NEXTBLUE
Venture capital · Tokyo, Japan · Asia Pacific
NEXTBLUE is a venture capital firm that invests in startups in Japan, the United States and Europe, and supports overseas startups entering the Japanese market. It also runs information services in Japanese on global deep tech funding and on femtech.
Invests inHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsfemtechwomen's wellbeingfuture of workhealthlifestylejapan market entry
Your fit with NEXTBLUE
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Or find every investor that fitsNEXTBLUE lists 31 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (26%), Fintech (12%) and AI & Machine Learning (9%). 42% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside Techstars, MPower Partners and Foreground Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name NEXTBLUE, 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 NEXTBLUE's whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 31. 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 roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 69th | 31 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 37th | 26% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 84th | 6 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 26% | 15% |
| Fintech | 12% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 9% | 18% |
| Food & Agriculture | 9% | 3% |
| Education | 7% | 7% |
| Cybersecurity | 7% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 8% |
| Media & Entertainment | 7% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Techstars | 4 |
| MPower Partners | 3 |
| Foreground Capital | 2 |
| Gather Ventures | 2 |
| How Women Invest | 2 |
| Japan Post Capital | 2 |
| Progression | 2 |
| Suncoast Ventures | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers31100%
- 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 togetherCompare NEXTBLUE head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with NEXTBLUE| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Apr 2026 | Seed | |
| 19 Aug 2025 | Seed Led |
Round details for NEXTBLUE
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in NEXTBLUE's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
31 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anise Health provides therapy sessions with culturally-attuned therapists | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| AOTEN provides advertising services and develops applications, including a point-of-activity app called PoiKey. | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Artivive allows users to bring artwork and prints to life in augmented reality | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Atmosfy provides a live video map of cities around the world | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company provides IT and AI talent career support services and develops AI-based recruitment agent technology to address bias in hiring practices. | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Aug 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Bloomlife provides remote monitoring services for high-risk pregnancies | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Blue Farm sells various drink products and related accessories online. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Breakthrough Health guides members in taking ownership of their health and provides them with tools and strategies to achieve positive health outcomes | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Daya gives individuals and businesses the products and infrastructure to manage money globally | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Elektra Health provides menopause care and support through telemedicine, education, and community services. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Eli Health offers at-home hormone testing kits that provide instant results and track hormonal shifts to guide daily health decisions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides AI automation for a brand's daily creative work, including design, illustration, and photography. | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Klaro provides market intelligence and insights on private companies and emerging technologies using AI-powered analysis. | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Teal Health offers at-home self-collect cervical cancer screening kits | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| GitButler provides version control for agents | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Indigames provides a game engine to support the development of high-quality games with ease and speed | Enterprise SoftwareGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| INFORICH operates a mobile battery sharing service called CHARGESPOT and other related services | Mobility & LogisticsConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| J.Kinski produces and sells food products, such as spices, sauces, and vegan options. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- nextblue.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 19 Aug 2025
- Companies checked
- 31
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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