Blue Lab

Profile and leaders

Parent Mizuho BankHQ Tokyo, JapanFounded 2017

Blue Lab is the corporate venture arm of Mizuho Bank, a financial services company. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. It invests at the seed stage across sectors.

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Seed to Seed

Data behind this graphic

Data behind this graphic
Item	Value
Stage range	Seed to Seed
Sectors	Sector agnostic
Geography	Asia
Offices	Tokyo, Japan

Sources: S2 Blue Lab: fund; S1 Blue Lab: company information.

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
Offices: Tokyo, Japan

Investment regionsS2 S1

Asia

LeadersS1

中馬和彦Representative DirectorFind on LinkedIn Firm page

Blue Lab on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Mizuho Bank	Single source	S1
Parent industry	Banking and financial services	Single source	S1
Founded	2017	Single source	S1
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan	Single source	S1
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
Stages	Seed	Single source	S2

Fund vehicles

Vehicle	Size	Year	Source
Blue Lab Fund No. 1	Not published	2025	S2

History

2017Blue Lab established (July)S1
2025Blue Lab Fund established (December)S1

Portfolio

Portfolio companies named in public sources: ATOM, Qubitcore.S4

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

1 companies on the Blue Lab portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
Canal Ventures	1	Qubitcore

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Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website www.bluelab.co.jp/

Sources

S1Blue Lab: company informationFirm
S2Blue Lab: fundFirm
S3Blue Lab: homeFirm
S4The Venture Codex: Blue Lab investments (ATOM May 2026, Qubitcore Apr 2026)Third-party report

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