JAL Innovation Fund

Profile and portfolio

Parent Japan AirlinesHQ Redwood City, JapanFounded 2019

JAL Innovation Fund is the corporate venture arm of Japan Airlines, a logistics and transportation company. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Redwood City, Japan. It invests from seed to Series A. Sectors it names: mobility and automotive, climate and energy.

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Seed to Series A

Data behind this graphic

Data behind this graphic
Item	Value
Stage range	Seed to Series A
Sectors	Mobility and automotive, Climate and energy
Geography	Global
Offices	Redwood City, United States, Tokyo, Japan

Sources: S4 Japan Airlines Ventures: About (Silicon Valley and Tokyo locations, focus); S1 JAL Group press release: Establishment of Japan Airlines Innovation Fund.

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Redwood City, Japan
Offices: Redwood City, United States
Tokyo, Japan

Investment regionsS4 S1

Global

LeadersS5

Masato KunezakiManaging Partner, Japan Airlines VenturesFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Yosuke SuzukiManaging Partner, Japan Airlines VenturesFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Shiro MatsuzakiManaging Partner, Japan Airlines VenturesFind on LinkedIn Firm page

JAL Innovation Fund on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Japan Airlines (TSE: 9201)	Single source	S1
Parent industry	Logistics and transportation	Single source	S1
Founded	2019	Single source	S1
Headquarters	Redwood City, Japan	Single source	S4
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
Stages	Seed, Series A	Single source	S4

About Japan Airlines

Item	Detail	Source
Listed as	TSE: 9201	S1
Headquarters	Japan	S1

Fund vehicles

Vehicle	Size	Year	Source
Japan Airlines Innovation Fund	Not published	2019	S1
JAL Innovation Fund II	Not published	2026	S1

Portfolio

Public sources name 4 portfolio companies.S2

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

1 companies on the JAL Innovation Fund 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
GLy Capital Management	1	Volocopter
Moog	1	Volocopter
MS&AD Ventures	1	Volocopter
SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group CVC	1	Volocopter

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the JAL Innovation Fund list

4 companies, as named in the sources cited.S2 Read the firm's list.

Bestmile
Fetch Robotics
Matter Motor
Volocopter

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website japanairlinesventures.com/

Sources

S1JAL Group press release: Establishment of Japan Airlines Innovation FundFirm
S2PitchBook: JAL Innovation FundThird-party report
S3JAL Group press release: Fund formation, JAL Innovation Fund IIFirm
S4Japan Airlines Ventures: About (Silicon Valley and Tokyo locations, focus)Firm
S5Japan Airlines Ventures: Our TeamFirm

Disclaimer and corrections

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