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Monozukuri Ventures
Venture capital · Kyoto, Japan · Asia Pacific
Monozukuri Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan and North America that specializes in hard tech. In addition to investment, it has a dedicated team supporting hardware prototyping, mass production and business development.
Invests inIndustrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningConsumer
In its own wordshardwarehard techiotmanufacturingprototypingdeep tech
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Or find every investor that fitsMonozukuri Ventures lists 39 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (22%), AI & Machine Learning (20%) and Consumer (15%). 73% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside 412 Venture Fund, Global Brain and Creative Destruction Lab.
No funding round on record names Monozukuri Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Monozukuri Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 39. 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 22% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 20% | 18% |
| Consumer | 15% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 12% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 8% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 5% | 1% |
| Cybersecurity | 5% | 4% |
| Media & Entertainment | 3% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| 412 Venture Fund | 4 |
| Global Brain | 3 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 2 |
| FGN ABBALab | 2 |
| HAX | 2 |
| IndieBio | 2 |
| Kyoto University Innovation Capital | 2 |
| MPower Partners | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 75th | 37 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 | 22th | 22% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers39100%
- 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 412 Venture Fund
Compare Monozukuri Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
39 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16Lab develops a gesture-defined controller for controlling various household appliances and devices | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Arblet provides a platform for comprehensive health data analysis | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Arieca develops thermal interface materials for semiconductor cooling | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company offers products to improve safety and reduce risk around forklifts in facilities | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Blast Radio allows users to start their own radio station and broadcast live audio to their community | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Brelyon develops and sells display hardware and software for immersive and augmented reality applications | Healthcare & BiotechConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company produces and supplies metal nano ink, also known as conductive ink. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and manufactures beauty equipment, including plasma air shower beauty devices. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| EarthGrid deploys patented plasma technology to tunnel and excavate at a fraction of the cost and time | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Edge Case Research provides safety operations and risk management services for complex systems | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| EdgeCortix designs and develops energy-efficient AI processors and acceleration systems | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| EneCoat Technologies develops perovskite solar cells and their applications | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Estat Actuation develops and manufactures electrostatic products, including clutch hardware and electronic controls, using electroadhesive technology. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| FingerVision develops and implements tactile sensing technology to enhance the capabilities of robots and machines | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Hibersense makes it possible to control the temperature in each of your rooms | Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Ima Create Co., Ltd. provides XR content to create positive changes through shared experiences. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| LENZO builds AI acceleration hardware that prioritizes adaptability alongside performance | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a remote construction management system to digitalize and share construction site information among all stakeholders in real-time. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- monozukuri.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 39
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