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Rakuten Capital

Corporate VC · Tokyo (Japan), Luxembourg (Luxembourg), San Mateo (United States), Singapore (Singapore) · Founded 2014

About

Rakuten Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of Rakuten Group. It invests in and provides operational support to transformative startups globally, focusing on Commerce, Communications, Marketing, Financial Services, Mobility, and Healthcare.

Investment Stages

Seed, Series A, Series B

Industry Focus

Blockchain/Web3, CleanTech, E-Commerce, FinTech, Healthcare, IT, InsurTech, MarTech, Media & Entertainment, Mobility, Telecom

Portfolio Companies

Careem, Carousell, GoTo, Lyft, Pinterest, Upstart, BlueVine, Azimo, Currencycloud, Acorns, Fever, Twid, PremFina, Glovo, airweave, Genesis Healthcare, dacadoo, from scratch, Simplesurance, Folio, Baaz, KINS, DAITO, TeraWatt, hacomono, TENTIAL, Toon Cracker, DEA, Ubie, BASE, JEPLAN, Bejewel, Proof of Impact, Aimed, mov, Leal, Petokoto, SYLA, Cariuma, Honest Bank, Secai Marche, AWL, Robin io, Airalo, Taster, Verishop, RedDoorz, ShopBack, Uncover Truth, Black Fish, Okan, Cyndx, Toranotec, Wepay

Team (13)

  • Hiromichi Aoki - Senior Partner
  • Kazuaki Ichihashi - Senior Investment Manager
  • Kendrick Loh - Principal
  • Mark Heeney - Senior Associate
  • Regina Ho - Senior Associate
  • Saemin Ahn - Managing Partner
  • Shoichiro Suzuki - Senior Partner
  • Nicole Jang - Partner
  • Susumu Ishikura - Head of Investment Management
  • Takeshi Munemasa - Senior Investment Manager