Coral Capital

Coral Capital is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in seed stage investments. Founded in March 2019, the firm targets early-stage startups across various sectors, including digital transformation, SaaS, insurance, fintech, healthcare, deep tech, fusion engineering, and robotics. Coral Capital typically invests between JPY 30 million and JPY 500 million per portfolio company, with the potential for additional investments of up to JPY 2 billion. Its primary focus is on supporting innovative companies within Japan's dynamic startup ecosystem.

Ryotaro Ishikawa

Senior Associate

James Riney

Founding Partner and CEO

Yohei Sawayama

Founding Partner

Miyako Yoshizawa

Senior Associate

81 past transactions

Connected Robotics

Series A in 2019
Connected Robotics is an information technology company that designs and manufactures robotic arms for enterprises. The company's product, OctoChef, provides cooking services. It caters to individual restaurants, shopping malls, stations, service areas, amusement centers, and large-scale events. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Koganei-shi, Japan.

TeraWatt Technology

Series B in 2022
TeraWatt Technology Inc. designs and develops lithium-ion rechargeable batteries for various electrified applications. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Santa Clara, California with a subsidiary in Tokyo, Japan.

KANKAK

Series A in 2020
KANKAK, Inc. owns and operates cashless and cafes . The company provides coffee, deserts, and salads. KANKAK, Inc. develops COFFEE App, a mobile order application. for placing orders.The company is based in Minato, Japan.

Connected Robotics

Seed Round in 2017
Connected Robotics is an information technology company that designs and manufactures robotic arms for enterprises. The company's product, OctoChef, provides cooking services. It caters to individual restaurants, shopping malls, stations, service areas, amusement centers, and large-scale events. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Koganei-shi, Japan.

Logiless

Venture Round in 2020
LOGILESS inc. offers logistics warehouse services. The company develops Logiless, an application which provides warehouse management system ( WMS ), a cloud-type system that uses logistics to judge the shipping source from multiple warehouses and provide instruction. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Maverick Protocol

Private Equity Round in 2022
The DeFi infrastructure built to facilitate the most liquid markets, powered by Maverick AMM.

Tenanta

Private Placement in 2019
Tenanta Inc. engages in the development and operation of tenant.jp, a matching platform for business properties and tenants. Its platform is available for restaurants, merchandise, services, and other business categories. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Koska

Series A in 2020
KOSKA Corporation develops and oeprates an online dashboard, GenKan, for acquisition of actual data, actual cost accounting, and cost analyThe company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Koska

Private Placement in 2019
KOSKA Corporation develops and oeprates an online dashboard, GenKan, for acquisition of actual data, actual cost accounting, and cost analyThe company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

LBV

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a SaaS management platform intended to centrally manage corporate SaaS accounts and billing information. The company's platform automates account management tasks and displays usage fees for each department by using a unified dashboard for accounts that are entering and leaving the company and proceeding with operations without mistakes, enabling companies to reduce costs through process automation and optimization.

PartnerSuccess

Seed Round in 2020
PartnerSuccess, Inc. operates as a cloud service that automates the collaboration between manufacturers and distributors. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Epicbase

Seed Round in 2020
Epicbase, Inc. develops Smartshoki, a speech to text software. It service that automatically transcribes audio from meetings, coverage, lectures, etc. using Artificial Intelligence. The software allows users to participate from anywhere, edit in real time and translate into multiple languages. It outputs the text data in various formats. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Handii, Inc.

Series A in 2019
Handii is a Development and operation of corporate payment services.

justInCase

Series A in 2019
justInCase, Inc. provides smartphone repair cost, accident, and credit card insurance services. The company also offers a mobile application which enables users to buy insurance coverage from insurance providers, for repair cost insurance; upload photos and details of a smart-phone or wearable device; and use artificial intelligence (AI) to determine the premium. Additionally, it allows users to pool to pay insurance premiums. justInCase, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Tenanta

Venture Round in 2019
Tenanta Inc. engages in the development and operation of tenant.jp, a matching platform for business properties and tenants. Its platform is available for restaurants, merchandise, services, and other business categories. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Aww

Private Placement in 2020
Aww Inc. provides advertising campaigns through virtual human projects which are virtual influencers. The company currently offers imma, Ria, plusticboy, and Asu characters. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Genomelink

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Awaken, Inc. operates a genome research and data platform. The company’s platform allows users to upload their DNA data and learn their different genetic traits. It provides ancestry, body traits, food, nutrition, sports, personality, and intelligence information. Awaken, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Tokyo, Japan.

