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    Coral Capital

    Tokyo, JapanFounded 2016

    Coral Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm known as 'The Ecosystem VC,' providing ambitious founders with capital, talent, and insights to build legendary companies in Japan. The firm invests across a broad range of technology sectors from seed through Series C and beyond.

    Deal activity increased 300% year-over-year (4 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $228.9M (across 19 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    33

    Fund Size

    $160M

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    Team

    James Riney

    James Riney

    Founding Partner & CEO

    Yohei Sawayama

    Yohei Sawayama

    Founding Partner

    Ayumi Iwamoto

    Ayumi Iwamoto

    Partner

    Naoki John Yoshida

    Naoki John Yoshida

    Partner

    Rie Yano

    Rie Yano

    Partner

    Asami Saeki

    Asami Saeki

    Community Director

    Ayao Komatsu

    Ayao Komatsu

    Team Principal, Haas F1

    Tiffany Kayo

    Tiffany Kayo

    Principal

    Ryo Tsuda

    Ryo Tsuda

    VP of Ecosystem

    Haruna Katayama

    Haruna Katayama

    Senior Associate

    Iku Sakon

    Iku Sakon

    Fund Operations Associate

    Mizuki Nakamura

    Mizuki Nakamura

    Senior Operations Associate

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    44 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Albert Invent logoAlbert InventSeries B$55MOct 2026
    tokenz logotokenzSeries A—Jun 2026
    OOceanic ConstellationsSeries B—Feb 2026
    tokenz logotokenzSeed—Jan 2026
    Ramp logoRampGrowth—Nov 2025
    Ivry logoIvrySeries D—Nov 2025
    MarqVision logoMarqVisionSeries B$48MJan 2025
    OOokuma Diamond Device (ODD)Unknown$27MOct 2024
    SmartHR logoSmartHRSeries E$140MJul 2024
    Provigate logoProvigateUnknown—Jan 2024
    Nstock logoNstockUnknown—Jan 2024
    MMaverick ProtocolUnknown$8MJun 2023
    Zeroboard logoZeroboardSeries A—Jan 2023
    TeraWatt Technology logoTeraWatt TechnologySeries B—Jun 2022
    Kyoto Fusioneering ltd. logoKyoto Fusioneering ltd.Series B$11.7MFeb 2022
    Cate Inc. logoCate Inc.Series B—Jan 2022
    CCherry NetworkUnknown$2.9MDec 2021
    KAKEHASHI logoKAKEHASHISeries B$24MJan 2019
    Shippio logoShippioSeries A$9.7MJan 2019
    SmartHR logoSmartHRSeries B$13.3MJan 2018
    SmartHR logoSmartHRSeries B—Jan 2018
    KAKEHASHI logoKAKEHASHISeries A$8.2MJan 2018
    SmartHR logoSmartHRGrowth—Jan 2016
    Ramp logoRampGrowth$3.8B—
    Maverick logoMaverickUnknown$8M—
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    Last updated: 20 October 2026