DG Daiwa Ventures

DG Daiwa Ventures is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm established in 2016 that specializes in investing in start-up companies utilizing next-generation technologies. The firm focuses on sectors such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, big data, security, and biotechnology, as well as the Internet of Things, which often overlaps with its core areas of interest. In addition to providing financial investment, DG Daiwa Ventures also offers business development support to its portfolio companies, aiming to foster innovation and growth in these emerging fields.

Takeshi Kanamori

Managing Director and Head of Global Investment

52 past transactions

Zolve

Series B in 2025
Zolve is a neo-banking platform that provides consumer financial products, including deposit accounts, prepaid cards, money transfers, bill payments, and cross-border transactions, with tools for monitoring spending and budgeting. Launched in 2020 and based in Bangalore, India, the company aims to create a borderless financial world that offers equitable access to global financial products on a single platform, helping individuals save and invest toward financial freedom.

Lens

Seed Round in 2025
Lens ocuses on supporting corporate activities related to governance, risk management, compliance (GRC), and security.

Habitto

Series A in 2024
Habitto is a fintech platform focused on alleviating financial anxiety by helping customers develop healthy money habits. The company offers personalized financial advice through its mobile application, which serves as a single point for customer acquisition. With features that include digital onboarding and electronic Know Your Customer (eKYC), Habitto provides users with daily access to their financial status and policy information. The platform also offers a variety of investment and insurance products, enabling customers to effectively save, grow, and protect their money while working towards their financial goals.

Glorang

Venture Round in 2024
Glorang is a Korean Ed-Tech company that operates GGuge, a real-time online live class platform for K-12 students. It is a leading AI-enabled Ed-Tech provider with a global diagnostic solution and expansion into the APAC market, and it has claimed a dominant position in Korea’s assessment and psychology test market, capturing about 80% of that market. The platform connects veteran teachers with students to deliver live instruction and keeps learners informed about education trends to help them develop their talents and abilities, aiming to overcome limitations of traditional education through scalable, AI-enhanced assessments and access to experienced educators.

Yuimedi

Seed Round in 2024
Yuimedi is a company focused on acquiring, investigating, and analyzing medical data to enhance healthcare delivery. It has developed a medical data analysis platform designed to improve the healthcare system by offering tools that support analytical research using real-world medical data. The platform aids healthcare professionals in making informed prescription decisions and provides consulting services related to medical data. Yuimedi's commitment to developing and operating advanced analytical tools enables users to access improved medical care services, ultimately fostering better patient outcomes and more effective healthcare practices.

Dioseve

Series A in 2024
Dioseve is a biotechnology company specializing in the production of egg cells using DIOLs (Differentiation-Inducing Oocyte-like Cells). Its technology aims to create more fertilizable eggs, facilitating infertility treatment and genetic disease research.

Cambrium

Seed Round in 2024
Cambrium harnesses synthetic biology, machine learning, and lab automation to develop high-performance biomaterials. Its platform creates novel protein-based materials, including micro-molecular collagen for skin care formulations, addressing global challenges while aligning economic and environmental incentives.

Digzyme

Series A in 2024
Digzyme Inc. is a biotechnology company focused on designing and developing advanced enzyme search models utilizing machine learning and bioinformatics. Founded in 2019 and based in Bunkyo, Japan, the company specializes in creating innovative enzymatic processes and biosynthetic systems for valuable compounds. It offers a comprehensive platform for retrosynthetic analysis and gene search, allowing researchers to explore new bioproduction systems and optimize enzyme-catalyzed reactions using accumulated data. Additionally, Digzyme has developed a reaction similarity-screening model and employs metagenomics to analyze environmental DNA, enhancing its capabilities in enzyme and bioprocess development. The company's research and development efforts aim to provide critical insights and tools for medical and scientific research.

Zehitomo

Series C in 2024
Zehitomo is a Japanese online marketplace and matching platform that connects clients with local service professionals across categories such as photography and personal training. Founded in 2015 and based in Tokyo, the company operates a fee-based platform that enables users to hire professionals and helps local service providers grow their businesses through high-volume bookings.

