Mizuho Bank

Founded in 2013, Mizuho Bank is a Tokyo-based commercial bank offering corporate and investment banking services. It provides a wide range of deposit products, loans, and investment banking services to major corporations, financial institutions, and public sector entities worldwide.

John Donnellan

Managing Director, Information Technology

Masahiko Kato

President and CEO

Masahiro Kihara

President and Group CEO

Dominic Konstam Ph.D

Managing Director, Head of Macro Strategy

Samura Reijiro

Head of Research and Investments and Member Board of Director

Past deals in Industrial Automation

JIZAIE

Debt Financing in 2025
JIZAIE is an artificial intelligence company focused on enabling safe, remote work for essential and blue-collar operations. The company develops a platform that integrates virtual reality, robotics, and wearable computing to provide real-time remote control and monitoring capabilities. Its solution supports heavy equipment operation, remote supervision of traffic guidance sites, and line operations at food manufacturing facilities, allowing work to be controlled from distant or harsh environments to reduce on-site accidents. By combining immersive interfaces with remote sensing and control, JIZAIE aims to improve productivity and safety in industries where direct presence is hazardous, delivering tools that help manage complex tasks and keep workers out of dangerous conditions.

TriOrb

Debt Financing in 2025
TriOrb is a technology company focused on the development of advanced robotic mobility solutions. It designs and engineers a unique movement system that features a ball-driven omnidirectional mechanism, enabling robots to navigate and transport various objects in manufacturing environments. This innovative technology enhances efficiency and safety on production lines by allowing multiple robots to work together cooperatively, thereby improving the transportation of items that cannot be handled by a single unit. Through its integration of software and hardware, TriOrb aims to provide manufacturers with effective robotic solutions that streamline operations and optimize productivity.

CADDi

Debt Financing in 2025
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.

Nexta

Debt Financing in 2025
Nexta is a developer and operator of Smart F a cloud-based factory improvement system platform for the manufacturing industry.

MUSE

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

Sensyn Robotics

Venture Round in 2023
Sensyn Robotics is a company focused on developing innovative business solutions that integrate robotics technology, particularly drones, with advanced software applications. Their primary goal is to enhance infrastructure inspections across various sectors, including oil, electric power, and construction. By promoting automation and generalization, Sensyn Robotics aims to improve operational efficiency, reduce labor costs, and enable unattended operations. The company addresses pressing social issues in Japan while also seeking to provide its diverse range of solutions globally, leveraging Japan's position as a leader in tackling contemporary challenges. Through collaboration and cutting-edge technology, Sensyn Robotics is committed to enabling enterprises and municipalities to access and inspect affected or disturbed sites more effectively.

Sensyn Robotics

Debt Financing in 2020
Sensyn Robotics is a company focused on developing innovative business solutions that integrate robotics technology, particularly drones, with advanced software applications. Their primary goal is to enhance infrastructure inspections across various sectors, including oil, electric power, and construction. By promoting automation and generalization, Sensyn Robotics aims to improve operational efficiency, reduce labor costs, and enable unattended operations. The company addresses pressing social issues in Japan while also seeking to provide its diverse range of solutions globally, leveraging Japan's position as a leader in tackling contemporary challenges. Through collaboration and cutting-edge technology, Sensyn Robotics is committed to enabling enterprises and municipalities to access and inspect affected or disturbed sites more effectively.

Sensyn Robotics

Venture Round in 2020
Sensyn Robotics is a company focused on developing innovative business solutions that integrate robotics technology, particularly drones, with advanced software applications. Their primary goal is to enhance infrastructure inspections across various sectors, including oil, electric power, and construction. By promoting automation and generalization, Sensyn Robotics aims to improve operational efficiency, reduce labor costs, and enable unattended operations. The company addresses pressing social issues in Japan while also seeking to provide its diverse range of solutions globally, leveraging Japan's position as a leader in tackling contemporary challenges. Through collaboration and cutting-edge technology, Sensyn Robotics is committed to enabling enterprises and municipalities to access and inspect affected or disturbed sites more effectively.

Preferred Networks

Venture Round in 2017
Founded in Tokyo in 2014, Preferred Networks specializes in developing practical applications of deep learning, robotics, and other advanced technologies. The company focuses on transportation systems, manufacturing, and bio-healthcare sectors, offering services such as machine learning, computer vision, and edge-heavy computing.
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