NE Ventures

Corporate venture profile

Parent NEHQ Yokohama, JapanFounded 2025

NE Ventures is the corporate venture arm of NE, a technology company. It was founded in 2025 and is based in Yokohama, Japan. It invests at the Series A stage. Sectors it names: consumer and retail, enterprise software.

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Series A to Series A

Data behind this graphic

Data behind this graphic
Item	Value
Stage range	Series A to Series A
Sectors	Consumer and retail, Enterprise software
Geography	Asia
Offices	Yokohama, Japan

Sources: S4 NE press release: CVC second investment OpenFactory; S2 NE press release: CVC business launch.

Where it invests

Geography

Headquarters: Yokohama, Japan
Offices: Yokohama, Japan

Investment regionsS4 S2

Asia

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	NE (TSE: 441A)	Single source	S2
Parent industry	Technology and software	Single source	S2
Founded	2025	Single source	S2
Headquarters	Yokohama, Japan	Single source	S2
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S2
Stages	Series A (inferred from announced rounds)	Estimate	S4

About NE

Item	Detail	Source
Listed as	TSE: 441A	S2
Headquarters	Japan	S2

For founders

Item	What the firm says	Source
Stages	Series A. Inferred from announced rounds; the firm does not state a range.	S4
Check size, Series A	JPY 20M	S4

Recent rounds

Date	Company	Round	Amount	Led by the firm	Source
2026-06-24	OpenFactory	Series A	JPY 20M	Yes	S4
2026-05-29	KLD	Not stated	JPY 20M	Yes	S3

History

2025NE started its corporate venture capital business (announced 2 December)S2
2026First investment KLD (29 May) and second investment OpenFactory (24 June)S4

Portfolio

Portfolio companies named in public sources: KLD, OpenFactory.S3

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

1 companies on the NE 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
NOBUNAGA Capital Village	1	OpenFactory

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Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website ventures.ne-inc.jp/

Sources

S1NE Ventures siteFirm
S2NE press release: CVC business launchFirm
S3NE press release: CVC first investment KLDFirm
S4NE press release: CVC second investment OpenFactoryFirm

Disclaimer and corrections

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