Graffer

Series A in 2019
Graffer is a citizens' movement in the form of a start-up that brings the future to life. Graffer is to create a free and open social infrastructure that solves the various challenges of the traditional government system and enables individuals and businesses to take action smoothly.

Logiless

Private Placement in 2020
LOGILESS inc. offers logistics warehouse services. The company develops Logiless, an application which provides warehouse management system ( WMS ), a cloud-type system that uses logistics to judge the shipping source from multiple warehouses and provide instruction. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Zehitomo

Series B in 2020
Zehitomo Inc. designs and develops a fee-based platform that connects clients and local services professionals in Japan. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

HiCustomer

Series A in 2019
HiCustomer is a developer of a customer success management platform intended to act as an engine for business growth. The company's platform offers calculation of a customer health score, automatically detects withdrawal signs from customer usage data and aggregates information about customers, enabling clients to fully utilize the resources of their customer success team.

Bizpa

Seed Round in 2020
Bizpa. Co., Ltd. operates an offline advertising platform that provides advertising services. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

PartnerSuccess

Private Placement in 2020
PartnerSuccess, Inc. operates as a cloud service that automates the collaboration between manufacturers and distributors. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

SYN

Private Placement in 2020
SYN develops an internet and software business that brings out the goodness of Japanese food. Its food delivery service Chompy aims to enrich life through food. The company was established in 2019 and based in Tokyo, Japan.

Basset

Private Placement in 2019
Basset are a data analysis company specializing in blockchain technology. We monitor multiple cryptocurrency blockchains and collect data from a variety of public web and dark web sources. Our mission is to visualize blockchain data and provide our users with actionable intelligence on the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

OneMile Partners

Private Placement in 2019
OneMile Partners Inc. provides asset management consulting and life insurance agency services. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Chiyoda, Japan with an additional office in Marunouchi, Japan.

SHAREDINE

Seed Round in 2020
SHAREDINE owns and operates an online platform, through which it offers nutritional guidance and cooking experience. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Minato, Japan.

Hacomono

Series C in 2023
Machiiro Inc., a Software-as-a-Service company, develops and sells software to manages members, reserves, and payments for stores. It offers hacomono, a cloud-based member management/reservation/settlement system for subscribing stores, such as fitness clubs; and marchily, a cloud service that visualizes the daily work of individuals and the flow of work of the entire team through daily reports and task management. The company provides its solutions for fitness clubs, gyms, yoga studios, studios, indoor golf facilities, and self-esthetics operations. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

MOV

Series B in 2024
Mov is a Web Design company.

Cosomil

Seed Round in 2023
Cosomil is a pharmaceutical company that researches and develops methods for diagnosing early-stage diseases like cancer.

Dioseve

Seed Round in 2022
Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.

HQ Inc

Series A in 2022
Hq is a consutling firm that works in the area of personnel organization strategy, working style office strategy and software development.

N Inc

Private Placement in 2020
N Inc. offers offers cloud postal management service. The company provides creative production services, business process outsourcing service, and strategic consulting services. It also offers digital transformation services to its clients. The company owns Atena and RUNWAY Design. N Inc. is based in Tokyo, Japan.

