Global Brain

Founded in Tokyo in 1998, Global Brain is a venture capital firm focusing on seed to late-stage investments across various sectors globally. They have invested in over 300 startups, facilitating 25 IPOs and 61 M&As through hands-on support services.

Kaori Akiba

Director

Hidetaka Aoki

Investment Group Partner and Fellow Chief of Space Lab

Tatsunori Arai

Director

Megumi Asatsuma

Director

Anjani Bansal

Partner / India Office Representative

Brooke Beers

Partner

Takuji Chida

Director

Thomas Duong

Director

Brian Flucht

Partner / US Division Head

Hajime Furuya

Venture Partner

Harue Hayashi

Partner / Vice Chief Fund Management Officer

Kenji Hayashi

Director

Shohei Hayashi

Partner

Jie He

Director China office Representative

Joopyo Hong

Venture Partner

Naoki Horie

Investor

Takuya Hosomura

Partner

Shohei Ichimiya

Partner

Sho Ikeda

Partner, Indonesia Office Representative

Kotona Inaida

Director

Tomoaki Ishikure

Partner

Yoshinari Ito

Venture Partner

Hiroyuki Izumi

Partner

Jang Hyeokjin

Principal

Ken Kajii

General Partner

Naoki Kamimaeda

Partner and Europe Division Head

Daisuke Kashiro

General Partner

Kirin Kato

Principal

Masaya Kawakami

Principal, Investment Group

Hiroyuki Kawamoto

Principal

Maiko Kayata

Director

ByeongJin Kim

Principal

Kim, Jungyong

Venture Partner

Riichiro Kimura Ph.D

Director

Kenta Kitsuka Ph.D

General Partner, Investment Group

Issei Kokubu

Director

Yoshiomi Kubota

Principal

Jiro Kumakura

General Partner and Board Member

Jinya Kurita

Director

KyungHun Lee

Partner

YingQi Liang(Joy)

Principal

Chukaku Lin

Director

Atsushi Matsuda

Venture Partner

Tatsuya Matsumoto

Partner, Singapore Office Representative

Yuki Matsuo

Director

Tomoko Minagawa

Director

Ai Minamizaki

Principal

Shigeru Mitarai

Director

Kazuhiko Miyama

General Partner

Miyazawa Yusuke

Venture Partner

Shuhei Mori

Director

Satoko Murata

Director

Kohtaro Nagawa

Director

Tasuke Nakagawa

Partner / M&A

Mitsutaka Nakao

Director

Shien Nakayama

Director

Yuya Namiki

Director

Ying Jian Ng

Director

Daisuke Nishida

General Partner

Yukari Nishiyama

Director, Investment Group

Akiko Noguchi

Director

Rina Obi

Investment Group Director, Berlin Office

Sho Ohtani

Principal

Tetsui Okada

Director

Mayu Okamoto

Director

Akane Okuyama

Director

Shingo Otaki

Partner

Karthik Rampalli

Principal

Naoki Sadakuni

Venture Partner

Enen Sai

Principal

Youichi Sakagawa

Director

Kazuki Sakuragawa

Partner / Editor in Chief

Naoki Sato

Director

Tomoki Sekiguchi

Director

Rie Shibata

Director

Takeru Shigemura

Director

Masamune Shin

General Partner

Ayu Shinoyama

CFO and Board Member

Chisa Shinsakaue

Director

Divyansh Singh

Principal

Hiroto Sorita

Director

Sachiko Sugiura

Director

Mana Takabayashi

Director

Hiroki Takai

Director

Toko Takao

Director

Hideyuki Tanaka

Director

Keisuke Tatsuoka

General Partner and Board Member

Marika Tazaki

Partner

Hirotaka Togashi

Director

Haruka Tsujii

Director

Atsushi Ueda

Director

Takuya Ukai

Principal

Tetsuya Urimoto

Director

Noriko Usui

Partner / Chief Fund Management Officer

Keita Washizu

Principal

Keita Wazhizu

Principal

Masao Yamada

Senior Partner

Kazunor Yamaguchi

Partner

Kazunori Yamaguchi

Partner, Investment Group

Ryozo Yamamoto

Partner

Michiko Yamazaki

Principal

Isao Yasuda

Senior Partner and Board Member

Takuro Yoda

Principal

Sayaka Yoshino

Director

Miku Yoshio

Partner

Yasuhiko Yurimoto

Founder, Owner, CEO and General Partner

Lusheng Zou

Director

Past deals in Singapore

Global Ichiba

Series C in 2023
Global Ichiba Corp., established in 2015 and headquartered in Shinagawa, Japan, is a subsidiary of Nousouken Corporation. The company specializes in the export of a diverse range of agricultural products, primarily focusing on fresh fruits and vegetables. It operates NIPPON ICHIBA, a business platform that facilitates trade connections between suppliers and consumers of Japanese fresh produce, enabling seamless communication and transactions. Global Ichiba Corp. exports its products to various destinations, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Beijing, Dalian, and Jakarta. The company ensures the maintenance of product freshness and shelf life through consolidated sea transportation, thereby achieving competitive pricing and high-quality standards for its clients.

