ITOCHU Technology Ventures (ITV) is the Tokyo-based venture capital subsidiary of ITOCHU Corporation, founded in 2000. It invests in early-stage startups focused on IT, deep tech, AI, healthcare, and decarbonization, leveraging the ITOCHU Group's global network to support portfolio companies.
Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deal in the last 12 months vs 5 prior). Average disclosed round size is $97.7M (across 40 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
52
Fund Size
$107M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
AN
Aiko Nemoto
Principal
KN
Kaoru Nakagami
Principal
RY
Ryo Yamashita
Principal
YM
Yoshiyuki Muramatsu
Principal
SN
Shinzo Nakano
President & CEO
SO
Sota Okano
President & CEO
TA
Toshihisa Adachi
President & CEO
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
71 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Miresso Co Ltd | Series A | — | Feb 2026 |
| Miresso Co Ltd | Series A | — | Jan 2026 |
 Pale Blue | Series C | $1.5B | Aug 2025 |
 TeraWatt Technology | Series C | — | Jul 2025 |
| SSkyDrive Inc. | Series D | — | Jul 2025 |
| NNABLA Mobility Inc. | Series A | — | May 2025 |
 Aeterlink, Inc. | Unknown | — | Feb 2025 |
| PPale Blue Inc. | Series C | $1.5B | Jan 2025 |
 Eight Knot | Series A | — | Sep 2024 |
| SSkyDrive Inc. | Series C | — | Aug 2024 |
 ThinkCyte | Series C | $24M | Nov 2023 |
 Wingcopter | Unknown | — | May 2023 |
 SIMPLEX QUANTUM Inc. | Unknown | — | Dec 2022 |
 Beatrust | Seed | $2.8M | Aug 2020 |
| Beatrust | Seed | — | Jan 2020 |
 Volterra | Series C | $50M | Nov 2019 |
 Knotel | Growth | — | Aug 2019 |
 EditForce, Inc. | Unknown | — | Mar 2019 |
| EditForce, Inc. | Series B | — | Mar 2019 |
 Rescale | Series A | $14M | Jul 2018 |
 InstaVR | Series A | $5M | Jun 2018 |
 Sensyn Robotics | Unknown | — | Jan 2018 |
 KAKEHASHI | Series A | $8.2M | Jan 2018 |
 V Cube | Unknown | $10.8M | Jan 2018 |
| InstaVR | Series B | $5M | Jan 2018 |
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Top Co-Investors
Global Brain Corporation14 shared
Mizuho Capital11 shared
Globis Capital Partners9 shared
JAFCO Group Co., Ltd.8 shared
GREE Ventures8 shared
CyberAgent Capital6 shared
ITOCHU Corporation6 shared
World Innovation Lab6 shared
DNX Ventures5 shared
Khosla Ventures4 shared
STRIVE4 shared
500 Global4 shared
UTEC4 shared
Mizuho Bank4 shared
SBI Investment4 shared
SMBC Venture Capital4 shared
M123 shared
Development Bank of Japan Inc.3 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026