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The VC arm of one of Japan's largest internet and media companies, CyberAgent Ventures specializes in the Internet-related industry. It invests in startups at various stages from the seed stage. CyberAgent has 10 offices in 8 countries mainly in Asia, including Jakarta, Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.

Founded in 2007, e-commerce data company Aucfan runs Japan’s largest online auction price comparison and search website.  

Established in 2015, KLab Venture Partners (KVP) is the investment arm of Japanese online game developer KLab. It is the successor of KLab’s previous investment subsidiary, KLab Ventures that had invested in various internet startups before closing in January 2017. KVP provides funding, resources and networking support to early stage startups.

Money Forward is a Japanese fintech startup that provides software for corporate accounting and personal finance management. The company has been listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange since late 2017.

Batavia Incubator was founded as a joint venture between Rebright Partners, a Japanese incubator, and the Indonesian financial group, Corfina Group. The firm focuses on investing in Indonesian startups.

IREP is a Japanese digital marketing agency. IREP’s Growth Acceleration Program targets high-growth startups in Asia.

Founded in 2004, Polaris Capital Group is a Japanese private equity fund management firm. Since its inception, Polaris has invested in about 30 Japanese companies. It completed the fourth round of fundraising for its Polaris Private Equity Fund IV in April 2017, during which it raised JPY 75 billion. The new fund will invest in Japanese companies in the manufacturing sector with globally competitive technologies/patents as well as companies with strong brands or unique business models in the consumer goods, retail and logistics sectors.

Established in 1990, JAFCO Asia is a private equity and venture capital firm with US$650m assets under management. It has offices in Singapore, Taipei, Seoul, Beijing and Shanghai. Its parent company, JAFCO Co., Ltd., is Japan's largest venture capital firm. JAFCO Asia has invested in more than 480 companies, 110 of which have been publicly listed. 

Genesia Ventures is a Japanese VC firm founded and led by former CyberAgent Ventures executive Soichi Tajima. The company's name is a portmanteau word combining "genesis" and "Asia" and the fund focuses on seed and pre-Series A rounds. It has backed startups in new media and those implementing new technology to traditional sectors. Its portfolio includes Japanese companies Sukedachi and Linc Corporation as well as Southeast Asian startups Homedy and Bobobox.

Grand China Capital is a Beijing-based venture capital firm. It invests mainly in media, entertainment, sports, tourism, and smart manufacturing sectors. It provides businesses with services such as financial investment, strategic consulting and data-based marketing. Grand China Capital co-launched a RMB 2 billion fund with Japan's SBI Group (previously known as Softbank Investment Co., Ltd) in September 2018 to drive tech development in the Asia Pacific region.

Mitsubishi Corporation is the general trading company of the Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Group. The corporation covers diverse industries, ranging from general business and financial services to metals and energy. Its largest business unit is the energy group, which trades and invests in oil and gas projects around the world.

Everis is a Madrid-based consulting firm that was acquired in 2014 by Japan's NTT Data, the sixth-largest IT services company in the world. With a turnover of €1.17bn, the company offers consultancy services in banking, healthcare, industry, insurance, media, public sector and telecommunications across Europe, in Latin America and the US.  The company has established an innovation center, NextGen, focusing on technologies that drive business disruption, such as, Cloud models, Blockchain, Big Data, AI and Robotics. 

Founded in August 2013, Paper Games engages in mobile games, animation and peripheral products, including the series Nikki Up2U, World Traveler, Miracle Nikki, Love and Producer, and Shining Nikki. Targeting female audience, the products focus on makeup and dressing games and love stories. Its third Nikki series story, Miracle Nikki, which was launched in 2015, has already collected more than 1m registered users worldwide. In July 2019, Paper Games signed an agreement with Japanese Animation Studio MAPPA and Emoto Entertainment to adapt Love and Producer into an animation production. 

Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate established in 1946. It has a high number of acquisitions, investing in more than 20 tech startups and companies manufacturing technology products. It also has a seed investment fund, Seed Acceleration Program, launched in April 2014 to promote ideas that are beyond existing business categories and develop them for commercialization.

SoftBank announced its second Vision Fund of about $108bn in July 2019 to invest in technology startups across the world. SoftBank had originally planned to contribute $38bn to the new fund. However, its Vision Fund I was badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and losses resulting in lower valuations of its investments in Uber and WeWork.In February 2020, the Japanese conglomerate decided to inject more money into the Vision Fund II before raising new funds from other LPs. With $10bn committed to the second fund by the SoftBank Group, the new fund has now invested in 13 portfolio companies including co-leading the Series C round for XAG in November 2020.

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