Apollo Capital

Profile and portfolio

Parent CERESHQ Tokyo, JapanFounded 2023

Apollo Capital is the corporate venture arm of CERES, an internet and media company. It was founded in 2023 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. It invests from seed to growth. Sectors it names: fintech, crypto and blockchain, consumer and retail, media and gaming.

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Seed to Growth

Data behind this graphic

Data behind this graphic
Item	Value
Stage range	Seed to Growth
Sectors	Fintech, Crypto and blockchain, Consumer and retail, Media and gaming
Geography	Asia
Offices	Tokyo, Japan

Sources: S1 Apollo Capital: home page (Compounded VC, CVC of CERES, Shibuya Tokyo).

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
Offices: Tokyo, Japan

Investment regionsS1

Asia

LeadersS1

Satoshi TakagiRepresentative Director and Representative PartnerFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Koji NakamuraDirector and PartnerFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Yuji HaraDirector and PartnerFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Hiroki TerahigashiPartnerFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Taishi MatsuyamaInvestment ManagerFind on LinkedIn Firm page

Apollo Capital on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	CERES (TSE: 3696)	Single source	S1
Parent industry	Internet and media	Single source	S1
Founded	2023	Single source	S2
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan	Single source	S1
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent and outside investors	Single source	S1
Stages	Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth (inferred from announced rounds)	Estimate	S1

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 15 companies.S2

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

7 companies on the Apollo Capital 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
MIXI Investment	5	KaKa Creation, BabyJam, indent, LinQ inc., ONE SHEEN
Dentsu Ventures	1	KaKa Creation
NANKAI NEXT Ventures	1	KaKa Creation
Lotte Ventures Japan	1	AndGAMER
NOBUNAGA Capital Village	1	AndGAMER
YMFG Capital	1	BabyJam
ADWAYS Ventures	1	indent
NTT DOCOMO Ventures	1	LinQ inc.
Daiwa Corporate Investment	1	ZIRITZ

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the Apollo Capital list

15 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S2 Read the firm's list.

AndGAMER
BabyJam
Blackbox
Bunzz
indent
INTMAX
KaKa Creation
KanaLabs
LinQ
Napier Finance
ONE SHEEN
Payn
SAMANSA
SOUNDRAW
ZIRITZ

Recent rounds

Date	Company	Round	Amount	Led by the firm	Source
2025-11-11	ZIRITZ	Series A	JPY 700M	No	S2

About CERES

Item	Detail	Source
Listed as	TSE: 3696	S1
Headquarters	Japan	S1

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website apollocap.co.jp/

Sources

Disclaimer and corrections

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