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    Rakuten Capital

    Tokyo, JapanFounded 2013
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    E-Commerce & MarketplaceFintechMobility & TransportationHealthcareAIMedia & EntertainmentRobotics & AutomationDefense & SpaceClimate & Energy

    Rakuten Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of Rakuten Group, providing funding, sector experience, and operational support to portfolio companies worldwide. It invests across fintech, AI, e-commerce, mobility, and other high-growth sectors, leveraging the Rakuten ecosystem to back visionary founders building global technology and consumer companies.

    They made 1 investments in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $87.4M (across 36 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    36

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    SA

    Saemin Ahn

    Managing Partner, International Investment Executive Officer of Rakuten Group, Inc.

    MP

    Michael Piechalak

    Partner, International Investment

    NJ

    Nicole Jang

    Senior Partner, International Investment

    RO

    Ryuji Otaki

    Operating Partner

    SS

    Shoichiro Suzuki

    Senior Partner, Japan InvestmentGeneral Manager of Rakuten Group, Inc.

    SS

    Seiichiro Sonoda

    President of Rakuten Capital Group Senior Managing Executive Officer of Rakuten Group, Inc. FinTech Group Company President Director of Investment Department Director of Corporate Strategy Supervisory Department Director of Financial Business Supervisory Department

    Kendrick Loh

    Kendrick Loh

    Principal, International Investment

    MH

    Mark Heeney

    Senior Associate, International Investment

    RH

    Regina Ho

    Senior Associate, International Investment

    AF

    Alec Fujii

    Associate, International Investment

    TS

    Taiga Sekine

    Associate, Japan Investment

    TT

    Taichi Tsuchiya

    Investment Analyst, Japan Investment

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    46 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    InsightX logoInsightXSeries A—Feb 2026
    enstem logoenstemUnknown—Jan 2025
    Manpuku Holdings logoManpuku HoldingsSeries B—Jun 2024
    TeraWatt Technology logoTeraWatt TechnologySeries C—Jun 2023
    Baaz logoBaazSeries A$8MJan 2023
    OneSignal logoOneSignalSeries C$50MSep 2022
    Ubie株式会社 logoUbie株式会社Series C$26.2MAug 2022
    Twid logoTwidSeries A$12MAug 2022
    QuEra logoQuEraSeed$17MNov 2021
    Rakuten Medical, Inc. logoRakuten Medical, Inc.Series D$166MJul 2021
    SECAI MARCHE logoSECAI MARCHESeries A$1.4MMay 2021
    Taster logoTasterSeries B$37MApr 2021
    Dahmakan logoDahmakanSeries B$18MFeb 2020
    Ladorian logoLadorianSeed—Jan 2020
    Dahmakan logoDahmakanSeries B$18MJan 2020
    Everledger logoEverledgerSeries A$20MSep 2019
    RedDoorz logoRedDoorzSeries C$70MAug 2019
    ShopBack Retail logoShopBack RetailSeries B$45MApr 2019
    Glovo logoGlovoSeries C$134MJul 2018
    Simplesurance logoSimplesuranceSeries C$8MJan 2018
    Glovo logoGlovoSeries B—Oct 2017
    OneSignal logoOneSignalSeries A$7MAug 2017
    Acorns logoAcornsSeries D$70MJul 2017
    Algorithmia logoAlgorithmiaSeries A$10.5MJun 2017
    Careem logoCareemSeries E—Jun 2017
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    Top Co-Investors

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    GV2 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026