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.
Portfolio
14
Fund Size
$1.5B
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
DK
Daisuke Kashiro
General Partner
DN
Daisuke Nishida
General Partner
HK
Hironori Koshimizu
General Partner
YY
Yasuhiko Yurimoto
General Partner
AM
Atsushi Matsuda
Venture Partner
BF
Brian Flucht
Partner
CL
Chung-He Lin
Partner
HF
Hajime Furuya
Venture Partner
HA
Hidetaka Aoki
Partner / Fellow
HT
Hirotaka Togashi
Partner
AT
Atsushi Tsuji
Director
HH
Hajime Hasegawa
Director
Stage Distribution
Portfolio
14 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noxtua | Series B | $92.2M | Apr 2025 |
| SmartBank | Series B | $26M | Nov 2024 |
| AnotherBall | Seed | $12.7M | Nov 2023 |
| Josys | Series B | $93M | Sep 2023 |
| Gitai | Series B | $30M | May 2023 |
| Visolis | Seed | $8M | Jan 2023 |
| Pente Networks | Series A | $10M | Sep 2022 |
| Tailor | Seed | $4.3M | Sep 2022 |
| SLAMcore | Series A | $16M | May 2022 |
| Divido | Series B | $30M | Jun 2021 |
| Rally | Series A | $17M | Sep 2020 |
| Autify | Seed | $2.5M | Oct 2019 |
| Humanising Autonomy | Seed | $5.3M | Jun 2019 |
| Anyplace | Seed | $2.5M | Jun 2019 |
Top Co-Investors
Globis Capital Partners2 shared
Porsche Investments1 shared
Raptor Group1 shared
HSBC1 shared
ING Ventures1 shared
Sony Innovation Fund by IGV1 shared
SBI Investment1 shared
DNS Capital1 shared
Dawn Capital1 shared
IQ Capital1 shared
Anthemis1 shared
Presidio Ventures1 shared
Samsung Ventures1 shared
Toyota1 shared
Yamato Holdings1 shared
Amadeus Capital Partners1 shared
IP Group1 shared
MMC Ventures1 shared
Octopus Ventures1 shared
Salesforce1 shared
Last updated: 1 March 2026