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    Digital Garage

    Tokyo, JapanFounded 1995
    www.garage.co.jp/enLinkedIn
    FintechAIMedia & EntertainmentMarketing & AdvertisingE-Commerce & Marketplace

    Digital Garage, Inc. is a Tokyo-based technology and investment company founded in 1995, operating a comprehensive payment platform, a marketing business, and a global startup investment and incubation business. Through its venture arm DG Ventures, it invests in early-to-growth-stage startups across fintech, AI, and digital transformation.

    Average disclosed round size is $20.7M (across 63 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    49

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    HK

    Hidefumi Kawabe

    Outside Director

    Hironobu Moriyama

    Hironobu Moriyama

    Director, Vice President Executive Officer, Group CFBO* and CGO*

    Hiroshi Shino

    Hiroshi Shino

    Director, Senior Executive Officer

    JI

    Junji Inoue

    Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    Kaoru Hayashi

    Kaoru Hayashi

    Representative Director, President Executive Officer and Group CEO

    Keizo Odori

    Keizo Odori

    Representative Director, Vice President Executive Officer and COO

    KS

    Ken Sakamura

    Outside Director

    MC

    Masahiko Chino

    Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    MI

    Masako Ikeda

    Outside Director

    MN

    Mitsushi Nishida

    Outside Director

    NI

    Nanako Ishido

    Outside Director

    SU

    Shuma Uchino

    Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    73 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Insait logoInsaitSeries A$30MJan 2026
    Vayu logoVayuSeed$7MFeb 2025
    Crowded logoCrowdedSeries A$7.5MJan 2025
    SSedric AISeries A$18.5MSep 2024
    WEVR logoWEVRUnknown$3.5MJan 2024
    Sedric logoSedricSeries A$18.5MJan 2024
    SSedric AISeries A$18.5MJan 2024
    Cuzen logoCuzenSeries A$3.6MJun 2023
    Crowded logoCrowdedSeed$6MJan 2022
    FFleksySeries A$1.6MOct 2021
    Buf logoBufSeries A$20.7MJan 2021
    MX logoMXSeries C$100MJan 2021
    GrubMarket logoGrubMarketSeries D$60MOct 2020
    PPlayco GlobalSeries A$100MSep 2020
    Buf logoBufSeed$3.7MJan 2020
    PPlayco GlobalSeries A$100MJan 2020
    Sendo logoSendoSeries C$61MNov 2019
    MX logoMXSeries C$100MJun 2019
    GrubMarket logoGrubMarketGrowth$25MApr 2019
    GrubMarket logoGrubMarketSeries C$25MApr 2019
    WWarung PintarSeries B$27.5MJan 2019
    Sendo logoSendoSeries C$61MJan 2019
    GrubMarket logoGrubMarketGrowth$25MJan 2019
    Zilingo logoZilingoSeries C$54MApr 2018
    WWarung PintarSeed$4MFeb 2018
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    Top Co-Investors

    BEENEXT8 shared
    Y Combinator7 shared
    Beenos6 shared
    500 Global6 shared
    GGV Capital5 shared
    WI Harper Group5 shared
    Pelion Venture Partners4 shared
    Tiger Global Management, LLC4 shared
    DG Incubation4 shared
    CyberAgent Capital4 shared
    Sequoia Capital4 shared
    General Catalyst3 shared
    University Growth Fund3 shared
    Fusion Fund3 shared
    Battery Ventures3 shared
    Nexus Venture Partners3 shared
    Bessemer Venture Partners3 shared
    SMDV3 shared
    Hearst Ventures3 shared
    EV Growth3 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026