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 Industrial Automation

RLWRLD

Seed Round in 2025
RLWRLD is a robotics company that develops "Physical AI" solutions. It creates robotics foundation models (RFMs) which enable robots to operate autonomously in real-world environments. These models combine large language models with traditional robotics software, allowing robots to perceive their surroundings, make decisions, and manipulate objects, much like humans do.

IONATE

Series A in 2025
IONATE develops smart transformer technology. Its Hybrid Intelligent Transformer (HIT) replaces traditional transformers, integrating real-time control of voltages and power distribution across grids, benefiting power generation facilities, industrial sites, data centers, and grid operators.

Basetwo AI

Series A in 2025
Basetwo AI optimizes manufacturing processes using AI. Its platform provides real-time recommendations to process engineers, aiming to enhance production yield, cycle time, and reduce operational costs. It has successfully helped Fortune 500 manufacturers worldwide achieve savings of over 20%.

Beacon Power Services

Series A in 2024
Beacon Power Services, established in 2013 and headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, specializes in designing and implementing energy management solutions for commercial and industrial facilities. The company's core offering is its AI-enabled grid management platform, Adora, which provides real-time visibility into network performance for electric utilities, enabling them to anticipate outages, identify network losses, and distribute electricity more efficiently. Additionally, Adora empowers consumers with control over their energy infrastructure, facilitating invoicing, installations, and logistics. Beacon Power Services aims to enhance the quality and duration of electricity supplied in African cities by building smart grids and leveraging data to reduce inefficiencies in power distribution systems.

Rutilea

Series D in 2024
Rutilea is an IT company that uses open-source approaches to address social issues and advances automation and data-driven decision-making through AI, including a concept described as 'AI teaching AI'. The company develops a zero-code task recognition system that uses multimodal AI to accurately recognize tasks across varied environments, supporting data-driven decisions and operational efficiency, and enabling factories and stores to automate operations, improving productivity, efficiency, quality, and safety.

MUSE

Seed Round in 2024
MUSE is a technology-driven company that offers robotic solutions to enhance in-store operations for retail businesses.

Rutilea

Series C in 2023
Rutilea is an IT company that uses open-source approaches to address social issues and advances automation and data-driven decision-making through AI, including a concept described as 'AI teaching AI'. The company develops a zero-code task recognition system that uses multimodal AI to accurately recognize tasks across varied environments, supporting data-driven decisions and operational efficiency, and enabling factories and stores to automate operations, improving productivity, efficiency, quality, and safety.

Rutilea

Series C in 2023
Rutilea is an IT company that uses open-source approaches to address social issues and advances automation and data-driven decision-making through AI, including a concept described as 'AI teaching AI'. The company develops a zero-code task recognition system that uses multimodal AI to accurately recognize tasks across varied environments, supporting data-driven decisions and operational efficiency, and enabling factories and stores to automate operations, improving productivity, efficiency, quality, and safety.

CADDi

Series C in 2023
CADDi is a Japan-based platform that combines online procurement for industrial products with an AI-powered data platform that digitizes and analyzes manufacturing drawings and procurement information. It tracks industrial products across the manufacturing supply chain and automates extraction of details from drawings and handwritten documents into searchable digital records. Through Realize DX, the platform integrates goods and software to streamline procurement, reduce expenses, and improve quality, cost, and delivery while enabling capacity expansion. The data platform provides procurement intelligence and supply chain data to help manufacturers consolidate insights and support sourcing decisions. CADDi is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

SCADAfence

Venture Round in 2023
SCADAfence Ltd. is a cybersecurity company based in Be'er Sheva, Israel, specializing in the protection of the industrial Internet of Things (IoT) within critical infrastructure and manufacturing sectors. Founded in 2014, SCADAfence develops a comprehensive suite of cybersecurity solutions that offer extensive coverage for large-scale networks, including network monitoring, asset discovery, governance, remote access, and IoT device security. The company focuses on enhancing operational security and reliability for facilities in industries such as power, oil and gas, water, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing. SCADAfence's platform is designed to mitigate risks associated with operational downtime, data theft, and ransomware attacks by providing visibility into day-to-day operations and detecting both malicious and non-malicious threats. Recognized as a leader in operational technology (OT) and IoT cybersecurity, SCADAfence enables organizations to operate securely and efficiently.

Toggle

Series A in 2023
Toggle is a United States-based company that specializes in robotics as a service (RaaS) for the construction industry. It focuses on automating the assembly of rebar cages for reinforced concrete applications, enhancing efficiency and precision in construction processes. Toggle's offerings include two-arm robotic platforms and proprietary jig designs capable of constructing various shapes directly from computer blueprints. In addition to its core services, the company also provides pre-assembly solutions, contributing to the advancement of robotics and automation in the construction sector.

Mazin

Series A in 2022
Mazin is a company that specializes in the development of artificial intelligence and internet of things technologies tailored for manufacturing facilities. By focusing on automating machining operations, Mazin enhances efficiency within production environments. Additionally, the company offers industrial IoT services that assess the digital transformation progress of factories, addressing the challenges posed by a shortage of technicians. Through these innovative solutions, Mazin aims to streamline operations and improve the overall functionality of manufacturing processes.

