JR East Startup

Profile, fund size and leaders

Parent East Japan Railway CompanyHQ Tokyo, JapanFounded 2018

JR East Startup is the corporate venture arm of East Japan Railway Company, a logistics and transportation company. It was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. Sectors it names: consumer and retail, mobility and automotive.

Commitment by parentS1: JPY 5bn

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Snapshot

Scale and capital allocated

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Measure	Value	Unit	Kind	Source
Headline size	JPY 5bn	Commitment by parent	Stated by the firm or its parent	S1

Sources: S1 JR East Startup: About (company overview).

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
Offices: Tokyo, Japan

Investment regionsS4

Asia

LeadersS1

Yutaka ShibataPresident and Representative DirectorFind on LinkedIn Firm page

JR East Startup on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	East Japan Railway Company	Single source	S1
Parent industry	Logistics and transportation	Single source	S1
Founded	2018	Single source	S1
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan	Single source	S1
Status	Active	Single source	S3
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
Headline size	JPY 5bn (Commitment by parent)	Single source	S1

For founders

Item	What the firm says	Source
Beyond capital	Use of JR East Group management resources, including stations and railway lines, for joint business creation	S4

Fund vehicles

Vehicle	Size	Year	Source
JR East Startup investment frame	JPY 5bn	2018	S1

History

2018JR East established JR East Startup Co., Ltd. on 20 February 2018 as its corporate venture capital companyS1
2023JR East Startup built a structure for co-creation with regional startups, later formalised as the JR East Local Startup FundS3

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website jrestartup.co.jp/

Sources

Disclaimer and corrections

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