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Nabtesco Technology Ventures
Corporate VC · Zurich, Switzerland · Europe
Nabtesco Technology Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Japan's Nabtesco Corporation, managing a EUR 75 million fund established in 2018. It evaluates and manages equity investments and joint development projects with start-ups worldwide, working in strategic partnership with Emerald Technology Ventures.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningIndustrial & ManufacturingEducation
In its own wordsroboticsmotion controlsensorsadditive manufacturingartificial intelligenceinternet of things
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Or find every investor that fitsNabtesco Technology Ventures lists 13 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (27%), Industrial & Manufacturing (23%) and Education (23%). 38% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside Emerald Technology Ventures, DRONE FUND and Redstone.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Nabtesco Technology Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Nabtesco Technology Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 2 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.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundNabtesco Technology Ventures 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 | 100% |
| Series B | 0% |
| 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 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 36th | 14 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 70th | 7% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 42th | 27% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Emerald Technology Ventures | 12 |
| DRONE FUND | 3 |
| Redstone | 2 |
| TechNexus Venture Collaborative | 2 |
| AFI Ventures | 1 |
| BMW i Ventures | 1 |
| Canal Ventures | 1 |
| Citizen Capital | 1 |
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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 27% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 23% | 7% |
| Education | 23% | 7% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 12% | 1% |
| Space & Defense | 8% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 4% | 6% |
| Enterprise Software | 4% | 8% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Emerald Technology Ventures
Compare Nabtesco Technology Ventures 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 Nabtesco Technology Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 2 Jul 2026 | Series A |
Round details for Nabtesco Technology Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Nabtesco Technology Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
13 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALVA Industries develops and manufactures next-generation electric motor technology for various industries. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Jul 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Colibri Energy provides modular battery systems and data-driven software for electrifying airport ground support equipment. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| DeepSea provides a maritime AI and voyage optimisation platform | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Embotech delivers safety-certified Level 4 autonomous driving solutions for industrial logistics. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides continuous wind turbine blade monitoring solutions. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| FOSSA Systems provides space-based solutions and infrastructure, including satellite IoT and satellite infrastructure products | Space & DefenseIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Hiboo collects and processes data from heavy equipment and vehicles to help companies manage their fleets and optimize daily rental processes. | Industrial & ManufacturingEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| LOMBY develops and operates autonomous delivery robots for last-mile delivery and other logistics tasks. | Robotics & HardwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Sept 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| NanoGraf develops novel high-energy-density silicon-based anodes for lithium-ion batteries | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Sea Machines develops and sells autonomy systems for vessels | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides services and products for business process reform using AI, IoT, and robotics, particularly for social and industrial infrastructure equipment inspection and disaster prevention | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Space One provides space transportation services, including launching satellites into orbit using its own rockets and launch facility. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| SpotLight provides reservoir and production engineers with a dynamic detection of subsurface changes using seismic measurement | EducationEducation | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- nabtesco-ventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 2 Jul 2026
- Companies checked
- 13
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