SMBC Venture Capital

SMBC Venture Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, established in 2005 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm focuses on investing in companies across various sectors, including information technology, life sciences, services, and manufacturing. SMBC Venture Capital leverages its parent company's extensive financial services experience to identify and support innovative startups and growth-stage companies, aiming to foster advancements in these key industries. By providing not only capital but also strategic guidance and resources, SMBC Venture Capital seeks to drive growth and create long-term value for its portfolio companies.

Furuta, Daiji

Managing Director

Past deals in TMT

Matsuri Technologies

Series C in 2022
Matsuri Technologies is a real estate technology company based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2016. The company specializes in developing tools for vacation rental management, aimed at enhancing the efficiency of private property rentals. Its flagship product, m2m Systems, serves as an Airbnb management platform that assists operators in managing their accounts, communicating with guests, and automating check-ins, among other tasks. By collaborating with real estate brokerages, Matsuri Technologies provides comprehensive solutions that support various rental needs, including short-term rentals and meeting room bookings, helping operators streamline their business operations.

TimeTree

Venture Round in 2018
TimeTree keeps families and groups organized. It also helps manage busy lives while sharing calendars, events, and more!

JTOWER

Venture Round in 2018
JTower is a telecommunications Infrastructure company that offers personalized design solutions for IT infrastructure and systems.

TL Genomics

Venture Round in 2018
TL Genomics is a developer of a prenatal diagnosis technology created to isolate fetal nucleated red blood cells in maternal blood.The company isolates fetal cells in maternal blood using a uniquely developed technology and examines the genome of the fetal cells, enabling noninvasive and definitive diagnosis of fetal chromosomal disease early in pregnancy.

JTOWER

Venture Round in 2018
JTower is a telecommunications Infrastructure company that offers personalized design solutions for IT infrastructure and systems.

Moneytree

Series B in 2017
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.

Infratop

Venture Round in 2017
Infratop provide opportunities and growth for you who want to pave your way to the "best story". Learning is a way to make the most of your potential. The skills you have learned will enable a new way of life. We will remain a partner that is easy to reach, learn, and want to meet every day. This world is made up of individual stories. We aim for a world full of "the best stories" through our services.

ZenmuTech

Venture Round in 2017
ZenmuTech is a provider of security solutions intended to protect important information from leakage and theft. The company's platform provides security solutions implemented with conventional encryption technology by converting information into dispersing information bits based on secret sharing technologies, thereby enabling organizations to protect themselves from security threats.

TimeTree

Seed Round in 2016
TimeTree keeps families and groups organized. It also helps manage busy lives while sharing calendars, events, and more!

Meltin MMI

Seed Round in 2016
Meltin MMI is a cyborg-technology company that focuses on biosensors and robotic arms. Meltin has successfully enabled fine finger movements, such as for amputees and participated in Cybathlon 2016 and won the Microsoft Innovation Award.

Moneytree

Series A in 2015
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.

Emotion Tech

Seed Round in 2015
Emotion Tech has been providing a user experience management platform called Wizpra NPS and an employee experience management (EEM) platform called Wizpra Card. Since its launch in August 2014, Wizpra NPS has been adopted by more than 1,000 retailers in Japan, such as restaurants and fitness gyms.

JTOWER

Venture Round in 2014
JTower is a telecommunications Infrastructure company that offers personalized design solutions for IT infrastructure and systems.

Mikatus

Seed Round in 2014
Mikatus provides cloud services that assist "good tax accountants," thereby improving the performance of small and medium-sized businesses. With a "good tax accountant," tax professionals and accounting firms can help the growth and development of small and medium-sized businesses. It helps tax accountant offices differentiate themselves by providing five services includes tax, accounting, payroll, financial support, and management support. By organizing managers' minds and providing them with new perspectives, they help to improve business performance.

GMO FINANCIAL GATE

Venture Round in 2011
GMO Financial Gate, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 1999 that specializes in cashless payment infrastructure. The company offers a range of services including multi-payment terminals, embedded payment solutions, and payment center services. It focuses on facilitating transactions through various means such as credit cards, debit cards, and electronic money, catering to the growing demand for efficient and secure payment methods in the digital economy.

MonotaRO

Venture Round in 2003
MonotaRO Co., Ltd. is a Japanese e-commerce company that operates an online store specializing in maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) products. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Amagasaki, Japan, the company serves various sectors, including manufacturing, construction, and automotive industries. MonotaRO has expanded its reach beyond Japan, offering its products in Korea, China, Indonesia, and other international markets. Initially known as Sumisho Grainger Co., Ltd., the company rebranded to MonotaRO in February 2006, solidifying its identity in the industrial supply sector.

MonotaRO

Venture Round in 2002
MonotaRO Co., Ltd. is a Japanese e-commerce company that operates an online store specializing in maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) products. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Amagasaki, Japan, the company serves various sectors, including manufacturing, construction, and automotive industries. MonotaRO has expanded its reach beyond Japan, offering its products in Korea, China, Indonesia, and other international markets. Initially known as Sumisho Grainger Co., Ltd., the company rebranded to MonotaRO in February 2006, solidifying its identity in the industrial supply sector.
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