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 2 investments in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $21.8M (across 12 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
22
Fund Size
$85M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
JN
Junya Nakajima
Venture Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
27 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 SUPWAT | Series A | — | Jan 2026 |
 Neautech | Series B | — | Oct 2025 |
 immedio | Series A | — | Jan 2024 |
 Telexistence inc. | Series B | $170M | Jan 2024 |
| CCanly | Series B | — | May 2023 |
 HAKKI AFRICA | Series B | $10.6M | Jan 2023 |
| DDegas | Series A | $7M | Jan 2023 |
 Uplift Labs | Seed | $2.5M | Aug 2022 |
| Ffermata inc. | Series A | — | May 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 |
| DDegas | Seed | — | Jan 2020 |
 Scalar | Series A | — | — |
 Yanekara | Seed | — | — |
 Yoyogi Animation Group | Unknown | $18M | — |
 datagusto | Series A | — | — |
| AARCS Inc. | Unknown | — | — |
 Uplift | Seed | $5.5M | — |
| Uplift | Pre-Seed | $3M | — |
 GenerativeX | Series A | $4M | — |
| WWunderbar. | Series A | — | — |
| CCloser | Seed | — | — |
| GGraphenery | Seed | — | — |
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Top Co-Investors
Global Brain Corporation7 shared
Mizuho Capital3 shared
SBI Investment2 shared
JAFCO Group Co., Ltd.2 shared
SMBC Venture Capital2 shared
Salesforce Ventures2 shared
ITOCHU Corporation2 shared
Global Brain's KDDI Open Innovation Fund2 shared
Airbus Ventures2 shared
15th Rock2 shared
SPARX Group Co., Ltd.1 shared
Plug and Play Tech Center1 shared
Ethos Asset Management Inc1 shared
Gaingels1 shared
LAUNCH Syndicate1 shared
LAUNCH1 shared
The Syndicate1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026