SISI

Venture Round in 2024
SISI is a company that specializes in the manufacture of personal skincare products, focusing on the integration of naturally derived ingredients with scientific principles. They offer a range of beauty products crafted from natural components sourced globally. In addition to their product offerings, SISI provides a skin analysis program conducted by a skin expert, allowing customers to receive personalized recommendations for their skincare needs. The company also operates an online platform for the sale of its beauty products, ensuring convenient delivery to customers.

MyDearest

Series C in 2023
MyDearest Inc. is a Tokyo-based developer and publisher of virtual reality visual novels. Founded in 2016, the company creates and produces immersive VR content, including its flagship FullDive Novel, and offers consulting services for VR production. It provides a catalog of animated visual novels adapted for virtual reality, enabling players to experience stories from a first‑person perspective.

Pafin

Venture Round in 2023
Pafin, formerly known as Cryptact Ltd, is a technology company based in Shinjuku, Japan, that focuses on providing a comprehensive platform for individual investors in the cryptocurrency space. Founded in 2018, the company specializes in profit and loss calculation, tax assistance, and financial management tools tailored for cryptocurrency portfolios. By leveraging advanced technology, Pafin aims to enhance investment and asset management activities, offering users valuable insights and support for managing their virtual currency investments effectively.

Trendex

Seed Round in 2023
Trendex is a fast-growing technology startup that collaborates with renowned and emerging athletes to create innovative revenue streams and engagement opportunities for both talents and their fans worldwide. The company has developed a financial application that allows users to buy, sell, and engage with their favorite athletes and artists through a unique token system. These tokens represent real talent shares linked to the performance of athletes, enabling users to build teams and compete based on individual talent achievements. By facilitating this interaction, Trendex empowers fans to invest in and share in the success of their favorite talents, fostering a deeper connection between athletes and their supporters.

Webacy

Seed Round in 2023
Webacy is a security solution provider specializing in Web3 technologies. The company offers services such as risk analysis, transaction monitoring, and smart contract assessments to enhance the security of digital assets. Additionally, Webacy develops an online platform designed to protect crypto assets and social media accounts post-mortem, allowing users to manage their digital legacy by deciding the fate of their digital life, including assigning beneficiaries or deleting content and accounts after death.

Habitto

Seed Round in 2023
Habitto is a fintech platform focused on alleviating financial anxiety by helping customers develop healthy money habits. The company offers personalized financial advice through its mobile application, which serves as a single point for customer acquisition. With features that include digital onboarding and electronic Know Your Customer (eKYC), Habitto provides users with daily access to their financial status and policy information. The platform also offers a variety of investment and insurance products, enabling customers to effectively save, grow, and protect their money while working towards their financial goals.

Bunzz

Seed Round in 2023
Bunzz is a development platform for DApps (decentralized applications using blockchain technology). It provides modularized, frequently used contracts and eases the development of DApps' web3 development infrastructures.

Omneky

Seed Round in 2022
Omneky is an AI-powered advertising platform that helps businesses create, test, and optimize campaigns. It uses machine learning to generate and evaluate ad creatives, analyze performance data, and adjust campaigns to maximize return on ad spend. The platform also models and designs websites based on audience preferences and leverages AI to recommend posts, ads, and landing pages, enabling clients to improve engagement and expand market reach.

Yellow Card

Series B in 2022
Yellow Card operates a cryptocurrency platform that enables individuals and businesses to buy, sell, and manage digital assets using local currencies and mobile money across Africa. The platform functions as a crypto exchange and payments solution, offering over-the-counter trading, merchant services, currency exchange, and crypto gift cards. It provides an on/off ramp for stablecoins such as USDT, USDC, and PYUSD through a payments API, supporting secure, cost-effective transfers and borderless transactions. The company serves customers in numerous African countries and has facilitated billions of dollars in transactions, reflecting its role in promoting financial inclusion and access to digital finance. Founded in 2016 and active in the market, Yellow Card aims to simplify crypto access for individuals and businesses through a scalable, local-currency-first approach.

PriceOye

Seed Round in 2022
PriceOye is an e-commerce platform based in Islamabad, Pakistan, that enables users to compare prices for consumer electronics across online retailers. The platform aggregates product specifications, reviews, photos, and pricing from multiple sources to help buyers find the lowest price and make informed purchasing decisions, while aiming to reduce counterfeit products and build trust.

