
INSPiRE (INSPiRE Corporation) is a Tokyo-based venture capital and business development firm founded in 2000. It combines principal investment and fund management with hands-on business development support for startups and established companies, with investments spanning information technology, B2B SaaS, biotech, food & agriculture, and consumer sectors.
Average disclosed round size is $15.2M (across 8 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
12
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Unknown
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
Hiroki Mori
INSP(M)Managing Director
Hiroshi Asada
Director of INS,Director of INSI, Director of INSP (M)
Manabu Fujimoto
Director of INSIMember of the Investment Committees of PIEF and IMSF
Ryosuke Takatsuki
Representative Director of NS, Representative Director of INSI, Representative Director of PIPC, Director of INSP (M), Member of the Investment Committees of PIEF and IMSF
Toshiki Shimizu
Director of INS and INSI and PIPCMember of the Investment Committees of PIEF and IMSF
Keiya Sato
Masayasu Morita
Yuri Funakoshi
Yusei Hirano
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
Portfolio
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series B | $7.8M | Dec 2024 | |
| OOrigin Wireless Inc. | Series B | $15.9M | Dec 2023 |
| Seed | — | Sep 2023 | |
| Ggrooves | Unknown | $920K | Jan 2019 |
| Series A | $14.5M | Oct 2017 | |
| Unknown | $920K | Jan 2017 | |
| Ggrooves | Unknown | — | Jan 2017 |
| OOriginal Stitch | Seed | $1.1M | Jan 2016 |
| Series A | $10.7M | Jun 2014 | |
| Series C | $70M | — | |
| Unknown | — | — | |
| Seed | — | — | |
| BBrewtope | Unknown | — | — |
| AAmekaze Taiyo | Unknown | — | — |
Top Co-Investors
Last updated: 8 September 2026