Validus

Series C in 2022
Validus is a Southeast Asian fintech company that leverages data and artificial intelligence to provide growth financing to underserved small and medium enterprises. Headquartered in Singapore, it operates in Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand, partnering with corporations to deliver supply‑chain financing solutions that support local SME ecosystems. The firm holds a Capital Markets Services licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore and its Indonesian subsidiary is registered with the OJK. Backed by prominent venture capital investors, Validus offers a comprehensive suite of financial services—including SME lending, crowd‑lending, business accounts, corporate cards, expense management, money transfers, and foreign remittance—positioning it as a leading all‑in‑one SME financing platform in the region.

iPrice Group

Corporate Round in 2022
iPrice Group is an online price comparison platform that aims to enhance the e-commerce experience for shoppers in Southeast Asia by offering a diverse selection of products from numerous online retailers. The company provides users with the ability to compare prices, discover various products, and find the best deals across multiple categories, including electronics, fashion, home improvements, and baby products. By partnering with hundreds of online shops, iPrice facilitates a transparent and convenient shopping experience. Established in Kuala Lumpur, the company has rapidly expanded its presence across seven markets, including Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, and the Philippines. With a mission to boost trust and convenience in the e-commerce sector, iPrice leverages international expertise in technology and online marketing to serve its customers effectively.

GeoSpock

Venture Round in 2020
GeoSpock Limited, established in 2013 and headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with offices in Tokyo and Singapore, specializes in developing a unique, cloud-native database platform, GeoSpock DB. This platform is optimized for querying and analyzing large-scale, location-tagged data, enabling efficient data fusion and rapid, complex queries using SQL. It integrates seamlessly with popular business intelligence tools and data science environments, empowering users to unlock insights from diverse IoT data sources, from real-time fleet tracking to local service applications.

kompany

Venture Round in 2020
kompany is a regulatory technology platform specializing in global business verification and business KYC, offering real-time access to audit-proof, primary source, and time-stamped company information from over 150 jurisdictions. Headquartered in Vienna, Austria, with additional offices in Singapore and the UK, kompany was founded in 2012 and has since assembled a diverse team of developers, regulatory experts, and product managers. The company operates as a government-licensed clearing house and serves as an official distributor for commercial and business registers across multiple countries. Its suite of products includes an API and a shareholder identification tool known as UBO discovery, designed to help financial institutions, payment service providers, insurers, and other regulated entities automate their due diligence processes and comply with current anti-money laundering regulations.

UnaBiz

Venture Round in 2019
UnaBiz specializes in IoT solutions, offering product design, manufacturing, and connectivity services. It focuses on low-power wide-area technologies for applications such as smart metering, asset management, and supply chain monitoring, aiming to empower businesses with cost-efficient and sustainable IoT integration.

GeoSpock

Series B in 2019
GeoSpock Limited, established in 2013 and headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with offices in Tokyo and Singapore, specializes in developing a unique, cloud-native database platform, GeoSpock DB. This platform is optimized for querying and analyzing large-scale, location-tagged data, enabling efficient data fusion and rapid, complex queries using SQL. It integrates seamlessly with popular business intelligence tools and data science environments, empowering users to unlock insights from diverse IoT data sources, from real-time fleet tracking to local service applications.

Opn

Series B in 2018
Founded in 2013 with expertise in Asia, Opn specializes in online payment solutions, blockchain technology for fintech applications, and digital transformation services. It connects people, businesses, and society innovatively to spread financial opportunities and provide fair access to the growing economic ecosystem.

UnaBiz

Series A in 2018
UnaBiz specializes in IoT solutions, offering product design, manufacturing, and connectivity services. It focuses on low-power wide-area technologies for applications such as smart metering, asset management, and supply chain monitoring, aiming to empower businesses with cost-efficient and sustainable IoT integration.

GeoSpock

Series A in 2018
GeoSpock Limited, established in 2013 and headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with offices in Tokyo and Singapore, specializes in developing a unique, cloud-native database platform, GeoSpock DB. This platform is optimized for querying and analyzing large-scale, location-tagged data, enabling efficient data fusion and rapid, complex queries using SQL. It integrates seamlessly with popular business intelligence tools and data science environments, empowering users to unlock insights from diverse IoT data sources, from real-time fleet tracking to local service applications.