Jai Kisan

Series B in 2022
Jai Kisan is a fintech platform focused on providing sustainable financing solutions for rural emerging markets. The company enables farmers to gain insights into their financial status through an innovative, hyper-localized agriculture credit score, which digitizes their financial information and farming capabilities. By facilitating loans with low interest rates and minimal paperwork, Jai Kisan aims to mitigate the risks associated with capital flow to these markets. The platform operates through a network of physical access points, allowing clients to easily access affordable loans while generating risk-adjusted returns for lenders. This approach supports the financial empowerment of rural communities and enhances their access to necessary resources.

Kindly

Seed Round in 2022
Kindly Health is a diagnostics platform focused on sexual care and performance health, catering to both men and women. The company offers comprehensive solutions for sperm health and sexual performance in men, as well as addressing issues such as low libido, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), irregular periods, and menstrual pain in women. Kindly Health enhances accessibility to its services by providing at-home diagnostic tests, such as semen analyses and PCOS assessments, along with telehealth consultations and supplements. Additionally, Kindly Health has developed an AI and computer vision tool aimed at improving the embryo selection process in fertility treatments, thereby increasing the success rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF). Through these innovations, Kindly Health strives to make fertility care and sexual health solutions more affordable and accessible for patients.

Mewt

Seed Round in 2022
Founded in 2021, Mewt is an Indian fintech company that simplifies business banking for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). It aggregates accounts from state-run banks, private banks, and neo banks into a single account, enabling fast transfers and QR code-based payments.

GoSats

Seed Round in 2022
GoSats is a company focused on facilitating bitcoin investment in India through a user-friendly platform. It enables individuals to earn bitcoin cashback when they shop with partnered merchants, allowing them to passively accumulate bitcoin as part of their everyday purchasing activities. By integrating shopping with investment, GoSats aims to simplify the process of becoming a bitcoin investor, thereby creating new bitcoin enthusiasts daily. The platform serves as an innovative solution for those looking to enter the cryptocurrency market without needing extensive knowledge or experience.

BastionZero

Seed Round in 2022
BastionZero develops technology that enables traders to maintain custody of their cryptocurrencies while trading on exchanges. Their solution ensures secure trading by preventing even compromised exchanges from accessing users' digital assets, allowing traders to keep their coins in their wallets or custodial services.

PDAX | Philippine Digital Asset Exchange

Series B in 2022
PDAX is a digital currency exchange based in the Philippines that facilitates the buying, selling, and trading of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, against the Philippine Peso. As the first order-book based exchange in the country, PDAX aims to provide users with a cost-effective way to access digital assets, addressing historical barriers to entry for the average Filipino investor. The platform features a trade matching engine that ensures liquidity and competitive pricing, while also offering various order types, including limit and stop orders. Additionally, it supports fund deposits and withdrawals through a network of online and offline channels, allowing for fair pricing and instant order execution, which enables traders to effectively track market trends.

Airmeet

Series B in 2022
Airmeet operates an immersive virtual events platform for event organizers, marketers, community builders, and enterprises. Its scalable platform supports various event formats such as fairs, expos, meetups, workshops, summits, and town halls.

Cogsmart

Series A in 2022
Cogsmart provides services for brain function research and development. In hopes of helping prevent dementia and maintain and improve other cognitive functions, they manufacture and sell software for medical and healthcare devices.

WANTD

Seed Round in 2022
WANTD is a specialized marketplace for power resellers in the secondary sneaker market. It offers features like live video auctions, virtual storefronts, and bulk listing tools, enabling these sellers to manage their inventory efficiently and move products swiftly.

207

Venture Round in 2021
207, Inc., established in 2018 and headquartered in Meguro, Japan, specializes in logistics software solutions. It provides TODOCU Supporter, a business efficiency app for delivery staff, and TODOCU, a delivery notification app for recipients. Additionally, the company offers sharing-type delivery and logistics services, catering to over 25% of Japan's couriers. It also provides Software as a Service (SaaS) for small and medium-sized enterprises in the last-mile delivery sector, aiming to streamline operations and enhance efficiency.