PROVIGATE

Seed Round in 2017
PROVIGATE is a provider of bio-transistor sensor technologies in Japan.The company's technologies are able to measure dynamic changes with the help of perception-broadening sensors, enabling individuals to change their habits for health

Kakehashi

Series B in 2019
KAKEHASHI is the opportunity of Their foundation to want to become "Kakehashi connecting medical treatment and patients" "Kakehashi connecting medical care with a bright future". Japan is a country possessing world-class medical technology and medical system, it is a country with prominent longevity to be proud of in the world. In 2060, one in 2.5 people will enter an unprecedented super aging society of 65 years old and over, one in four will be over 75 years old. To think about the way of medical care that supports the healthy life expectancy in Japan is nothing but creation of the future image of Japanese society.

picki

Seed Round in 2019
picki Inc. manufactures and distributes apparel. Its distributes the products through its online platform.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Japan.

Genomelink

Seed Round in 2018
Awaken, Inc. operates a genome research and data platform. The company’s platform allows users to upload their DNA data and learn their different genetic traits. It provides ancestry, body traits, food, nutrition, sports, personality, and intelligence information. Awaken, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Tokyo, Japan.

kikitori

Private Placement in 2020
kikitori Co., Ltd. develops a platform that connects producers and consumers for food distribution. The company, through its platform, connects consumers with organic farmers. The company offers bando, an application that helps in daily collection and sales of material, order of material, and creation of related documents for transactions without using telephone, fax, and handwriting. The company also owns and operates fruit and vegetable stores. The company sells its products online and through the stores. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan

Famitra

Venture Round in 2021
Provider of family trust services intended to support the formation of family trusts to prevent asset freezes due to dementia. The company's services prevent account freezes by opening a dedicated bank account for the company and managing assets with the account to withdraw expenses, enabling clients to ask for advice regarding issues with a professional and discuss with parents their wishes, family structure, and the content of the assets they want to prevent freezing and make appropriate suggestions.

Contrea

Seed Round in 2021
Contrea, Inc. engages in the planning, development, operation, and sale of medical information prescription systems. It offers MediOS, a tool that helps doctors to provide customized videos for patients to understand and receive treatment; supports the explanation of general contents, such as diseases, examinations, and surgical methods with visual medical information using animations; helps persons to order medical information according to the progress of medical examinations; helps to share information with users’ family; enables two-way communication by allowing patients to select what they do not understand after watching the video/what they want to ask a medical staff, such as a doctor; and helps doctors to know the patient's level of understanding, anxiety, and interests before the medical examination. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Cherry

Seed Round in 2021
Cherry is a blockchain network designed specifically for media activities, with the goal of empowering artists to express themselves.

SpaceEngine

Seed Round in 2020
SpaceEngine Co., Ltd. owns and operates an online wholesale and procurement marketplace that connects makers and brands who want to sell products in stores and stores that want to sell new products. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Chiyoda, Japan

N Inc

Venture Round in 2020
N Inc. offers offers cloud postal management service. The company provides creative production services, business process outsourcing service, and strategic consulting services. It also offers digital transformation services to its clients. The company owns Atena and RUNWAY Design. N Inc. is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Basset

Seed Round in 2019
Basset are a data analysis company specializing in blockchain technology. We monitor multiple cryptocurrency blockchains and collect data from a variety of public web and dark web sources. Our mission is to visualize blockchain data and provide our users with actionable intelligence on the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

Leaner Technologies

Seed Round in 2020
Leaner Technologies Co., Ltd. develops and provides Leaner, an overhead cost management cloud. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Bizpa

Private Placement in 2020
Bizpa. Co., Ltd. operates an offline advertising platform that provides advertising services. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

SYN

Seed Round in 2020
SYN develops an internet and software business that brings out the goodness of Japanese food. Its food delivery service Chompy aims to enrich life through food. The company was established in 2019 and based in Tokyo, Japan.

Anyflow Inc.

Private Placement in 2019
Anyflow Inc. develops and provides cloud native iPaaS that optimizes and automates operations by linking services that are overflowing within the company. It offers application linkage service that connects and links applications, automates the workflow, and creates time for employees. Anyflow Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Meguro-ku, Japan.

