ON&BOARD
Venture capital · Tokyo, Japan · Asia Pacific
ON&BOARD is a venture capital firm founded in October 2023 that invests mainly in startups at the founding stage. It also runs an in-house startup studio and a founding support program called Out of BOUNDS.
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Or find every investor that fitsON&BOARD lists 15 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, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (35%), Industrial & Manufacturing (17%) and Legal & Compliance (9%). 83% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside Spiral Capital, ANOBAKA and Aozora Corporate Investment Co., Ltd..
Counts come from funding rounds that name ON&BOARD, 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 ON&BOARD's whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 15. 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 | 50% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 50% |
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 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 39th | 15 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 73th | 50% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 84th | 13% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 64th | 35% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 35% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 17% | 7% |
| Legal & Compliance | 9% | 2% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 9% | 1% |
| Enterprise Software | 9% | 8% |
| Education | 4% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 4% | 6% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 4% | 15% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Spiral Capital | 2 |
| ANOBAKA | 1 |
| Aozora Corporate Investment Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| CREST Skill Partners | 1 |
| Firstlight Capital | 1 |
| Founderful | 1 |
| Globis Capital Partners | 1 |
| GxPartners | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers15100%
- 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 ON&BOARD 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 ON&BOARD| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Sept 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Series C+ |
Round details for ON&BOARD
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in ON&BOARD's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
15 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides AI-native spend management services | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| AIONA develops and provides AI-driven design solutions for manufacturing industries | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Sept 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| The company provides AI services specialized for care and nursing | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company operates a delivery service called Triiq, which is a sharing platform service that allows individuals to pick up packages from a designated location | Legal & ComplianceE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Highlanders builds hardware and software for physical artificial intelligence | Robotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and provides legal AI agents and offers enterprise law outsourcing services | Legal & ComplianceAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| LINEA Innovation develops innovative nuclear fusion reactors using hydrogen and boron reactions | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| LobbyAI provides a public information AI database and services to support companies in policy lobbying and public sector business. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and provides various technologies and services, including extreme low-temperature cooling technology, manufacturing software, and data science and security development, to support Japanese manufacturing industry | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Puri Prince provides services to deliver Japanese character IP to fans worldwide and aims to bring innovation to the Japanese anime industry using AI. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and commercializes autonomous driving trucks for logistics automation. | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Space BD develops and manufactures satellites, provides launch and operation services, and supports microgravity utilization and education and human resource development | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Jun 2026Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Sushi AI creates and supports AI services and startups | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- onboardvc.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 16 Jun 2026
- Companies checked
- 15
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