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NTT DOCOMO Ventures

Profile, fund size and portfolio

Parent NTT DOCOMO, INC.HQ Tokyo, JapanFounded 2008

NTT DOCOMO Ventures is the corporate venture arm of NTT DOCOMO, INC. (telecommunications). It was founded in 2008 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. It invests from Pre-seed to Late stage in AI, cloud, fintech.

Companies backedS6
172
IPOsS6
26
M&A exitsS6
42

Every figure links to its source

Snapshot

Investment stage: Pre-seed to Late stage
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ItemValue
Stage rangePre-seed to Late stage
SectorsAI, Cloud, Fintech, Medical/Healthcare, Mobility, Robotics/IoT
GeographyAsia, North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa (Portfolio companies by region, from the firm's portfolio page)
OfficesTokyo, Japan, Sunnyvale, United States

Sources: S5 NTT DOCOMO Ventures: Investment Policy; S6 NTT DOCOMO Ventures: Portfolio (area, category, start year, IPO/Acquired data attributes).

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Investment stage: Pre-seed to Late stage

Investment stage: Pre-seed to Late stageBar showing NTT DOCOMO Ventures invests from pre-seed to late stage. Sector chips: ai, cloud, fintech, medical/healthcare, mobility, robotics/iot. Stacked bar of portfolio companies by region, from the firm's portfolio page.Investment stage: Pre-seed to Late stageNTT DOCOMO VenturesSTAGEPre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BSeries C+GrowthLate stagePORTFOLIO MIXPortfolio by the firm's own tags, share of 172 companiesMarketing25% (43)DX22.7% (39)AI16.9% (29)Entertainment12.2% (21)Cloud11.6% (20)GEOGRAPHYPortfolio companies by region, from the firm's portfolio page10650Japan 106North America 50Israel 7Europe 5Asia 4CorporateVentureCapital.comSources: S5, S6, listed on the profile
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ItemValue
Stage rangePre-seed to Late stage
SectorsAI, Cloud, Fintech, Medical/Healthcare, Mobility, Robotics/IoT
GeographyAsia, North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa (Portfolio companies by region, from the firm's portfolio page)
OfficesTokyo, Japan, Sunnyvale, United States

Sources: S5 NTT DOCOMO Ventures: Investment Policy; S6 NTT DOCOMO Ventures: Portfolio (area, category, start year, IPO/Acquired data attributes).

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Investments closed by company type
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ItemCompaniesShare
Marketing4315%
DX3913.6%
AI2910.1%
Entertainment217.3%
Cloud207%
Communication196.6%
SaaS186.3%
Robotics186.3%
IoT186.3%
Security134.5%
Medical/Healthcare103.5%
Mobility82.8%
BigData72.4%
Energy62.1%
Fintech62.1%
DeepTech51.7%
web331%
XR31%

A company can carry more than one tag

Sources: S6 NTT DOCOMO Ventures: Portfolio (area, category, start year, IPO/Acquired data attributes).

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Investments closed by company type

Investments closed by company typeDonut chart of portfolio by the firm's own tags: Marketing 15%, DX 13.6%, AI 10.1%, Entertainment 7.3%, Cloud 7%, Communication 6.6%, Other (12 tags) 40.2%.Investments closed by company typeNTT DOCOMO Ventures · Portfolio by the firm's own tags286TAGS ON 172 COMPANIESMarketing15% 43DX13.6% 39AI10.1% 29Entertainment7.3% 21Cloud7% 20Communication6.6% 19Other (12 tags)40.2% 115CorporateVentureCapital.comSource: NTT DOCOMO Ventures: Portfolio (area
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ItemCompaniesShare
Marketing4315%
DX3913.6%
AI2910.1%
Entertainment217.3%
Cloud207%
Communication196.6%
SaaS186.3%
Robotics186.3%
IoT186.3%
Security134.5%
Medical/Healthcare103.5%
Mobility82.8%
BigData72.4%
Energy62.1%
Fintech62.1%
DeepTech51.7%
web331%
XR31%

A company can carry more than one tag

Sources: S6 NTT DOCOMO Ventures: Portfolio (area, category, start year, IPO/Acquired data attributes).

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Scale and capital allocated
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MeasureValueUnitKindSource
Headline sizeNot disclosed by the firm.
Companies backed172companiesStated by the firmS6
IPOs26IPOsStated by the firmS6
M&A exits42exitsStated by the firmS6
Companies on the firm's portfolio page172companiesCounted from the firm's own listS6

Sources: S6 NTT DOCOMO Ventures: Portfolio (area, category, start year, IPO/Acquired data attributes).

