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    INSPiRE

    Tokyo, JapanFounded 2000

    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).

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    Portfolio

    12

    Fund Size

    Top Stage

    Unknown

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Hiroki Mori

    Hiroki Mori

    INSP(M)Managing Director

    Hiroshi Asada

    Hiroshi Asada

    Director of INS,Director of INSI, Director of INSP (M)

    Manabu Fujimoto

    Manabu Fujimoto

    Director of INSIMember of the Investment Committees of PIEF and IMSF

    Ryosuke Takatsuki

    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

    Toshiki Shimizu

    Director of INS and INSI and PIPCMember of the Investment Committees of PIEF and IMSF

    Keiya Sato

    Keiya Sato

    Masayasu Morita

    Masayasu Morita

    Yuri Funakoshi

    Yuri Funakoshi

    Yusei Hirano

    Yusei Hirano

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    14 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Kamereo logoKamereoSeries B$7.8MDec 2024
    OOrigin Wireless Inc.Series B$15.9MDec 2023
    Arbor logoArborSeedSep 2023
    GgroovesUnknown$920KJan 2019
    Deliveree logoDelivereeSeries A$14.5MOct 2017
    grooves logogroovesUnknown$920KJan 2017
    GgroovesUnknownJan 2017
    OOriginal StitchSeed$1.1MJan 2016
    Acommerce logoAcommerceSeries A$10.7MJun 2014
    Deliveree logoDelivereeSeries C$70M
    MeetGeek logoMeetGeekUnknown
    Proveye logoProveyeSeed
    BBrewtopeUnknown
    AAmekaze TaiyoUnknown

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    Last updated: 8 September 2026