LANDCROS Innovation Studios

Profile and leaders

Parent Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.HQ Tokyo, JapanFounded 2025

LANDCROS Innovation Studios is the corporate venture arm of Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., an industrial company. It was founded in 2025 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. It invests from seed to Series A. Sectors it names: industrial technology and robotics, artificial intelligence.

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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	Industrial technology and robotics, Artificial intelligence
Geography	Global
Offices	Tokyo, Japan

Sources: S1 LANDCROS Innovation Studios: home.

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
Offices: Tokyo, Japan

Investment regionsS1

Global

LeadersS2

Kenichi Moriwaki (Ph.D)Open innovation and corporate venturing lead (site descriptor)Find on LinkedIn Firm page
Kaoru KobayashiVenture investor, telecom/wireless/data start-ups (site descriptor)Find on LinkedIn Firm page
Stephen DaffStart-up collaboration, automotive expert (site descriptor)Find on LinkedIn Firm page
Nobuhiro MuraseBusiness developer (site descriptor)Find on LinkedIn Firm page
Yoshiaki KanayamaCRM and after-sales systems lead (site descriptor)Find on LinkedIn Firm page

LANDCROS Innovation Studios on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.	Single source	S1
Parent industry	Industrial and manufacturing	Single source	S1
Founded	2025	Single source	S1
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan	Single source	S3
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
People on the team page	7	Single source	S1
Stages	Seed, Series A (inferred from announced rounds)	Estimate	S1

For founders

Item	What the firm says	Source
Stages	Seed, Series A. Inferred from announced rounds; the firm does not state a range.	S1

Fund vehicles

Vehicle	Size	Year	Source
Counterpart Ventures Fund II (LP commitment by parent)	USD 110M	2021	S4

History

2021Parent commits to Counterpart Ventures Fund II (2021-09-30)S4
2025LANDCROS Innovation Studios launch event; parent invests USD 3M in Rithmik (2025-12-02)S3

Portfolio

Portfolio company named in public sources: Rithmik Solutions.S3

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website innovationstudios.hitachicm.com/

Sources

S1LANDCROS Innovation Studios: homeFirm
S2LANDCROS Innovation Studios: team membersFirm
S3Hitachi Construction Machinery: invests in Rithmik Solutions (2025-12-02)Parent company
S4Hitachi Construction Machinery: invests in Counterpart Ventures Fund II (2021-09-30)Parent company

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