Digix

Seed Round in 2017
Digix is a Singapore-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in asset tokenization using blockchain technology. It focuses on representing physical gold through digital tokens, allowing individual investors to engage in secure and transparent cryptocurrency transactions. By leveraging the Ethereum blockchain, Digix provides a platform that facilitates the trading of real-world assets, ensuring that these transactions are securely tracked and audited. The company's mission is to create a robust ecosystem of tangible assets represented as tokens, thereby enhancing access to and confidence in asset trading.

PatSnap

Series B in 2015
Founded in 2007, PatSnap is a global leader in innovation intelligence. Its AI-powered platform provides patent, market, and technology insights to over 10,000 customers across 50 countries, supporting them from ideation to commercialization.

Near Pte.

Series B in 2014
Near Pte. Ltd., also known as AdNear, operates a location-based intelligence platform that delivers real-time insights about places, people, and products. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Singapore, the company specializes in data-driven solutions that help brands and publishers engage and analyze audiences. Its offerings include Allspark, a mobile-first audience cloud solution, and Carbon, which analyzes real-world consumer behavior across significant locations. Near's platform processes data from approximately 1.6 billion unique user IDs and 70 million points of interest across over 44 countries, enabling clients to better understand consumer behaviors and preferences. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including retail, technology, travel, telecommunications, and financial services, with additional offices in major global cities such as San Francisco, New York, London, Bengaluru, Tokyo, and Sydney.

Near Pte.

Venture Round in 2014
Near Pte. Ltd., also known as AdNear, operates a location-based intelligence platform that delivers real-time insights about places, people, and products. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Singapore, the company specializes in data-driven solutions that help brands and publishers engage and analyze audiences. Its offerings include Allspark, a mobile-first audience cloud solution, and Carbon, which analyzes real-world consumer behavior across significant locations. Near's platform processes data from approximately 1.6 billion unique user IDs and 70 million points of interest across over 44 countries, enabling clients to better understand consumer behaviors and preferences. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including retail, technology, travel, telecommunications, and financial services, with additional offices in major global cities such as San Francisco, New York, London, Bengaluru, Tokyo, and Sydney.

Luxola

Venture Round in 2014
Founded in Singapore in 2011, Luxola is a leading online beauty retailer in Southeast Asia. It offers over 4000 authentic products from more than 250 brands, including exclusive ones. Luxola empowers customers through product reviews and 'how-to' advice, tailored to different skin tones and types. The company also publishes LX Edit, a digital lifestyle magazine for beauty inspiration.

Luxola

Series C in 2014
Founded in Singapore in 2011, Luxola is a leading online beauty retailer in Southeast Asia. It offers over 4000 authentic products from more than 250 brands, including exclusive ones. Luxola empowers customers through product reviews and 'how-to' advice, tailored to different skin tones and types. The company also publishes LX Edit, a digital lifestyle magazine for beauty inspiration.

Luxola

Series B in 2014
Founded in Singapore in 2011, Luxola is a leading online beauty retailer in Southeast Asia. It offers over 4000 authentic products from more than 250 brands, including exclusive ones. Luxola empowers customers through product reviews and 'how-to' advice, tailored to different skin tones and types. The company also publishes LX Edit, a digital lifestyle magazine for beauty inspiration.

5Rocks

Seed Round in 2013
5Rocks is a Korean startup that specializes in mobile game analytics, offering a service designed to help game developers understand user behavior through segment-specific analysis. This detailed approach allows developers to tailor their games and marketing strategies based on the unique characteristics of different game types. Founded in September 2010, 5Rocks gained recognition for its technical capabilities and has attracted significant investment, including 2.55 billion KRW from Global Brain in 2013. With approximately 450 clients across various countries, including South Korea, Japan, the United States, and several others, the company aims to expand its presence further, particularly in the U.S. market. 5Rocks also raised 2 billion KRW in a Series A funding round in 2011 to support its growth.

5Rocks

Venture Round in 2013
5Rocks is a Korean startup that specializes in mobile game analytics, offering a service designed to help game developers understand user behavior through segment-specific analysis. This detailed approach allows developers to tailor their games and marketing strategies based on the unique characteristics of different game types. Founded in September 2010, 5Rocks gained recognition for its technical capabilities and has attracted significant investment, including 2.55 billion KRW from Global Brain in 2013. With approximately 450 clients across various countries, including South Korea, Japan, the United States, and several others, the company aims to expand its presence further, particularly in the U.S. market. 5Rocks also raised 2 billion KRW in a Series A funding round in 2011 to support its growth.

Geniee

Seed Round in 2011
Founded in 2010, Geniee is a leading Asia-Pacific AdTech company with headquarters in Japan. It specializes in providing SaaS solutions for advertising and marketing technology, helping clients enhance their revenue and success. With international offices across APAC, including Singapore, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam, Geniee offers services such as Geniee SSP, Geniee Trading Desk, DMP, Data Exchange, and more.
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