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    Sojitz Corporation

    Tokyo, JapanFounded 2004
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    Sojitz Corporation is a Japanese sogo shosha (general trading company) formed in 2004 through the merger of Nichimen Corporation and Nissho Iwai Corporation. It engages in global trading, business investment, and project development across diverse sectors, and operates a corporate venture capital arm investing in startups worldwide.

    Their most common stage is series-a (44% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $30.7M (across 10 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    14

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    HM

    Hiroto Murai

    President & CEO for Asia & Oceania Managing Director, Sojitz Asia Pte. Ltd. General Manager, Singapore Branch

    SM

    Sari Miida

    President & CEO for Europe Managing Director, Sojitz Corporation of Europe B.V.

    Haruko Kokue

    Haruko Kokue

    Independent Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    Junko Watanabe

    Junko Watanabe

    Independent Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    Kazuhiko Takeda

    Kazuhiko Takeda

    Independent Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    Kosuke Uemura

    Kosuke Uemura

    Representative Director, President & CEO

    MS

    Makoto Shibuya

    Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, CFO

    Mamoru Morita

    Mamoru Morita

    Independent Director

    Masayoshi Fujimoto

    Masayoshi Fujimoto

    Representative Director, Chairman

    TK

    Tatsuhiko Kanetake

    Representing Director, President & CEO, Sojitz Tech-Innovation Co.,Ltd.

    TA

    Tomomi Arakawa

    Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, CDO, CIO

    TK

    Toshiaki Kasai

    Representative Director & CEO, JALUX Inc.

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    18 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    TTacta SystemsSeries A$64MJun 2025
    Hycamite TCD Technologies logoHycamite TCD TechnologiesUnknown—Jul 2023
    Ripplr logoRipplrSeries C$45MJan 2023
    Universal Hydrogen logoUniversal HydrogenSeries A$62MApr 2021
    Vlp Therapeutics logoVlp TherapeuticsSeries A—Jan 2021
    Ripplr logoRipplrSeries A$3MJan 2021
    Universal Hydrogen logoUniversal HydrogenSeries A$20.5MJan 2021
    PPD AerospaceSeries A—Apr 2020
    Idein logoIdeinUnknown$19.2MJan 2020
    Openlogi logoOpenlogiSeries C—Jan 2020
    Sensely logoSenselySeries A$15MOct 2019
    Sensely logoSenselySeries B$8MJan 2019
    iFlix logoiFlixSeries B$30MApr 2015
    MolenGeek logoMolenGeekUnknown——
    HHycamiteUnknown——
    Hycamite TCD Technologies logoHycamite TCD TechnologiesUnknown——
    Tacta logoTactaSeries A——
    Ripplr logoRipplrSeries B$40M—

    Top Co-Investors

    Tyche Partners4 shared
    B Capital4 shared
    EDBI3 shared
    3one4 Capital3 shared
    India Quotient3 shared
    Silicon Valley Bank2 shared
    Chengwei Capital2 shared
    Susquehanna2 shared
    Mojo Partners2 shared
    Pegasus Tech Ventures2 shared
    Wave Capital2 shared
    CDIB Capital Group2 shared
    Global Brain Corporation2 shared
    Fireside Investments2 shared
    B5 Capital2 shared
    America's Frontier Fund2 shared
    SBVA2 shared
    Stephen Industries2 shared
    Airbus Ventures2 shared
    Build Collective2 shared

    Last updated: 7 October 2026