Asahi Kasei Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a diversified global technology group operating in Materials, Homes, and Healthcare. Its corporate venture capital arm (Asahi Kasei Ventures), established in 2008, invests in innovative early-stage startups with offices in Menlo Park, the Boston area, Düsseldorf, and Shanghai.
Average disclosed round size is $32.1M (across 34 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
34
Fund Size
$100M
Top Stage
Series B
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
HK
Howard Kim
Managing Director
DH
Daisuke Hotta
Investment manager
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
38 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ph7 | Series B | $25.6M | Dec 2025 |
 Mangrove | Unknown | $35M | Jan 2025 |
 Mangrove Lithium | Unknown | $35M | Jan 2025 |
 Glycomine, Inc. | Series C | $115M | Jan 2025 |
| RRege Nephro Co.,Ltd. | Unknown | — | Oct 2024 |
 Power to Hydrogen | Series A | $18M | Aug 2024 |
 KINS | Series A | $7M | Jul 2024 |
 Avation Medical | Series C | $22M | Feb 2024 |
 Noctrix Health | Series C | $40M | Jan 2024 |
 AM Batteries | Series B | $30M | Dec 2023 |
 Koya Medical | Series B | $26M | Nov 2023 |
 Plant Prefab | Series A | $42M | Dec 2022 |
 Circularise | Series A | — | Nov 2022 |
| IIonblox | Series B | $24M | Nov 2022 |
 Ionomr Innovations | Series A | $20M | Jan 2022 |
 Luca Science | Series B | $30.3M | Jan 2022 |
 Histowiz | Series A | $32M | Oct 2021 |
| Plant Prefab | Series B | $30M | Aug 2021 |
 Super | Series C | $50M | May 2021 |
 SetPoint Medical | Series D | $64M | Jan 2021 |
 Aerobiotix | Growth | $25M | Jan 2021 |
| MMultus | Series A | $9.5M | Jan 2021 |
 Everactive | Series C | $35M | Sep 2020 |
 UltraSense Systems | Series B | $20M | Feb 2020 |
 Hazel Technologies | Series B | $13M | Aug 2019 |
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Last updated: 20 October 2026