Mitsubishi UFJ Capital

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan, established in 1974. The firm focuses on seed, development stage, and start-up investments, primarily targeting sectors such as healthcare, biotechnology, information technology, electronics, and high technology. It aims to invest in companies relevant to the Japanese market and actively engages in investment syndication for Japanese opportunities. In addition to its domestic focus, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital also makes venture investments in the United States. The firm manages several venture capital funds, including those dedicated to life sciences and technology sectors, further diversifying its investment portfolio. With additional offices in Osaka and Nagoya, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital plays a significant role in advancing innovation and growth within its targeted industries.

Nobuyoshi Fukumoto

Managing Director

Muneki Handa

President

Takashi Hasegawa

Managing Director and Head of Investment Group I

Yoshio Hattori

Managing Director

Masafumi Houshiyama

Deputy President

Junichi Masuda

Managing Director and Founder

Yasufumi Matsuda

Director and Executive Officer

Fumio Sugasawa

Director and Executive Officer

Past deals in Business Development

Life is Beautiful

Venture Round in 2021
Life is Beautiful develops iOS and Android mobile apps, web apps, and Facebook apps. The company’s portfolio of services includes development and consultation with Natural Language Processing, smartphone app development, social app development, web service development, UI/UX design, character design, and consultation. Life is Beautiful was founded on September 29, 2010, and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Alviere

Series A in 2021
Developer of an embedded finance platform designed to empower brands to offer financial services to their customers. The company's software and services give businesses a flexible framework to launch new financial service lines of business aimed at increasing profits, enabling customer relationships and insights, and increasing customer satisfaction and retention.

nCino K.K.

Venture Round in 2020
Developer of a cloud-based integrated lending platform designed to let users realize a comprehensive banking experience. The company's integrated banking platform provides efficiency, visualization, profitability, and regulatory compliance for all of the bank's business units, from customer communication to banking, and key operations such as lending and account opening, enabling clients to improve profitability, efficiency, transparency, and compliance with regulations.

Brandit

Seed Round in 2020
Brandit Co., Ltd. engages in D2C brand and D2C solution business. The company offers in-house production/D2C brand deployment services; and develops and provides B2B solutions that provide one-stop services from production to logistics. Its activities include EC operation, product production, logistics business, advertising agency, and PR business. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Div

Venture Round in 2019
DIV operates TECH::CAMP, a programming school, a short-term intensive training course designed to turn students into engineers.

Babel

Series A in 2019
Babel, Inc., founded on August 25, 2017, and based in Japan, focuses on the development of a video advertising platform aimed at enhancing marketing strategies for businesses. The company specializes in smartphone video-based advertising, allowing users to create and distribute meaningful media that effectively reaches target audiences. By offering innovative marketing options, Babel enables companies to engage in digital marketing and leverage their own media production capabilities. The organization is also committed to expanding its presence globally, reflecting its ambition to influence the video media landscape on an international scale.

SMARTCAMP

Series B in 2017
Smart camp is a company that manages Internet services and this company is good at B2B marketing.

prodelight

Venture Round in 2016
prodelight is a System development and sales business,API-linked business,Communication business,Yealink Japan's sole agency and sales business and New support business.

ClipLine

Seed Round in 2016
Developer of a video-based management platform designed to enhance the organizational execution system. The company's platform helps to promote digital transformation in terms of organizational structure, scale, and physical distance, enabling clients to seamlessly monitor quality and thereby improve sales.

Plus-D

Venture Round in 2015
Plus D Inc. provides creative design planning and production services. Its services include creative and planning, providing digital creation services and build communication between business and consumers; movie produce, engages in planning and production of video content, including movie theaters and television (TV) dramas, music videos, and commercial videos; and creative sharing, providing creative know-how to partner companies and create new business together. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

B.Creation

Venture Round in 2007
B.Creation offers digital services and development of smartphone application useful for fishing and outdoors. The company was established on March 29, 2004.
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