MUFG Innovation Partners

MUFG announced today the establishment of MUFG Innovation Partners Co., Ltd. (“MUIP”) that will manage corporate venture capital funds of MUFG to accelerate open innovation and strengthening partnerships with FinTech related startups.

Yuki Kosaka

Vice President

Koichiro Sekimiya

Vice President

Mayank Shiromani

Vice President

Nobutake Suzuki

President and CEO

29 past transactions

LIQUiDITY Group

Funding Round in 2022
Upfront Funding For Subscription Businesses. Converting MRR to ARR, upfront. Liquidity was founded to change the way startup companies deal with growth challenges. We believe that once your business model is proven, there is no reason to give away big chunks of it only to sustain growth.

Zoomo

Series B in 2022
Zoomo, also known as Bolt Bikes Pty Ltd, is an electric bike provider that specializes in subscription rental services. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Alexandria, New South Wales, Australia, the company manufactures and retails electric bikes primarily through its website. Zoomo caters to both individual consumers and the delivery service sector, focusing on utility bikes designed for various delivery needs, including parcels, mail, and groceries. In addition to its bike rental offerings, the company provides aftermarket services to support its products. Through ongoing development, Zoomo aims to expand its range of bike models to better serve individual consumers and enhance its presence in the delivery market.

LEX Markets

Series A in 2022
LEX is a commercial real estate securities marketplace. A real estate fintech company, delivering a revolutionary new solution to the illiquidity problems facing real estate owners and investors through a new real estate investment platform.

M2P Fintech

Series C in 2022
M2P Fintech is a fintech company focused on creating financial infrastructure to support digital payment processing and banking services. It provides a comprehensive platform that includes a unified API for easy integration, enabling businesses to accept various payment methods, such as cards and digital wallets. Additionally, M2P Fintech ensures compliance with regulatory standards, allowing financial institutions to enhance their payment capabilities and streamline operations. By offering solutions across payments, lending, and banking, the company aims to improve customer experiences and adapt to the evolving demands of the digital economy.

Obligo

Series B in 2021
Obligo rids both landlords and renters from the burden of security deposits and makes the move-in process as simple as checking into a hotel. Owners and managers use Obligo to simplify their move-in process, comply with changing regulatory landscapes, and make their listings more appealing to renters. As the only non-insurance deposit alternative, Obligo’s credit-based model keeps landlords secure and renters accountable by combining Open Banking technology and AI-based underwriting.

Carsome

Series D in 2021
Carsome Sdn Bhd operates an online platform that connects customers with used car dealers across Malaysia and has expanded its services to Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Petaling Jaya, the company streamlines the car-selling process by offering services that encompass inspection, valuation, bidding, payment, and logistics. This comprehensive approach allows individuals and entities to efficiently sell their vehicles directly to dealers through an online bidding portal. By facilitating each step of the transaction, Carsome aims to enhance the overall experience for customers looking to sell their cars.

Tinvio

Series A in 2021
Tinvio is built around the idea that every merchant and supplier should be able to work smarter together. Through clean design, agile engineering, and genuine support, we unlock capabilities that make them more productive and profitable.

Lendbuzz

Series C in 2021
Lendbuzz Funding, LLC offers car loans to expats and international students. The company does not require Social Security Number (SSN) and provides loans to all visa holders from all nationalities. Its customers include students, international professionals, and other young professionals that have an international credit file. The company provides access and manages its loans through an online platform and data-intensive scoring technology. Lendbuzz Funding, LLC was founded in 2015 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

ReadyFor

Venture Round in 2021
ReadyFor Inc. is a Tokyo-based crowdfunding platform established in 2014. It specializes in facilitating funding for projects within the service sector, allowing investors to discover and support various initiatives. The platform enables clients to generate pre-sales and gather feedback from early adopters through short-term fundraising campaigns. This approach supports both charitable endeavors and startup initiatives, streamlining the process of soliciting and raising funds for diverse projects under a single platform.

LIQUiDITY Group

Series A in 2020
Upfront Funding For Subscription Businesses. Converting MRR to ARR, upfront. Liquidity was founded to change the way startup companies deal with growth challenges. We believe that once your business model is proven, there is no reason to give away big chunks of it only to sustain growth.

Veem

Venture Round in 2020
Veem Inc. is a payment service provider that simplifies the process for businesses to send and receive funds. The company's platform allows small and medium-sized enterprises to make payments in local currencies while tracking transactions in real time. By utilizing blockchain technology, Veem eliminates the need for intermediary banks, thereby reducing costs associated with international payments. The platform supports features such as generating invoices, uploading mass documents, and offering integration with various accounting systems. Founded in 2014 by Aldo Carrascoso and Marwan Forzley, Veem is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Kanata, Canada, and Shanghai, China. Originally named Align Commerce Corporation, the company rebranded to Veem Inc. in March 2017.

