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    Marubeni

    Tokyo, JapanFounded 1858
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    Marubeni Corporation is a major Japanese sogo shosha (integrated trading and investment conglomerate) founded in 1858 and headquartered in Tokyo. Through its corporate venture capital arm, Marubeni Ventures (established 2019), the firm invests in innovative startups across AI, fintech, food & agriculture, mobility, and other sectors, leveraging its global network to support portfolio companies beyond capital.

    Average disclosed round size is $51.1M (across 21 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    21

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Unknown

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    KI

    Koji Iwama

    Regional CEO for Oceania; Chairman & Managing Director, Marubeni Australia Ltd.

    SH

    Satoru Harada

    Regional CEO for ASEAN; Managing Director, Marubeni ASEAN Pte. Ltd.

    SW

    Susumu Wakamori

    Regional CEO for Southwest Asia; Chairman & Managing Director, Marubeni India Pvt. Ltd.

    YY

    Yoshiaki Yokota

    Regional CEO for Europe; Managing Director and CEO, Marubeni Europe plc

    HM

    Hiroko Miyazaki

    [Independent Director]

    HA

    Hisayoshi Ando

    [Independent Director]

    KO

    Kana Odawara

    [Independent Director]

    KK

    Keiji Kojima

    [Independent Director]

    MI

    Miki Iwamura

    [Independent Director]

    SI

    Shigeki Ishizuka

    [Independent Director]

    SM

    Soichiro Minami

    [Independent Director]

    US

    Ulrike Schaede

    [Independent Director]

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    27 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Skeleton Technologies logoSkeleton TechnologiesUnknown—Apr 2024
    D-Orbit logoD-OrbitSeries C$110MJan 2024
    Cirba Solutions logoCirba SolutionsUnknown$50MFeb 2023
    Skeleton Technologies logoSkeleton TechnologiesUnknown—Jan 2023
    River logoRiverSeries A$15MJan 2023
    Ffolofly Inc.Unknown—Jan 2023
    LineVision logoLineVisionSeries C$33MOct 2022
    Moxion Power logoMoxion PowerSeries B$100MSep 2022
    Carbon Clean logoCarbon CleanSeries C$150MMay 2022
    D-ID logoD-IDSeries B$25MMar 2022
    Willbox logoWillboxSeries A$4.7MJan 2022
    Orbit Fab logoOrbit FabUnknown—Sep 2021
    Fnatic logoFnaticUnknown$17MJan 2021
    GrubMarket logoGrubMarketSeries D$90MDec 2020
    Floadia logoFloadiaSeries C—Oct 2020
    GrubMarket logoGrubMarketSeries D$60MOct 2020
    Wrench logoWrenchSeries B$20MNov 2019
    FanAI logoFanAIUnknown$8MJan 2019
    CIRC logoCIRCUnknown$60MJan 2019
    AAcucelaSeries B$13.4MNov 2004
    NNxStage MedicalUnknown$20MSep 2004
    D-Orbit logoD-OrbitGrowth$110M—
    NeuroBlade logoNeuroBladeSeries A$23M—
    NeuroBlade logoNeuroBladeSeed$4.5M—
    Enlitic logoEnliticUnknown——
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    Top Co-Investors

    GGV Capital3 shared
    Celtic House Venture Partners3 shared
    Sixty Degree Capital3 shared
    BlackRock Private Equity Partners3 shared
    Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund3 shared
    United Ventures2 shared
    ANIMO Ventures2 shared
    CDP Venture Capital2 shared
    Lightspeed Venture Partners2 shared
    Neva SGR2 shared
    Seraphim Space2 shared
    Trinity Ventures2 shared
    Scale Venture Partners2 shared
    WI Harper Group2 shared
    Imaginary Ventures2 shared
    Mojo Partners2 shared
    Scrum Ventures2 shared
    Digital Garage, Inc.2 shared
    Rocketship VC2 shared
    Suffolk Technologies2 shared

    Last updated: 7 October 2026