Homage

Series C in 2021
Homage is a caregiving company that delivers non-medical and medical services to seniors and adults at home. Its offerings include activities of daily living support, nursing procedures, rehabilitation therapies such as physiotherapy, speech therapy, and occupational therapy, as well as health screening, mobile medicine, telemedicine, ambulance services, and medication delivery. The company also operates a caregiving platform that connects licensed practitioners with seniors in need of on-demand care, optimizing services based on illness, practitioner experience, and location, and building patient-generated health data to yield insights for care operators, hospitals, and other medical providers, enabling older adults to age in place with greater comfort and control.

Acompany

Seed Round in 2021
Acompany Co., Ltd., established in 2018 and headquartered in Aichi, Japan, specializes in designing and developing confidential computing systems. The company offers comprehensive support, from concept design to product development, for projects utilizing secret calculation and blockchain technology. It also provides data security consulting services and offers a blockchain application development course. Acompany's core focus is to provide privacy protection solutions, enabling secure data utilization and contributing to a safer data society.

Divido

Series B in 2021
Divido is a global white-label consumer lending platform that enables financial institutions and multinational retailers to offer finance options at the point-of-purchase. Its omnichannel platform, available online, in-store, and via mobile across multiple countries through one integration, helps partners improve customer experience and increase conversion rates.

Tsukulink

Seed Round in 2021
Tsukulink is a job match matching platform for Japan’s construction industry that offers job opportunities for construction workers.

Psychic VR Lab

Venture Round in 2021
Psychic VR Lab is a startup company that handles fashion VR and MR shopping service STYLY. They are creating a future where they will live in space.

Fairy Devices

Series B in 2021
Founded in 2007, Fairy Devices specializes in research and development of machine learning for audio and voice recognition. It offers mimi, a cloud-based API service for voice dialogue systems, and Fairy I/O hardware for voice input/output. The company's technology enables natural human-machine communication, with applications including speech recognition, translation, synthesis, and emotion detection.

Synamon

Venture Round in 2020
Founded in Japan in 2016, Synamon specializes in developing virtual reality (VR) solutions. Its flagship product, NEUTRANS, enables users to create, share, and optimize VR spaces for collaborative work and design reviews.

iPaymy

Series A in 2020
iPaymy is a financial technology company that specializes in providing innovative payment solutions tailored for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Its all-in-one business payments platform allows organizations to streamline their accounts receivable and accounts payable processes. By enabling users to manage monthly payments through credit cards instead of cash, iPaymy offers several benefits, including interest-free payments, timely transactions, tax advantages, and the ability to convert expenses into rewards. The platform is designed to assist businesses in effectively managing their working capital, facilitating payments for various obligations such as rent, invoices, taxes, and employee salaries. Through its user-friendly interface and personalized financial services, iPaymy aims to enhance the financial management capabilities of SMEs.

Tellus

Series A in 2020
Tellus is a healthcare technology company that uses advanced sensor technology to monitor elderly residents' vital signs wirelessly, without requiring wearables. It provides real-time actionable health information to improve eldercare quality and operational efficiency.

Conocer

Seed Round in 2020
Conocer is a company that specializes in developing learning applications and management systems aimed at enhancing students' academic performance. Its platform focuses on student-centered education, utilizing scientifically validated methods to facilitate significant improvements in grades and assist students in overcoming challenging subjects. By optimizing the planning and development of educational apps and teaching materials, Conocer aims to create effective tools tailored for the needs of students, ultimately contributing to their success in school.

Idein

Venture Round in 2019
Founded in 2015, Idein develops a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that enables users to create their own Internet of Things (IoT) systems with advanced artificial intelligence analysis. Its platform offers features such as dashboard, SDK, and marketplace.

Life Log Technology

Venture Round in 2019
Lifelog Technology is a developer of innovative healthcare applications designed to assist both medical professionals and the general public. The company specializes in applications that facilitate participation in medical research and enhance personal health management. One of its key offerings is an app that records and manages daily diet and exercise. This application features a meal image analysis tool that automatically calculates the nutritional content of meals through a simple photograph taken by the user’s smartphone. This functionality is particularly beneficial for individuals with diabetes or kidney diseases, as it allows them to monitor their dietary intake and manage their nutritional needs effectively.

Pocket Change

Venture Round in 2019
Pocket Change Inc., established in 2015 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in converting leftover coins, bills, and foreign currency into electronic money, gift codes, and coupons. The company operates through kiosks strategically placed at airports and train stations, offering a convenient service for travelers to exchange their unused currency into more usable forms.

