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    Mitsubishi Electric

    Tokyo, JapanFounded 1921

    Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is a global electronics and industrial conglomerate founded in 1921 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It operates as a corporate venture capital investor through its ME Innovation Fund, a JPY 5 billion fund co-managed with Global Brain Corporation that invests in global startups collaborating with Mitsubishi Electric's businesses in factory automation, energy, mobility, semiconductors, and defense.

    They made 3 investments in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $174.8M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    14

    Fund Size

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    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    AN

    Asako Nagai

    Managing Director at BSR

    Iwao Oda

    Iwao Oda

    Executive Officer (Associate) Group President, Building Systems; Representative Director and President, Mitsubishi Electric Building Solutions Corporation

    Kazunori Tanaka

    Kazunori Tanaka

    Executive Officer (Associate) Group President, Automotive Equipment; Representative Director and President, Mitsubishi Electric Mobility Corporation

    Kunihito Minakawa

    Kunihito Minakawa

    Outside Director Member of the Audit Committee

    Masako Egawa

    Masako Egawa

    Outside Director Member of the Nomination Committee Member of the Compensation Committee Chancellor, Seikei Gakuen

    Mieko Nakabayashi

    Mieko Nakabayashi

    Outside Director Member of the Nomination Committee Member of the Compensation Committee

    Peter D. Pedersen

    Peter D. Pedersen

    Outside Director Member of the Audit Committee Representative Director of NPO NELIS

    Satoshi Takeda

    Satoshi Takeda

    Senior Vice President CDO (In charge of DX and Business Innovation); CIO (In charge of Information Security and IT); Group President, Digital Innovation; Representative Director and President, Mitsubishi Electric Digital Innovation Corporation

    Futoshi Nasuno

    Futoshi Nasuno

    Executive Officer (Associate) Vice President, Corporate Legal & Risk Management; In charge of External Relations; In charge of Intellectual Property

    Komi Matsubara

    Komi Matsubara

    Executive Officer (Associate) Vice President, Business Innovation

    Kunihiko Kaga

    Kunihiko Kaga

    Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President CTO (In charge of Technology Strategies) Industry & Mobility Business Area Owner, Export Control

    Michael Corbo

    Michael Corbo

    Executive Officer In charge of Global Strategic Planning & Marketing; Vice President, Global Strategic Planning & Marketing; Representative of Americas, Global Strategic Planning & Marketing; President, Mitsubishi Electric US Holdings, Inc.; President & CEO, Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc.

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    17 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    PLD Space logoPLD SpaceSeries C—Sep 2026
    PPLDSeries C—Sep 2026
    OOptQC Corp.Unknown—Aug 2026
    PPLDSeries C—Mar 2026
    PLD Space logoPLD SpaceSeries B$28MMar 2026
    Array Labs logoArray LabsSeries A$20MJan 2026
    TTulip InterfacesSeries D$120MJan 2026
    PPale Blue Inc.Series C$1.5BJan 2025
    Nozomi Networks logoNozomi NetworksSeries E$100MMar 2024
    Cartken logoCartkenSeries B$10MJan 2024
    PPale Blue Inc.Series B—Oct 2023
    Astroscale logoAstroscaleSeries G$76MFeb 2023
    RRealtime RoboticsSeries A$31.4MJun 2021
    RRealtime Robotics, Inc.Series A$11.7MOct 2019
    Scadafence logoScadafenceSeries A$16MNov 2017
    Tulip logoTulipSeries D——
    QunaSys Inc. logoQunaSys Inc.Series B$10M—

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    Last updated: 7 October 2026