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Kanematsu Ventures

Corporate venture profile

Parent KanematsuFounded 2018

Kanematsu Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Kanematsu, a conglomerate. It was founded in 2018. It invests from seed to Series A. Sectors it names: climate and energy, cybersecurity, space and defense.

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Seed to Series A
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Data behind this graphic
ItemValue
Stage rangeSeed to Series A
SectorsClimate and energy, Cybersecurity, Space and defense
GeographyNorth America, Asia

Sources: S1 Kanematsu: Kanematsu Ventures.

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Investment stage: Seed to Series A

Sources: S1 Kanematsu: Kanematsu Ventures.

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Where it invests

Geography

Investment regionsS1

Key facts

FactValueStatusSource
Parent companyKanematsuSingle sourceS1
Parent industryConglomerateSingle sourceS1
Founded2018Single sourceS1
StatusActiveSingle sourceS1
Capital sourceParent company onlySingle sourceS1
StagesSeed, Series A (inferred from announced rounds)EstimateS1

History

  1. Kanematsu Ventures established in Silicon Valley in July 2018S1
  2. Committed to Waseda Innovation FundS4
  3. Invested in TOWING and Intuition RoboticsS2

Portfolio

Portfolio companies named in public sources: TOWING, Intuition Robotics.S2

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

2 companies on the Kanematsu Ventures 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.

FirmSharedCompanies in common
Bloomberg Beta1Intuition Robotics
Happiness Capital1Intuition Robotics
Samsung Next1Intuition Robotics
Toyota Ventures1Intuition Robotics
Union Tech Ventures1Intuition Robotics
Woven Capital1Intuition Robotics
J-POWER Strategic Investments1TOWING
NOBUNAGA Capital Village1TOWING
Shizuoka Capital1TOWING

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Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

  • Website www.kanematsu.co.jp/business/growth-strategy-office/kgv

Sources

  1. S1Kanematsu: Kanematsu VenturesParent company
  2. S2Kanematsu release: investment in TOWING (2025-05-29)Parent company
  3. S3Kanematsu release: investment in Intuition Robotics (2025-09-09)Parent company
  4. S4Kanematsu release: investment in Waseda Innovation Fund (2022-08-17)Parent company

Disclaimer and corrections

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