Estate & Construction
In its own wordsgrowth capitallate stagejapantechnologyinternetsoftware
Your fit with Minerva Growth Partners
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Or find every investor that fitsMinerva Growth Partners lists 7 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Growth, 75% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (27%), Real Estate & Construction (20%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (13%). 100% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside Shizuoka Capital, Dual Bridge Capital and Globis Capital Partners.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Minerva Growth Partners, 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 roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 25% |
| Growth | 75% |
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 | 4 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 15th | 8 companies |
| Recent activity | 82th | 4 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 98th | 38% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 41th | 27% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 27% | 12% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 20% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 13% | 6% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 13% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 8% |
| Education | 7% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 7% | 3% |
| Legal & Compliance | 7% | 2% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Shizuoka Capital | 3 |
| Dual Bridge Capital | 2 |
| Globis Capital Partners | 2 |
| Hiroshima Venture Capital | 2 |
| Aflac Ventures Japan | 1 |
| Apollo Capital | 1 |
| BRICKS FUND TOKYO | 1 |
| CARTA VENTURES | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers7100%
- 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 Minerva Growth Partners 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 Minerva Growth Partners| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Jul 2026 | Series C+ Led | |
| 31 Jan 2026 | Series C+ Led | |
| 26 Jan 2026 | Series B |
Round details for Minerva Growth Partners
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Minerva Growth Partners' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
7 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides a cloud-based construction project management service. | Real Estate & ConstructionEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| CAMPFIRE operates a cloud funding platform and provides related services. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company operates Japan's largest energy trading market place, providing opportunities for wholesale electricity and environmental value trading, as well as additional services to support energy trading. | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Jan 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Global Trust Networks provides various services including rent guarantee, apartment search, mobile and internet services, finance services, and support services for foreigners in Japan. | FintechReal Estate & Construction | Jul 2026Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Infcurion provides financial and payment technology solutions to various industries. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company offers a membership-based resort and real estate service, allowing members to purchase and utilize various properties across Japan. | Real Estate & ConstructionLegal & Compliance | Jan 2026Series C+ | Page + round | |
| The company develops and operates ICT services for childcare facilities, including a service called Lukumi. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- minerva-growth.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 26 Jan 2026
- Companies checked
- 7
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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