
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).
Portfolio
14
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Series B
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
Asako Nagai
Managing Director at BSR
Iwao Oda
Executive Officer (Associate) Group President, Building Systems; Representative Director and President, Mitsubishi Electric Building Solutions Corporation
Kazunori Tanaka
Executive Officer (Associate) Group President, Automotive Equipment; Representative Director and President, Mitsubishi Electric Mobility Corporation
Kunihito Minakawa
Outside Director Member of the Audit Committee
Masako Egawa
Outside Director Member of the Nomination Committee Member of the Compensation Committee Chancellor, Seikei Gakuen
Mieko Nakabayashi
Outside Director Member of the Nomination Committee Member of the Compensation Committee
Peter D. Pedersen
Outside Director Member of the Audit Committee Representative Director of NPO NELIS
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
Executive Officer (Associate) Vice President, Corporate Legal & Risk Management; In charge of External Relations; In charge of Intellectual Property
Komi Matsubara
Executive Officer (Associate) Vice President, Business Innovation
Kunihiko Kaga
Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President CTO (In charge of Technology Strategies) Industry & Mobility Business Area Owner, Export Control
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
Portfolio
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series C | — | Sep 2026 | |
| PPLD | Series C | — | Sep 2026 |
| OOptQC Corp. | Unknown | — | Aug 2026 |
| PPLD | Series C | — | Mar 2026 |
| Series B | $28M | Mar 2026 | |
| Series A | $20M | Jan 2026 | |
| TTulip Interfaces | Series D | $120M | Jan 2026 |
| PPale Blue Inc. | Series C | $1.5B | Jan 2025 |
| Series E | $100M | Mar 2024 | |
| Series B | $10M | Jan 2024 | |
| PPale Blue Inc. | Series B | — | Oct 2023 |
| Series G | $76M | Feb 2023 | |
| RRealtime Robotics | Series A | $31.4M | Jun 2021 |
| RRealtime Robotics, Inc. | Series A | $11.7M | Oct 2019 |
| Series A | $16M | Nov 2017 | |
| Series D | — | — | |
| Series B | $10M | — |
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Last updated: 7 October 2026