RightHand Robotics

Series C in 2022
RightHand Robotics, Inc. is a manufacturer of robotic order-picking systems that streamline supply chain logistics for various industries, including e-commerce, food handling, and flexible manufacturing. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company specializes in robotic solutions that automatically grasp a wide variety of items from bins and cases. Its flagship products include the ReFlex SF, which features a 3D-printed palm equipped with servos and compliant fingers, and the ReFlex TakkTile, a tactile sensor designed to enhance the robots' ability to handle items gently and correct errors. RightHand Robotics focuses on providing end-to-end solutions that simplify integration and adaptation to diverse customer workflows, ultimately reducing the costs associated with order fulfillment across sectors such as electronics, apparel, grocery, and pharmaceuticals.

CADDi

Series B in 2021
CADDi is a Japan-based platform that combines online procurement for industrial products with an AI-powered data platform that digitizes and analyzes manufacturing drawings and procurement information. It tracks industrial products across the manufacturing supply chain and automates extraction of details from drawings and handwritten documents into searchable digital records. Through Realize DX, the platform integrates goods and software to streamline procurement, reduce expenses, and improve quality, cost, and delivery while enabling capacity expansion. The data platform provides procurement intelligence and supply chain data to help manufacturers consolidate insights and support sourcing decisions. CADDi is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

SCADAfence

Series B in 2021
SCADAfence Ltd. is a cybersecurity company based in Be'er Sheva, Israel, specializing in the protection of the industrial Internet of Things (IoT) within critical infrastructure and manufacturing sectors. Founded in 2014, SCADAfence develops a comprehensive suite of cybersecurity solutions that offer extensive coverage for large-scale networks, including network monitoring, asset discovery, governance, remote access, and IoT device security. The company focuses on enhancing operational security and reliability for facilities in industries such as power, oil and gas, water, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing. SCADAfence's platform is designed to mitigate risks associated with operational downtime, data theft, and ransomware attacks by providing visibility into day-to-day operations and detecting both malicious and non-malicious threats. Recognized as a leader in operational technology (OT) and IoT cybersecurity, SCADAfence enables organizations to operate securely and efficiently.

Swift Navigation

Series C in 2021
Swift Navigation is a technology company that delivers precise GNSS positioning solutions for autonomous and automated systems across automotive, robotics, aerospace, agriculture, and industrial applications. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco with an additional location in Melbourne, Australia, the company develops hardware and software that enable centimeter-level real-time positioning through multi-band, multi-constellation RTK receivers and complementary offerings such as a ruggedized module, a positioning engine, and cloud-based corrections. Its product lineup includes Piksi Multi GNSS receivers, Duro rugged receivers, Starling positioning engine, and Skylark cloud corrections, along with related modules, antennas, radios, and cables. The end-to-end GNSS platform supports low-cost, high-accuracy positioning for autonomous vehicles, drones, robots, precision agriculture, surveying, and other industrial uses.

LinkWiz

Series B in 2019
LinkWiz, Inc., founded in 2015 and based in Hamamatsu-shi, Japan, specializes in developing and selling software for intelligent robot systems. The company's primary products include L-ROBOT, a control solution for robots performing tasks such as welding and coating, and L-QUALIFY, an inspection software for production lines. These solutions have been adopted by major companies, including auto manufacturers. Additionally, LinkWiz offers technical consulting services to support its clients in implementing these advanced robotics technologies.

CADDi

Series A in 2018
CADDi is a Japan-based platform that combines online procurement for industrial products with an AI-powered data platform that digitizes and analyzes manufacturing drawings and procurement information. It tracks industrial products across the manufacturing supply chain and automates extraction of details from drawings and handwritten documents into searchable digital records. Through Realize DX, the platform integrates goods and software to streamline procurement, reduce expenses, and improve quality, cost, and delivery while enabling capacity expansion. The data platform provides procurement intelligence and supply chain data to help manufacturers consolidate insights and support sourcing decisions. CADDi is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

SCADAfence

Series A in 2017
SCADAfence Ltd. is a cybersecurity company based in Be'er Sheva, Israel, specializing in the protection of the industrial Internet of Things (IoT) within critical infrastructure and manufacturing sectors. Founded in 2014, SCADAfence develops a comprehensive suite of cybersecurity solutions that offer extensive coverage for large-scale networks, including network monitoring, asset discovery, governance, remote access, and IoT device security. The company focuses on enhancing operational security and reliability for facilities in industries such as power, oil and gas, water, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing. SCADAfence's platform is designed to mitigate risks associated with operational downtime, data theft, and ransomware attacks by providing visibility into day-to-day operations and detecting both malicious and non-malicious threats. Recognized as a leader in operational technology (OT) and IoT cybersecurity, SCADAfence enables organizations to operate securely and efficiently.

ARCSTONE

Seed Round in 2015
Arcstone Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based company that specializes in developing and marketing manufacturing software solutions. Founded in 2013, it offers a comprehensive platform known as the Arcstone Operations Platform (arc.ops), which integrates various data streams from IoT sensors, machines, ERPs, and workstation tablets. This platform enables manufacturers to monitor, track, visualize, and control production operations, facilitating both automated and manual processes in manufacturing, machine maintenance, and warehousing. By operationalizing data, Arcstone empowers facility managers to enhance visibility and control, leading to significant cost reductions and quality improvements across the manufacturing supply chain. The company also has a presence in India, Vietnam, and Indonesia, highlighting its regional commitment to optimizing operational efficiency.
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