DEEPCORE Inc. is a Tokyo-based, AI-focused venture capital firm and incubator originally established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp. It invests in pre-seed to Series A startups working on AI and advanced technology, and operates the KERNEL entrepreneur community and accelerator programs.
They made 1 investments in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $24.1M (across 9 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
18
Fund Size
$85M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
JN
Junya Nakajima
Venture Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
19 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| NNeautech | Series B | — | Oct 2025 |
 Immedio | Series A | — | Jan 2024 |
| TTelexistence inc. | Series B | $170M | Jan 2024 |
| CCanly | Unknown | — | May 2023 |
| CCanly Inc. | Unknown | — | May 2023 |
 HAKKI AFRICA | Series B | $10.6M | Jan 2023 |
 Uplift Labs | Seed | $2.5M | Aug 2022 |
 Tippsy | Series A | $1.6M | Apr 2022 |
| Ffermata inc. | Series A | — | Jan 2022 |
| CCredify | Seed | $1M | Feb 2020 |
| CCocon | Growth | $18.7M | Jan 2020 |
 Scalar | Series A | — | — |
 Yanekara | Seed | — | — |
 DataGusto | Series A | — | — |
| AARCS Inc. | Unknown | — | — |
 Uplift | Seed | $5.5M | — |
| Uplift | Pre-Seed | $3M | — |
 Generativex | Series A | $4M | — |
| WWunderbar. | Series A | — | — |
Top Co-Investors
JAFCO Group Co., Ltd.3 shared
Mizuho Capital3 shared
Global Brain Corporation2 shared
Global Brain's KDDI Open Innovation Fund2 shared
SBI Investment1 shared
SPARX Group Co., Ltd.1 shared
Plug and Play Tech Center1 shared
Gaingels1 shared
LAUNCH1 shared
The Syndicate1 shared
BEENEXT1 shared
DNX Ventures1 shared
CyberAgent Capital1 shared
Mirai Creation Fund1 shared
Joyance Partners1 shared
W Ventures1 shared
SMBC Venture Capital1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026