Mitsubishi UFJ Capital

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm established in 1974 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm specializes in investing in a diverse range of sectors, including life sciences, information and communication technology (ICT), high technology, artificial intelligence, electronics, biotechnology, fintech, and healthcare. With a focus on fostering innovation, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital aims to support the growth of emerging companies and technologies that have the potential to make significant impacts in their respective fields.

Nobuyoshi Fukumoto

Managing Director

Muneki Handa

President

Takashi Hasegawa

Managing Director

Masafumi Houshiyama

Deputy President

Junichi Masuda

Managing Director and Founder

Yasufumi Matsuda

Director and Executive Officer

Shinsuke Sakamoto

Deputy President

Fumio Sugasawa

Director and Executive Officer

Junichi Taguchi

Investment Director

Past deals in Social Network

Stract

Series A in 2025
STRACT is a web platform that offers a range of services including an online community, a dating application, and a knowledge-sharing platform. The company focuses on developing and operating smartphone applications, facilitating user interactions and content sharing. By providing a space for casual entertainment and knowledge exchange, STRACT aims to foster innovation and enhance user engagement through its various digital offerings.

Sally

Seed Round in 2024
Sally is a company that turns people-to-people conversations into entertainment. It specializes in developing conversational reasoning games.

Parallel

Series C in 2024
Parallel is a virtual hangout platform that allows sharing content with friends. On the social networking site Parallel, users can enjoy a variety of content while chatting with their close friends. It enables the creation of a room where anyone who has been invited may enter and can immediately begin speaking.

Jiraffe

Series D in 2023
Jiraffe Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in the planning, development, and management of internet services. The company operates a platform that allows customers to compare prices for iPhone repairs and parts, as well as to buy and sell smartphones. Additionally, Jiraffe provides a flea market trading application designed for collectors, focusing on items such as trading cards and sneakers. This platform not only facilitates price comparison for various products in Japan but also enables users to make informed buying decisions and trade genuine products within a specialized marketplace.

TieUps

Seed Round in 2023
TieUps is a company that specializes in integrated marketing services through its online community platform. The platform leverages design and artificial intelligence technology to enhance the recall rate of communities, ultimately helping businesses boost product sales and revenue. By focusing on the intersection of social networking and marketing, TieUps aims to provide effective solutions that facilitate community engagement and drive business growth.

Parallel

Series B in 2021
Parallel is a virtual hangout platform that allows sharing content with friends. On the social networking site Parallel, users can enjoy a variety of content while chatting with their close friends. It enables the creation of a room where anyone who has been invited may enter and can immediately begin speaking.

Connect Japan

Venture Round in 2020
Connect Japan is developing services that connect people.

Synchrolife

Series A in 2020
SynchroLife is the world's first social restaurant discovery service with a blockchain-based reward system for reviewers. It uses borderless cryptocurrency to give review rewards and cashback for dining out to users, and to connect users and restaurants to solve marketing problems for restaurants.

Parallel

Seed Round in 2019
Parallel is a virtual hangout platform that allows sharing content with friends. On the social networking site Parallel, users can enjoy a variety of content while chatting with their close friends. It enables the creation of a room where anyone who has been invited may enter and can immediately begin speaking.

Revolver

Venture Round in 2016
Revolver is the new futuristic startup company.The team would provide the amazing solutions to the people who are not yet be satisfied by the current social networks with the simplicity and elegance.

Quan

Seed Round in 2013
Quan Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that specializes in developing characters and game content for smartphone applications and web platforms. Established in 2011, the company offers a diverse portfolio of over 500 characters, including popular figures such as Betakkuma, Sugar Cubs, and Mr. Egg, which are used in chat applications and mobile services primarily in Japan and Southeast Asia. In addition to character development, Quan Inc. creates content for social and casual games, as well as keyboard and sticker applications. The company also provides global content distribution services and engages in public relations and advertising, focusing on market research, translation, and game management.

Xtra Japan

Venture Round in 2013
Xtra creates various encounters through services.

Whyteboard

Series A in 2013
Whyteboard Inc. develops an application to allow Facebook users to buy and sell goods by auction model. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
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