NANKAI NEXT Ventures

Profile, fund size and portfolio

Parent Nankai Electric RailwayHQ Osaka, JapanFounded 2025

NANKAI NEXT Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Nankai Electric Railway, a logistics and transportation company. It was founded in 2025 and is based in Osaka, Japan. It invests at the seed stage across sectors.

AUM or capital under managementS2: JPY 2bn
Companies backedS1: 10

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Seed to Seed

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Item	Value
Stage range	Seed to Seed
Sectors	Sector agnostic
Geography	Asia
Offices	Osaka, Japan

Sources: S2 Nankai Electric Railway and NANKAI NEXT Ventures: establishment and first investments (2025-06-13).

Scale and capital allocated

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Measure	Value	Unit	Kind	Source
Headline size	JPY 2bn	AUM or capital under management	Stated by the firm or its parent	S2
Companies backed	10	companies	Stated by the firm	S1
Companies on the firm's portfolio page	10	companies	Counted from the firm's own list	S1

Sources: S2 Nankai Electric Railway and NANKAI NEXT Ventures: establishment and first investments (2025-06-13); S1 NANKAI NEXT Ventures official note: investment portfolio (2026-03-16).

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Osaka, Japan
Offices: Osaka, Japan

Investment regionsS2

Asia

LeadersS2

Kunihiko FuruyamaRepresentative Director and PresidentFind on LinkedIn Firm page

NANKAI NEXT Ventures on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Nankai Electric Railway	Single source	S2
Parent industry	Logistics and transportation	Single source	S2
Founded	2025	Single source	S2
Headquarters	Osaka, Japan	Single source	S2
Status	Active	Single source	S2
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S2
Headline size	JPY 2bn (AUM or capital under management)	Single source	S2
Companies backed	10	Single source	S1
Stages	Seed (inferred from announced rounds)	Estimate	S2

Fund vehicles

Vehicle	Size	Year	Source
NANKAI NEXT Ventures	JPY 2bn	2025	S2

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 10 companies.S1

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

5 companies on the NANKAI NEXT 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.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
Dentsu Ventures	2	FUNDiT, KaKa Creation
31VENTURES	1	ATOMica
Chugin Capital Partners	1	ATOMica
FFG Venture Business Partners	1	ATOMica
Iyogin Capital	1	ATOMica
Life Design Fund	1	ATOMica
Tottori Capital	1	ATOMica
Kampo NEXT Partners	1	FUNDiT
Shizuoka Capital	1	FUNDiT
TASUKI Ventures	1	FUNDiT
Goldwin Venture Partners	1	The Chain Museum
JFR MIRAI CREATORS Fund	1	The Chain Museum

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the NANKAI NEXT Ventures list

10 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S1 Read the firm's list.

ATOMica
bestat
FLASH
FUNDiT
KaKa Creation
MOOV
The Chain Museum
ジェイエルネス
はんぽさき
喪服レスキュー

History

2025Nankai Electric Railway established NANKAI NEXT Ventures on 2025-01-06S2

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website note.com/nankai_cvc
Portfolio note.com/nankai_cvc/n/n23e8d2051757

Sources

Disclaimer and corrections

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