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Scale and capital allocated

Scale and capital allocatedNTT DOCOMO Ventures headline size not disclosed by the firm. Dot strip of 4 published counts: Companies backed 172; IPOs 26; M&A exits 42; Companies on the firm's portfolio page 172.Scale and capital allocatedNTT DOCOMO VenturesNot disclosed by the firm.COMPANIES BY STATUS ON THE FIRM'S LIST, 172 COMPANIESACTIVE 104 · 60.5%EXITED 68 · 39.5%COUNTS THE FIRM AND ITS PAGES PUBLISH101001,000Companies backed172 companiesIPOs26 IPOsM&A exits42 exitsCompanies on the firm's portfolio page172 companiesStated by the firmCounted from a list or another sourceCorporateVentureCapital.comSource: NTT DOCOMO Ventures: Portfolio (area
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MeasureValueUnitKindSource
Headline sizeNot disclosed by the firm.
Companies backed172companiesStated by the firmS6
IPOs26IPOsStated by the firmS6
M&A exits42exitsStated by the firmS6
Companies on the firm's portfolio page172companiesCounted from the firm's own listS6

Firms and databases count companies, rounds and investments differently.

Sources: S6 NTT DOCOMO Ventures: Portfolio (area, category, start year, IPO/Acquired data attributes).

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Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Offices
  • Tokyo, Japan
  • Sunnyvale, United States

Portfolio companies by regionS5S6

  • Japan106 · 62%
  • North America50 · 29%
  • Israel7 · 4%
  • Europe5 · 3%
  • Asia4 · 2%

Portfolio companies by region, from the firm's portfolio page

LeadersS3S4

NTT DOCOMO Ventures on LinkedIn

Key facts

FactValueStatusSource
Parent companyNTT DOCOMO, INC.Single sourceS3
Parent industryTelecommunicationsSingle sourceS3
Founded2008Single sourceS3
HeadquartersTokyo, JapanSingle sourceS3
StatusActiveSingle sourceS1
Capital sourceParent company onlySingle sourceS3
Companies backed172Single sourceS6
Exits68 total, 26 IPOs, 42 M&ASingle sourceS6
People on the team page24Single sourceS4
StagesPre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C+, Growth, Late stageSingle sourceS5

Investments by year

YearNewFollow-onTotalSource
20081S6
20091S6
20101S6
20111S6
20124S6
20137S6
20148S6
20159S6
20165S6
201716S6
201814S6
201924S6
202010S6
202111S6
202210S6
202310S6
202416S6
202510S6
202614S6

Fund vehicles

VehicleSizeYearNoteSource
DOCOMO Innovation Fund PartnershipJPY 10bn2013Fund Size - JPY 10 BillionS2
DOCOMO Innovation Fund II, L.P.JPY 15bn2017Fund Size - JPY 15 BillionS2
DOCOMO Innovation Fund III, L.P.JPY 15bn2022Fund Size - JPY 15 BillionS2
DOCOMO Innovation Fund IV, L.P.JPY 15bn2026Fund Size - JPY 15 BillionS2
NTT Investment Partners Fund, L.P.JPY 15bn2008Fund Size - JPY 15 BillionS2
NTT Investment Partners Fund II, L.P.JPY 10bn2014Fund Size - JPY 10 BillionS2
NTT Investment Partners Fund III, L.P.JPY 20bn2018Fund Size - JPY 20 BillionS2
NTT Investment Partners Fund IV, L.P.JPY 20bn2023Fund Size - JPY 20 BillionS2

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 172 companies: 104 active, 68 exited.S6

Companies by status on the firm's list. Status as the firm tags itS6
TagCompaniesShare
Active10460.5%
Exited6839.5%
Portfolio by the firm's own tags. A company can carry more than one tagS6
TagCompaniesShare
Marketing4325%
DX3922.7%
AI2916.9%
Entertainment2112.2%
Cloud2011.6%
Communication1911%
SaaS1810.5%
Robotics1810.5%
IoT1810.5%
Security137.6%
Medical/Healthcare105.8%
Mobility84.7%
BigData74.1%
Energy63.5%
Fintech63.5%
DeepTech52.9%
web331.7%
XR31.7%

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

54 companies on the NTT DOCOMO Ventures portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company name across the firms' own lists.

FirmSharedCompanies in common
Salesforce Ventures15ElevenLabs, Alation, RevComm Inc., Baseconnect, Inc., FastLabel, FLUX, Inc., and 9 more
Z Venture Capital13Baseconnect, Inc., Josys, Kaizen Platform, Inc., MFS, mov inc., Turing Inc., and 7 more
Sony Innovation Fund9RevComm Inc., FastLabel, FLUX, Inc., Josys, MFS, Techtouch, and 3 more
Dentsu Ventures4Knowledge Work, Techtouch, Turing Inc., Novarca Inc.
Intel Capital3Ayar Labs, Now.gg, TileDB
Lockheed Martin Ventures3Ayar Labs, Skydio, Inc, TileDB
COLOPL NEXT3Kaizen Platform, Inc., Fyusion, Inc., Lovegraph, Inc.
LG Technology Ventures2ElevenLabs, WAVEXR, INC.
Hakuhodo DY Ventures2RevComm Inc., SOXAI Inc.
Cisco Investments2Mist Systems, ThreatQuotient
GV2Mist Systems, CliQr Technologies
Rakuten Capital2mov inc., SECAI MARCHE Inc.

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the NTT DOCOMO Ventures list

172 companies, as listed on the firm's own website: 104 active, 68 exited.S6 Read the firm's list.

