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    Nikon, through its corporate venture capital arm Nikon Ventures Corporation (NVC), invests in cutting-edge technologies and services including aerospace, energy, carbon-neutral, robotics, bio/healthcare, and autonomous machines. Its most recent fund is the $51.5M NFocus Fund, co-managed with Geodesic Capital, targeting early to mid-stage startups.

    Their most common stage is series-a (44% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $128.7M (across 7 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    8

    Fund Size

    $51.5M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    MC

    Michiko Chiba

    Director* Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    MT

    Muneaki Tokunari

    Representative Director and Chairman

    SH

    Satoshi Hagiwara

    Director Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    SK

    Seiji Kikuchi

    Director Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    SM

    Shigeru Murayama

    Director* Chair of Audit and Supervisory Committee

    TN

    Takuya Nakata

    Director* Chairman of the Board

    TU

    Toshihiro Uchiyama

    Director*

    TT

    Tsuneyoshi Tatsuoka

    Director*

    YO

    Yasuhiro Ohmura

    Representative Director

    YK

    Yoichi Kassai

    Director

    YS

    Yoko Seki

    Director* Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    Takeshi Matsumoto

    Takeshi Matsumoto

    CFO

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    9 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    TTrener RoboticsSeries A$32MJan 2026
    Ai Build logoAi BuildSeries A$8.5MOct 2023
    OOxford Nanopore TechnologiesUnknown$271MJan 2021
    Carbon logoCarbonSeries C$81MSep 2016
    VAST logoVASTGrowth——
    AAibuildSeries A$8.5M—
    SSetsuro Tech Inc.Unknown——
    VVast, Inc.Series A$300M—
    VVast, Inc.Debt$200M—

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026