DG Daiwa Ventures is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm established jointly by Digital Garage and Daiwa Securities Group to invest in startups with next-generation technologies across the Americas, Asia, EMEA, and Japan. The firm targets seed and early-stage companies in sectors including AI, blockchain, fintech, healthcare, security, and climate tech.
Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deal in the last 12 months vs 3 prior). Average disclosed round size is $42.9M (across 30 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
38
Fund Size
$69M
Top Stage
Unknown
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
Kurumi Takahashi
Venture Partner
Makito Masuyama
Principal
Kenji Makiguchi
Vice President
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
45 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLingble | Series A | — | Feb 2026 |
 straya | Unknown | — | Sep 2025 |
 Zolve | Series B | $51M | Mar 2025 |
| SSAMANSA | Series A | — | Jan 2025 |
 Habitto | Series A | $11.7M | Nov 2024 |
 Dioseve | Unknown | $7M | Jan 2024 |
| TTruely | Unknown | $2M | Jan 2024 |
| AAstrid Health | Series A | $10M | Jan 2023 |
 Webacy | Seed | $4M | Jan 2023 |
 Yellow Card | Series B | $57M | Sep 2022 |
 PriceOye | Seed | — | Aug 2022 |
| PPhilippine Digital Asset Exchange (PDAX) | Series C | — | Feb 2022 |
 PDAX | Unknown | $50M | Feb 2022 |
| PPhilippine Digital Asset Exchange (PDAX) | Series B | — | Feb 2022 |
 CogSmart | Unknown | — | Jan 2022 |
| CCogSmart Co., Ltd. | Unknown | — | Jan 2022 |
 CogSmart | Unknown | — | Jan 2022 |
| AAirmeet Inc. | Series B | $35M | Jan 2022 |
 Homage | Series C | $30M | Sep 2021 |
| Homage | Series C | $30M | Jan 2021 |
| PPhilippine Digital Asset Exchange (PDAX) | Series B | $50M | Jan 2021 |
 Divido | Series B | $30M | Jan 2021 |
 ClipLine | Series E | $500M | Sep 2020 |
 Idein | Unknown | $19.2M | Jan 2020 |
| ClipLine | Series E | — | Jan 2020 |
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Top Co-Investors
BEENEXT7 shared
Global Brain Corporation5 shared
Kingsway Capital4 shared
Jump Capital4 shared
Ripple4 shared
Tiger Global Management, LLC4 shared
SMBC Venture Capital4 shared
India Quotient4 shared
Draper Dragon3 shared
ANRI3 shared
Archetype3 shared
Mizuho Capital3 shared
Goodwater Capital3 shared
Y Combinator3 shared
IT-Farm Corporation3 shared
Omron Ventures3 shared
HSBC3 shared
SBI Investment3 shared
Sony Innovation Fund by IGV2 shared
Global Brain's KDDI Open Innovation Fund2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026