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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 $31.6M (across 27 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    26

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    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

    34 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Insait logoInsaitSeries A$30MJan 2026
    Crowded logoCrowdedSeries A$7.5MJan 2025
    Cuzen logoCuzenSeries A$3.6MJun 2023
    Crowded logoCrowdedSeed$6MJan 2022
    MX logoMXSeries C$300MJan 2021
    Buf logoBufSeries A$20.7MJan 2021
    MMX Technologies, Inc.Series C$100MJan 2021
    GrubMarket logoGrubMarketSeries D$60MOct 2020
    Buf logoBufSeed$3.7MJan 2020
    MX logoMXSeries C$100MJun 2019
    GrubMarket logoGrubMarketSeries C$25MApr 2019
    WWarung PintarSeries B$27.5MJan 2019
    WWarung PintarSeed$4MFeb 2018
    Adskom logoAdskomSeed$1.1MJan 2018
    Psygig logoPsygigSeed—Jan 2018
    HHackerearthSeries A$4.5MApr 2017
    Nobroker logoNobrokerSeries B$10MFeb 2016
    Estimote logoEstimoteSeries A$10.7MJan 2016
    Digg logoDiggSeries A$4MNov 2015
    Boostable logoBoostableSeed$3.2MOct 2014
    Traction Apps logoTraction AppsUnknown—Aug 2014
    AAdstageSeries A$6.3MAug 2014
    Two Tap logoTwo TapSeed$2.7MAug 2014
    BuildZoom logoBuildZoomSeed$1.4MJun 2013
    Adskom logoAdskomSeed—Jan 2013
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    Top Co-Investors

    Pelion Venture Partners5 shared
    Battery Ventures3 shared
    Nexus Venture Partners3 shared
    SMDV3 shared
    Hearst Ventures3 shared
    SV Angel3 shared
    Gaingels3 shared
    GGV Capital2 shared
    WI Harper Group2 shared
    Industry Ventures2 shared
    Redpoint Ventures2 shared
    H.I.G. Growth Partners2 shared
    TTV Capital2 shared
    Sorenson Capital2 shared
    Cross Creek2 shared
    CommerzVentures2 shared
    Point72 Private Investments2 shared
    Geodesic Capital2 shared
    Cota Capital2 shared
    Greycroft2 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026