SYN

Private Placement in 2019
SYN develops an internet and software business that brings out the goodness of Japanese food. Its food delivery service Chompy aims to enrich life through food. The company was established in 2019 and based in Tokyo, Japan.

Anyflow

Seed Round in 2019
Anyflow is a domestic cloud-native iPaaS (integration platform as a service) that helps optimize and automate operations by easily linking services that are overflowing in the company. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo.

OneMile Partners

Venture Round in 2019
OneMile Partners Inc. provides asset management consulting and life insurance agency services. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Chiyoda, Japan with an additional office in Marunouchi, Japan.

Epicbase

Private Placement in 2020
Epicbase, Inc. develops Smartshoki, a speech to text software. It service that automatically transcribes audio from meetings, coverage, lectures, etc. using Artificial Intelligence. The software allows users to participate from anywhere, edit in real time and translate into multiple languages. It outputs the text data in various formats. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Kakehashi

Venture Round in 2020
KAKEHASHI is the opportunity of Their foundation to want to become "Kakehashi connecting medical treatment and patients" "Kakehashi connecting medical care with a bright future". Japan is a country possessing world-class medical technology and medical system, it is a country with prominent longevity to be proud of in the world. In 2060, one in 2.5 people will enter an unprecedented super aging society of 65 years old and over, one in four will be over 75 years old. To think about the way of medical care that supports the healthy life expectancy in Japan is nothing but creation of the future image of Japanese society.

kikitori

Seed Round in 2020
kikitori Co., Ltd. develops a platform that connects producers and consumers for food distribution. The company, through its platform, connects consumers with organic farmers. The company offers bando, an application that helps in daily collection and sales of material, order of material, and creation of related documents for transactions without using telephone, fax, and handwriting. The company also owns and operates fruit and vegetable stores. The company sells its products online and through the stores. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan

Aww

Seed Round in 2020
Aww Inc. provides advertising campaigns through virtual human projects which are virtual influencers. The company currently offers imma, Ria, plusticboy, and Asu characters. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Handii, Inc.

Private Placement in 2019
Handii is a Development and operation of corporate payment services.

Zehitomo

Private Placement in 2020
Zehitomo Inc. designs and develops a fee-based platform that connects clients and local services professionals in Japan. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

KANKAK

Private Placement in 2020
KANKAK, Inc. owns and operates cashless and cafes . The company provides coffee, deserts, and salads. KANKAK, Inc. develops COFFEE App, a mobile order application. for placing orders.The company is based in Minato, Japan.

GITAI

Series A in 2019
GITAI Inc. manufactures humanoid telepresence robots for science experiments in space stations and lunar-based development. The company offers products, such as G1 a general-purpose robot that enables automation of tasks internally and externally on space stations and for lunar base development; S1 offers automation of specific tasks internally and externally on space stations and on-orbit servicing; and H1 a robot manipulation system that provides ground operations use to teleoperate (remotely control) the robot operating in space. GITAI Inc. was formerly known as MacroSpace Inc. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

SmartHR

Series C in 2019
SmartHR, Inc. develops SmartHR, a cloud-based software to automate the procedure of social insurance and employment insurance. It was formerly known as KUFU, Inc. The company was founded on January 23, 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

SpaceEngine

Private Placement in 2020
SpaceEngine Co., Ltd. owns and operates an online wholesale and procurement marketplace that connects makers and brands who want to sell products in stores and stores that want to sell new products. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Chiyoda, Japan

primeNumber

Venture Round in 2024
primeNumber Inc. develops data transfer support and data engineering solutions. It offers data acquisition, data aggregation, machine learning, and content distribution modules; trocco, a data integration service that enables engineers to automate the data acquisition process of analysis base; and software development centered on marketing areas. The company also provides consultation services, including data analysis and business plan support; and advertising product planning, execution of yield management, organizational design support, and other services. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Yokohama, Japan.

Aww

Seed Round in 2022
Aww Inc. provides advertising campaigns through virtual human projects which are virtual influencers. The company currently offers imma, Ria, plusticboy, and Asu characters. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.