mark bivens
As is customary, we are publishing once again our annual VC Radar™ for Japan. This 2025 edition of the VC Radar reflects Japan’s most active Lead VCs in 2025. Specifically, this infographic depicts the number of new investments led by Japan’s independent venture capital funds into domestic...
mark bivens
As is customary, we are publishing once again our annual VC Radar™ for Japan. The 2024 edition of the VC Radar™ reflects Japan’s most active Lead VCs in 2024. Specifically, this infographic depicts the number of new investments led by Japan’s independent venture capital funds into domestic...
mark bivens
恒例となりました2023年度版のVC Radar™を発表いたします。2023年に最も活発であった日本のリードVCを反映しています。 具体的には、このインフォグラフィックは、日本の独立系ベンチャーキャピタルファンドが昨年国内スタートアップに対して行った新規投資案件の中でリード投資を行った件数を表しています。つまり、各VCにとってまだポートフォリオに含まれていない、新規のスタートアップのリード投資家を務めた投資のみがカウントされていることになります。...
mark bivens
As is customary, we are publishing once again our annual VC Radar™ for Japan. The 2023 edition of the VC Radar reflects Japan’s most active Lead VCs in 2023. Specifically, this infographic depicts the number of new investments led by Japan’s independent venture capital funds into domestic startups...
mark bivens
We’ve observed an unmistakable slowdown in venture investing in Japan this year. I expect lower metrics on the 2023 VC Radar vs. the 2022 edition (re-printed below). Now for the good news: we have not slowed down our investing activity at Shizen Capital. I expect that we’ll still invest in around...