Investors / Japan / Nihonkai Lab
Nihonkai Lab
Corporate VC · Toyama, Japan · Asia Pacific
Nihonkai Lab is the corporate venture capital arm of Nihonkaigas Kizuna Holdings, an infrastructure company serving the Hokuriku region. It pursues open innovation to create new businesses and build a co-creation platform in Hokuriku, and it also runs the HATCH incubation facility in Toyama.
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Your fit with Nihonkai Lab
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Or find every investor that fitsNihonkai Lab lists 5 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (11%), Gaming (11%) and Fintech (11%). 100% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside A-Force Ventures, Beta Venture Capital and Delight Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Nihonkai Lab, 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 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 0 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 8th | 6 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 89th | 17% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 0th | 11% 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 11% | 18% |
| Gaming | 11% | 1% |
| Fintech | 11% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 11% | 8% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 11% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 11% | 15% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 11% | 1% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 11% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| A-Force Ventures | 1 |
| Beta Venture Capital | 1 |
| Delight Ventures | 1 |
| Energy & Environment Investments, Inc. | 1 |
| FreakOut Shinsei Fund | 1 |
| FundersClub | 1 |
| Hiroshima Venture Capital | 1 |
| Ignition Point | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers5100%
- 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 A-Force Ventures
Compare Nihonkai Lab 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 Nihonkai Lab| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2025 | Series A |
Round details for Nihonkai Lab
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Nihonkai Lab's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
5 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides furnished apartments for rent | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| The company invests in and supports startups that aim to solve regional challenges in Japan. | FintechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| KG Motors develops and promotes small mobility robots, such as mibot, to create a sustainable and enjoyable transportation experience. | Mobility & LogisticsRobotics & Hardware | Aug 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| The company develops metaverse and XR applications, and provides AI and DX solutions | AI & Machine LearningGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and sells IoT sensors and related products for industrial use | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- nihonkailab.jp
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 29 Aug 2025
- Companies checked
- 5
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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