ChargeAfter

Corporate Round in 2020
ChargeAfter Ltd is a financing technology platform that specializes in Point of Sale financing. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel, with additional offices in Sunnyvale, California, and New York, the company connects lenders with merchants to create a global financing network. This platform enables merchants to provide consumers with personalized financing options at checkout from multiple lenders, facilitating real-time financial solutions that enhance the purchasing experience. ChargeAfter's innovative approach aims to streamline the financing process, making it more accessible for consumers while supporting merchants in offering diverse payment solutions.

Fundbox

Series C in 2020
Fundbox, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Plano, Texas, that focuses on providing payment and credit solutions specifically for small businesses engaged in business-to-business transactions. Founded in 2013, Fundbox aims to disrupt the $21 trillion B2B commerce market by creating a network that enables businesses to facilitate efficient transactions with one another. The platform allows sellers to enhance their average order volumes and improve their sales close rates by offering competitive net terms and flexible payment plans to their small and medium-sized business customers.

Investree

Series C in 2020
Investree is Indonesia’s leading B2B marketplace lending platform for SMEs that is fully licensed by Financial Services Authority of Indonesia (OJK) for both conventional and Shariah businesses. Investree is based in Indonesia but has grown its regional footprint in Thailand and soon to be in the Philippines. Investree's mission as marketplace is to use technology and data to provide small businesses with access to working capital solutions from retail and institutional lenders. Established in October 2015, Investree focuses on a B2B acquisition model to drive origination of SME borrowers. These include strong partnerships with ecosystems to drive origination, enhance verification and reduce cost of acquisition. These include strategic partnerships such as e-procurement platforms, payment gateway providers to source potential SME while accessing its digital footprint through the ecosystem to enhance the business process and customer experience. Led by a solid team of seasoned professionals from the financial industry with a team of 175 employees across the region Investree, by August 2019 has facilitated over USD 230 mio since inception, providing access to more than 1000 SMEs , while maintaining a robust and healthy asset quality.

Investree

Series C in 2020
Investree is Indonesia’s leading B2B marketplace lending platform for SMEs that is fully licensed by Financial Services Authority of Indonesia (OJK) for both conventional and Shariah businesses. Investree is based in Indonesia but has grown its regional footprint in Thailand and soon to be in the Philippines. Investree's mission as marketplace is to use technology and data to provide small businesses with access to working capital solutions from retail and institutional lenders. Established in October 2015, Investree focuses on a B2B acquisition model to drive origination of SME borrowers. These include strong partnerships with ecosystems to drive origination, enhance verification and reduce cost of acquisition. These include strategic partnerships such as e-procurement platforms, payment gateway providers to source potential SME while accessing its digital footprint through the ecosystem to enhance the business process and customer experience. Led by a solid team of seasoned professionals from the financial industry with a team of 175 employees across the region Investree, by August 2019 has facilitated over USD 230 mio since inception, providing access to more than 1000 SMEs , while maintaining a robust and healthy asset quality.

Carsome

Series C in 2019
Carsome Sdn Bhd operates an online platform that connects customers with used car dealers across Malaysia and has expanded its services to Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Petaling Jaya, the company streamlines the car-selling process by offering services that encompass inspection, valuation, bidding, payment, and logistics. This comprehensive approach allows individuals and entities to efficiently sell their vehicles directly to dealers through an online bidding portal. By facilitating each step of the transaction, Carsome aims to enhance the overall experience for customers looking to sell their cars.

Figure

Series C in 2019
Figure Technologies, Inc. is a fintech company based in San Francisco, California, established in 2018. It specializes in providing consumer financial solutions focused on home improvement, debt consolidation, and retirement planning. Figure offers a range of products, including home equity lines of credit, home improvement loans, home buy-lease back offerings, and mortgage refinancing. The company utilizes blockchain technology, along with artificial intelligence and advanced analytics, to enhance its services and enable customers to access capital quickly, often in as few as five days. Additionally, Figure provides Provenance, a blockchain platform designed for business applications.

Carsome

Series C in 2019
Carsome Sdn Bhd operates an online platform that connects customers with used car dealers across Malaysia and has expanded its services to Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Petaling Jaya, the company streamlines the car-selling process by offering services that encompass inspection, valuation, bidding, payment, and logistics. This comprehensive approach allows individuals and entities to efficiently sell their vehicles directly to dealers through an online bidding portal. By facilitating each step of the transaction, Carsome aims to enhance the overall experience for customers looking to sell their cars.

