Global Brain invests globally in early-stage (seed to Series B) startups, primarily in B2B SaaS, AI, and deep tech. Their unique strategy involves managing corporate venture capital funds for major Japanese corporations, facilitating strategic partnerships and market entry for portfolio companies into Japan.
Deal activity increased 150% year-over-year (5 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $33.5M (across 27 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
33
Fund Size
$1.5B
Top Stage
Series B
Last 12 Mo
5
Team
Atsushi Matsuda
Venture Partner
Daisuke Nishida
Senior Investment Director
Hironori Koshimizu
General Partner
Chung-He Lin
Partner
Hajime Furuya
Venture Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
33 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CCUSTA Inc. | Unknown | — | Mar 2026 |
| AAnique Inc. | Unknown | — | Feb 2026 |
| LLucend | Unknown | — | Jan 2026 |
 AI model Inc. | Unknown | — | Jan 2026 |
| NNoxtua | Series B | $80.7M | Apr 2025 |
 Zafrens | Series A | $31M | Feb 2025 |
| SSmartBank | Series B | $26M | Nov 2024 |
 AnotherBall | Seed | $12.7M | Nov 2023 |
 Josys | Series B | $93M | Sep 2023 |
 CADDi | Series C | $89M | Jul 2023 |
| LLife5 | Series A | $10.7M | Jun 2023 |
 Gitai | Series B | $30M | May 2023 |
| VVisolis | Seed | $8M | Jan 2023 |
 Pente Networks | Series A | $10M | Sep 2022 |
| Josys | Series A | $32M | Sep 2022 |
 Tailor | Seed | $4.3M | Sep 2022 |
 DataMesh | Unknown | — | Aug 2022 |
| SSmartBank | Series A | $20M | Jul 2022 |
| SSLAMcore | Series A | $16M | May 2022 |
| CCloudpick | Unknown | — | Mar 2022 |
 RightHand Robotics | Series C | $66M | Feb 2022 |
 Plum | Series A | $21M | Nov 2021 |
 Securitize | Series B | $48M | Jun 2021 |
| DDivido | Series B | $30M | Jun 2021 |
| CCognigy | Series B | $44M | Jun 2021 |
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Top Co-Investors
Globis Capital Partners4 shared
ANRI3 shared
DNS Capital2 shared
Amadeus Capital Partners2 shared
World Innovation Lab2 shared
Blockchain Capital2 shared
Porsche Investments1 shared
Raptor Group1 shared
HSBC1 shared
ING Ventures1 shared
Sony Innovation Fund by IGV1 shared
SBI Investment1 shared
Dawn Capital1 shared
IQ Capital1 shared
Anthemis1 shared
Presidio Ventures1 shared
Samsung Ventures1 shared
Toyota1 shared
Yamato Holdings1 shared
IP Group1 shared
Last updated: 15 April 2026