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

Jang Hyeokjin

Principal

Shohei Ichimiya

Partner

Sho Ikeda

Partner, Indonesia Office Representative

Kotona Inaida

Director

Tomoaki Ishikure

Partner

Yoshinari Ito

Venture Partner

Hiroyuki Izumi

Partner

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

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

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 Drones

Aeronext

Series B in 2024
Aeronext is a Japanese drone technology company focused on center-of-gravity control to enhance performance and safety. Its technology adjusts the drone’s center of gravity in flight to optimize stability and payload handling, enabling safer use of drones in industrial applications. The company develops drone technology and sells its products and solutions.

Axelspace

Series D in 2023
Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2008, Axelspace designs, manufactures, and sells micro-satellites and related components for earth observation. Its primary projects include GRUS, Hodoyoshi-1, and UNIFORM, aiming to provide global daily monitoring at low cost.

Aeronext

Series A in 2022
Aeronext is a Japanese drone technology company focused on center-of-gravity control to enhance performance and safety. Its technology adjusts the drone’s center of gravity in flight to optimize stability and payload handling, enabling safer use of drones in industrial applications. The company develops drone technology and sells its products and solutions.

Axelspace

Series C in 2021
Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2008, Axelspace designs, manufactures, and sells micro-satellites and related components for earth observation. Its primary projects include GRUS, Hodoyoshi-1, and UNIFORM, aiming to provide global daily monitoring at low cost.

Araya

Series B in 2019
Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2013, Araya specializes in developing artificial intelligence software solutions. The company's core offerings include real-time image recognition AI processing services and deep reinforcement learning for autonomous drone or robot movement.

Araya

Series C in 2019
Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2013, Araya specializes in developing artificial intelligence software solutions. The company's core offerings include real-time image recognition AI processing services and deep reinforcement learning for autonomous drone or robot movement.

Axelspace

Series B in 2018
Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2008, Axelspace designs, manufactures, and sells micro-satellites and related components for earth observation. Its primary projects include GRUS, Hodoyoshi-1, and UNIFORM, aiming to provide global daily monitoring at low cost.

Flights

Series A in 2018
FLIGHTS is a multidisciplinary provider of drone services that focuses on enhancing data collection and analysis across various industries. The company offers a range of services, including pilot training, insurance, aerial photography, and consulting. By leveraging drone technology, FLIGHTS enables clients to access critical information efficiently. Additionally, the company specializes in the localization of foreign software, further broadening its service offerings. Through its comprehensive approach, FLIGHTS aims to support businesses in optimizing their operations and decision-making processes using advanced drone capabilities.

Araya

Series A in 2017
Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2013, Araya specializes in developing artificial intelligence software solutions. The company's core offerings include real-time image recognition AI processing services and deep reinforcement learning for autonomous drone or robot movement.

Araya

Venture Round in 2016
Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2013, Araya specializes in developing artificial intelligence software solutions. The company's core offerings include real-time image recognition AI processing services and deep reinforcement learning for autonomous drone or robot movement.

Axelspace

Series A in 2015
Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2008, Axelspace designs, manufactures, and sells micro-satellites and related components for earth observation. Its primary projects include GRUS, Hodoyoshi-1, and UNIFORM, aiming to provide global daily monitoring at low cost.

Realglobe

Venture Round in 2011
Realglobe develops platform-as-a-service and continuous delivery-as-a-service solutions that automate software development tasks such as building, testing, backup, and deployment. It also offers education, emergency medical and disaster response solutions that incorporate drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles, and DevOps tools. Leveraging AI, IoT, and robotics, the company builds a graphical mapping platform that uses 3D scanning to create high‑fidelity digital twins, enabling two‑way information sharing between local governments and residents and supporting construction, engineering, and facilities management. Its mission is to promote a sustainable society through local production and consumption by making the world a WebAPI.

Realglobe

Seed Round in 2011
Realglobe develops platform-as-a-service and continuous delivery-as-a-service solutions that automate software development tasks such as building, testing, backup, and deployment. It also offers education, emergency medical and disaster response solutions that incorporate drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles, and DevOps tools. Leveraging AI, IoT, and robotics, the company builds a graphical mapping platform that uses 3D scanning to create high‑fidelity digital twins, enabling two‑way information sharing between local governments and residents and supporting construction, engineering, and facilities management. Its mission is to promote a sustainable society through local production and consumption by making the world a WebAPI.
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