Dentsu Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Dentsu Group, investing globally in startups from seed to late stage. It leverages the Dentsu Group's resources to provide hands-on support in business development, marketing, and global expansion for portfolio companies.
Deal activity increased 50% year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $32.8M (across 40 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
39
Fund Size
$91M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
KS
Kotaro Sasamoto
Managing Partner
DH
Daiji Horibe
General Partner
DT
Daisuke Takemori
General Partner
K(
Katsuyuki (Kevin) Hasegawa
General Partner
TO
Takeshi Oda
Venture Partner
TI
Tatsuru Isayama
Principal
YO
Yuka Okada
Associate Venture Capitalist
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
50 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Astrocade | Series B | $56M | May 2026 |
| Astrocade | Series A | $56M | May 2026 |
 Fiddler | Series C | $30M | Jan 2026 |
| Fiddler | Series C | $30M | Jan 2026 |
 Kognitos | Series B | $25M | Jun 2025 |
 Kognitos | Unknown | $25M | Jun 2025 |
 emole | Bridge | — | Jan 2025 |
| Kognitos | Series B | $25M | Jan 2025 |
 Techtouch | Unknown | — | Feb 2023 |
 TechTouch | Unknown | — | Feb 2023 |
| TTechtouch Inc | Series A | — | Feb 2023 |
 OpenWeb | Series E | $150M | Nov 2021 |
 SmartNews | Series E | $92M | Dec 2019 |
| SmartNews | Series E | $92M | Nov 2019 |
 Kakehashi, Inc. | Series D | — | Oct 2019 |
 Audioburst | Series A | $10M | Apr 2019 |
 KAKEHASHI | Series B | $24M | Jan 2019 |
| Audioburst | Unknown | $10M | Jan 2019 |
 uBiome | Series C | $83M | Sep 2018 |
 Hoodline | Series A | $10M | Sep 2018 |
| SShuttl | Series B | $11M | Jul 2018 |
 Cue | Series B | $45M | Jul 2018 |
 Arraiy | Series A | $10M | Jan 2018 |
 Toreta | Series B | $27.2M | Jan 2018 |
 Clear Labs | Unknown | $21M | Jan 2018 |
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Top Co-Investors
SMBC Venture Capital7 shared
Mizuho Capital6 shared
Lux Capital5 shared
Khosla Ventures5 shared
DNX Ventures5 shared
Felicis4 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners4 shared
Sequoia Capital4 shared
LG Technology Ventures4 shared
Globis Capital Partners4 shared
Y Combinator4 shared
NTT DOCOMO Ventures4 shared
ITOCHU Corporation4 shared
Insight Partners3 shared
JAPAN POST CAPITAL Co., Ltd.3 shared
Alumni Ventures3 shared
Engineering Capital3 shared
Prosperity7 Ventures3 shared
SoftBank Group Corp.3 shared
Sony Innovation Fund3 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026