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    GMO Venture Partners

    Tokyo, JapanFounded 2005

    GMO Venture Partners primarily focuses on seed and early-stage investments in innovative technology startups across sectors such as Fintech, Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Deeptech. The firm's strategy involves supporting companies with the potential to disrupt industries, leveraging its affiliation with the GMO Internet Group for strategic support and expansion in Japan, and investing across Japan, the USA, India, and Southeast Asia.

    57% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Deal activity increased 50% year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is series-b (43% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $27.0M (across 13 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    14

    Fund Size

    $30B

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    14 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Tazapay logoTazapaySeries B$36MMar 2026
    Tazapay logoTazapaySeries BAug 2025
    beatBread logobeatBreadGrowth$124MAug 2025
    Bureau logoBureauSeries B$30MDec 2024
    Crossover Markets logoCrossover MarketsSeries A$12MJun 2024
    Bureau logoBureauSeries A$16.5MJul 2023
    Slice logoSliceSeries C$50MJun 2022
    Rad AI logoRad AISeed$4MNov 2019
    Skymind logoSkymindSeries A$11.5MMar 2019
    LetsTransport logoLetsTransportSeries B$13.5MDec 2018
    FFinAccelSeries B$30MJul 2018
    CChatWorkSeries B$12.5MJan 2016
    Xfers logoXfersSeed$2.5MJan 2016
    PPinkoiUnknown$9MSep 2015

    Top Co-Investors

    500 Startups2 shared
    Peak XV2 shared
    Ripple2 shared
    January Capital2 shared
    Atami Capital1 shared
    Alpha JWC1 shared
    Sorenson Capital1 shared
    PayPal Ventures1 shared
    Mucker Capital1 shared
    ADvantage1 shared
    JAFCO1 shared
    SMBC Venture Capital1 shared
    Golden Gate Ventures1 shared
    Partech1 shared

    Last updated: 16 April 2026