Grab

Series H in 2019
Grab Holdings Inc. is a Singapore-based company that offers a comprehensive mobile technology platform providing various online-to-offline services in Southeast Asia. Founded in 2012 by Anthony Tan and Tan Hooi Lng, Grab operates in several countries, including Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar. The platform includes a wide range of services such as transportation options like GrabTaxi and GrabCar, and delivery services, alongside solutions for financial transactions through Grab Financial Group. This group provides services in payments, rewards, lending, and insurance, and features a user-friendly point-of-sale system for merchants, as well as a mobile wallet for convenient transactions. Grab aims to enhance the quality of life for its users by integrating essential services into a single app.

Fundbox

Series C in 2019
Fundbox, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Plano, Texas, that focuses on providing payment and credit solutions specifically for small businesses engaged in business-to-business transactions. Founded in 2013, Fundbox aims to disrupt the $21 trillion B2B commerce market by creating a network that enables businesses to facilitate efficient transactions with one another. The platform allows sellers to enhance their average order volumes and improve their sales close rates by offering competitive net terms and flexible payment plans to their small and medium-sized business customers.

Securitize

Convertible Note in 2019
Securitize, Inc. is a compliance platform that specializes in the issuance and management of digital securities. Founded in 2017 and based in Redwood City, California, the company offers a range of services for issuers, including document handling, investor communications, and accreditation. For investors, Securitize provides tools for wallet management, an investor dashboard, and token distribution. The platform enables eligible investors to own, manage, and trade digital securities in various capital markets, including equity, funds, fixed income, and real estate. Securitize is recognized as a registered transfer agent and is integrated with multiple regulated U.S. marketplaces, allowing it to facilitate compliant digital securities transactions. Additionally, the company offers KYC/AML and capital management services, ensuring a secure environment for both issuers and investors.

bookee Japan

Seed Round in 2019
Bookee Co., Ltd. provides financial education services. It offers financial literacy training services to the individuals. The company offers a learning program to educate participants in trading fundamentals and asset management. It offers face-to-face training and online training. The company also engages in financial consulting, financial training curriculum construction, financial training studio operations, corporate training program construction, and Internet media business. Bookee Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Chainalysis

Series B in 2019
Chainalysis Inc. is a blockchain analysis company that specializes in anti-money laundering software tailored for businesses involved with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, the company also has offices in Copenhagen, Tokyo, and Singapore. Its product suite includes REACTOR, an interactive investigation tool that identifies offenders and visualizes data, and a real-time API that provides risk scoring based on the source and destination of funds. Chainalysis also produces activity monitoring reports and due diligence tools to help financial institutions understand the risks associated with cryptocurrency activities and to estimate potential criminal revenues. Additionally, the company offers web-based investigation tools to detect cyber-criminals and track extortion payments, thereby enhancing security for government agencies, banks, exchanges, and cryptocurrency businesses.
Symphony Communication Services, LLC develops a secure collaboration platform tailored for financial institutions, enabling traders and portfolio managers to communicate effectively through messaging, screen sharing, and audio/video conferencing. The platform consolidates digital communications into a single application, allowing users to integrate various applications and bots into their workflows while ensuring data security and regulatory compliance. Symphony offers a range of solutions for enterprise collaboration, including tools for internal and external communication, document sharing, and application integration. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Symphony has additional offices in major global financial centers such as New York, London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. The company, previously known as Perzo Inc., was rebranded in 2014 and operates as a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Moneytree

Venture Round in 2019
Moneytree is a fintech data platform, with a mission to bring people and institutions closer together, help them find balance and discover new opportunities to grow personal wealth. Moneytree's first product, a personal finance app for iOS released in 2013, won the App Store’s “Best of” award for iPhone in Japan after only 8 months in market. It went on to win Best of 2014 for iPad, was one of 10 Apple Watch apps featured pre-launch and a featured iMessage app on the launch of iOS 10. Moneytree has over 1,300,000 users on iOS, Android and web. Our proprietary data aggregation platform, Moneytree LINK, has almost twenty enterprise clients, including Japan’s two largest accounting software vendors, an industry first inbound API with Mizuho Bank, an SDK integration SMBC (Mitsui Sumitomo) and multiple regional banks in Japan.

Moneytree

Series C in 2019
Moneytree is a fintech data platform, with a mission to bring people and institutions closer together, help them find balance and discover new opportunities to grow personal wealth. Moneytree's first product, a personal finance app for iOS released in 2013, won the App Store’s “Best of” award for iPhone in Japan after only 8 months in market. It went on to win Best of 2014 for iPad, was one of 10 Apple Watch apps featured pre-launch and a featured iMessage app on the launch of iOS 10. Moneytree has over 1,300,000 users on iOS, Android and web. Our proprietary data aggregation platform, Moneytree LINK, has almost twenty enterprise clients, including Japan’s two largest accounting software vendors, an industry first inbound API with Mizuho Bank, an SDK integration SMBC (Mitsui Sumitomo) and multiple regional banks in Japan.