Investors / Japan / NCB Venture Capital
NCB Venture Capital
Corporate VC · Fukuoka, Japan · Asia Pacific
NCB Venture Capital is a venture capital subsidiary of Nishi-Nippon City Bank, established in May 2020, that began managing venture funds in October 2020. It operates two funds targeting startups and provides equity financing and management support drawing on the resources of the Nishi-Nippon Financial Holdings group.
Invests inMedia & EntertainmentEducationHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsregionaluniversity spinoutsseedlater stagekyushubank-backed
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Or find every investor that fitsNCB Venture Capital lists 3 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series B, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Media & Entertainment (25%), Education (25%) and Healthcare & Biotech (25%). 100% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside Awagin Capital, Iyogin Capital Company Limited and 15th Rock.
Counts come from funding rounds that name NCB Venture Capital, 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 | 25% |
| Series B | 50% |
| Growth | 25% |
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 | 0 |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Awagin Capital | 2 |
| Iyogin Capital Company Limited | 2 |
| 15th Rock | 1 |
| Canal Ventures | 1 |
| DEEPCORE | 1 |
| DRONE FUND | 1 |
| Dentsu Ventures | 1 |
| Flex Capital | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers3100%
- 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Media & Entertainment | 25% | 4% |
| Education | 25% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 25% | 15% |
| Climate & Energy | 25% | 1% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare NCB Venture Capital 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 NCB Venture Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Series B | |
| 17 Apr 2026 | Series C+ |
Round details for NCB Venture Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in NCB Venture Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
3 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company has offices in Osaka, Tokyo, and Hiroshima. | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Sept 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Apr 2026Series B | Funding round | |||
| WOTA seeks structural solutions to the world’s water crisis | Healthcare & BiotechClimate & Energy | Apr 2026Series C+ | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- ncbvc.co.jp
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 17 Apr 2026
- Companies checked
- 3
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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