SkyDisc

Series B in 2019
SkyDisc, Inc. is a Fukuoka, Japan-based company that specializes in artificial intelligence services tailored for the manufacturing industry. The company offers a comprehensive platform designed to improve production scheduling and address various manufacturing challenges through a performance analysis system. By leveraging sensors and data visualization techniques, SkyDisc enables businesses to enhance productivity, improve quality, and reduce labor hours. Additionally, their solutions assist companies in predicting potential faults and failures, ultimately facilitating more efficient operations in the manufacturing sector.

Genomelink

Seed Round in 2018
Genomelink operates a digital genetic analysis platform that lets individuals upload their raw DNA data to generate reports on traits, wellness, ancestry, and nutrition. The service translates genomic information into user-friendly interpretations for personal exploration and genetic self-knowledge. It emphasizes data privacy by upholding user ownership of data, implementing ISO-certified security, and offering options to delete data. The company positions itself as a consumer-focused provider of accessible, detailed genomic insights, supporting informed health and lifestyle decisions while ensuring control and transparency over personal genetic information.

Panair

Series D in 2018
Panair is an energy tech company that provides cloud-based software for the energy sector. Its flagship platform, Panair Cloud, acts as a core system for digital transformation in energy distribution and power retail operations. The platform includes a forecasting engine that uses machine learning and deep learning to predict power demand, enabling clients to optimize supply and demand and improve operational efficiency in energy distribution and retail services.

Life Log Technology

Venture Round in 2018
Lifelog Technology is a developer of innovative healthcare applications designed to assist both medical professionals and the general public. The company specializes in applications that facilitate participation in medical research and enhance personal health management. One of its key offerings is an app that records and manages daily diet and exercise. This application features a meal image analysis tool that automatically calculates the nutritional content of meals through a simple photograph taken by the user’s smartphone. This functionality is particularly beneficial for individuals with diabetes or kidney diseases, as it allows them to monitor their dietary intake and manage their nutritional needs effectively.

EME Hive

Series A in 2018
EME Hive is a social live-streaming platform that facilitates real-time connections among like-minded individuals. It offers a subscription-based dating service alongside its live streaming feature, enabling users to flirt, chat, and date in real time within the same app.

Fairy Devices

Venture Round in 2018
Founded in 2007, Fairy Devices specializes in research and development of machine learning for audio and voice recognition. It offers mimi, a cloud-based API service for voice dialogue systems, and Fairy I/O hardware for voice input/output. The company's technology enables natural human-machine communication, with applications including speech recognition, translation, synthesis, and emotion detection.

SkyDisc

Series A in 2017
SkyDisc, Inc. is a Fukuoka, Japan-based company that specializes in artificial intelligence services tailored for the manufacturing industry. The company offers a comprehensive platform designed to improve production scheduling and address various manufacturing challenges through a performance analysis system. By leveraging sensors and data visualization techniques, SkyDisc enables businesses to enhance productivity, improve quality, and reduce labor hours. Additionally, their solutions assist companies in predicting potential faults and failures, ultimately facilitating more efficient operations in the manufacturing sector.

Tupac Bio

Seed Round in 2017
Tupac Bio <www.tupac.bio> is a startup developing design and analysis software tools for synthetic biology companies. Our biodesign cloud software, Tupac Bio Designer, allows researchers to quickly generate and analyze gene variants and through software designed synthetic DNA. The Tupac Bio Designer is the first in an ecosystem of intuitive, collaborative and essential biodesign tools. The company currently has six members but will be growing fast in the near future.

Idein

Venture Round in 2017
Founded in 2015, Idein develops a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that enables users to create their own Internet of Things (IoT) systems with advanced artificial intelligence analysis. Its platform offers features such as dashboard, SDK, and marketplace.

Acompany

Acompany Co., Ltd., established in 2018 and headquartered in Aichi, Japan, specializes in designing and developing confidential computing systems. The company offers comprehensive support, from concept design to product development, for projects utilizing secret calculation and blockchain technology. It also provides data security consulting services and offers a blockchain application development course. Acompany's core focus is to provide privacy protection solutions, enabling secure data utilization and contributing to a safer data society.
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