Active 104

  • aCommerce
  • AI model Inc.
  • AISense, Inc. (Otter.ai)
  • Alation, Inc.
  • Alphaus Inc.
  • Arcturus Studios Holdings, Inc.
  • Argu Eye Ltd.
  • Asilla, Inc.
  • Astranis Space Technologies Corp.
  • Authlete, Inc.
  • Avatour Technologies, Inc.
  • Ayar Labs, Inc.
  • Baseconnect Inc.
  • Bastion Platforms, Inc.
  • Biome Inc.
  • BLOCKSMITH&Co.
  • booost technologies, Inc.
  • Commonwealth Fusion Systems, LLC
  • DennoKotsu,Inc.
  • dhost Global, Inc.
  • Doppel, Inc.
  • ECOMMIT Co., Ltd.
  • ElevationSpace Inc.
  • ElevenLabs, Inc.
  • EV Motors Japan Co., Ltd.
  • EVIRY, INC.
  • Fast Doctor Co., Ltd.
  • FastLabel Inc.
  • FEZ Inc.
  • Fileforce, Inc.
  • FLUX Inc.
  • Fogg, Inc.
  • Genvid Technologies
  • GOOPASS, Inc.
  • HappyRobot Inc.
  • Hayden AI Technologies, Inc
  • Higgsfield, Inc.
  • HOMMA, Inc.
  • Jiffcy Inc.
  • JIRNEXU PTE. LTD.
  • Josys Inc.
  • JumpCloud Inc.
  • KG Motors Inc.
  • Knowledge Work Inc.
  • KPISOFT Pte Ltd
  • Legion Technologies, Inc.
  • LinQ inc.
  • Lisnr, Inc.
  • Lisse Co., Ltd.
  • Mapped, Inc.
  • Matchmove Pay Pte. Ltd.
  • mazrica, Inc.
  • MeetsMore Inc.
  • Metawave Corporation
  • METRON
  • Mint Town, Co., Ltd.
  • Minto Inc.
  • MiRESSO Co., Ltd.
  • mov inc.
  • New Space Intelligence, Inc.
  • Novarca Inc.
  • now.gg, Inc.
  • ookami, inc.
  • OPENREC, Inc.
  • Paradigm AI Inc.
  • Parallel Inc.
  • PARONYM, INC.
  • Personal Health Tech. Co., Ltd.
  • Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc.
  • PoliPoli Inc.
  • RADAR
  • RAFAY SYSTEMS
  • RapidSOS, Inc.
  • Realeyes (Holdings) Limited
  • Reconstruct, Inc
  • Regional Fish Institute, Ltd.
  • Repro Inc.
  • RevComm Inc.
  • RoomClip Inc.
  • Sakana AI Co., Ltd.
  • SECAI MARCHE Inc.
  • SecureNavi Inc.
  • Sitetracker, Inc.
  • Skydio, Inc
  • SOXAI Inc.
  • Stockmark Inc.
  • tacoms Inc.
  • Techtouch, Inc.
  • Theai, Inc.
  • TileDB, Inc.
  • Timers inc.
  • Total Future Healthcare Inc.
  • Trunk,Inc.
  • Turing Inc.
  • UBiqube
  • ugo, Inc.
  • Vcognition Technologies, Inc.
  • W.S.C. Sports Technologies Ltd.
  • Wasabi Technologies, Inc.
  • WAVEXR, INC.
  • WHILL, Inc.
  • Wiliot Ltd.
  • XICA CO, LTD.
  • Yoriso Co.,Ltd.

Exited 68

  • ABEJA Inc.
  • Agile Media Network Inc.
  • aiQ Co., Ltd.
  • Arara Inc.
  • aratana Inc.
  • ArchiTek Co., Ltd.
  • Auth0, Inc.
  • Candee, Inc.
  • Cliqr Technologies, Inc.
  • Cloudian Holdings Inc.
  • CounterTack, Inc.
  • Crosser Technologies AB
  • Cyber Security Cloud , Inc.
  • ELEMENTS, Inc.
  • eltes inc.
  • emotion tech
  • EnterpriseDB Corporation
  • Fringe81 Inc.
  • Fyusion, Inc.
  • GA technologies Co., Ltd.
  • GENGO, INC.
  • GENOVA, Inc.
  • Glad Cube Inc.
  • Good Cycle System Inc.
  • gumi Inc.
  • IID Inc.
  • Inbenta, Inc.
  • influitive Corporation
  • Jimoty Inc
  • jinjer Co., Ltd.
  • Kaizen Platform, Inc.
  • Kinvey, Inc.
  • Libry, Inc.(former forEst, Inc.)
  • Lovegraph, Inc.
  • Medley, Inc
  • MFS, Inc.
  • MiRTel Inc.
  • Mist Systems, Inc.
  • Newphoria Corporation Inc.
  • Original Inc.
  • Otonomo Technologies Ltd.
  • PDC Co., Ltd.
  • Petametrics, Inc.
  • Phone Appli Inc.
  • Photosynth Inc
  • PRENAV, INC.
  • QD Laser, Inc.
  • Real Globe Inc.
  • Retty Inc.
  • Riskified Ltd.
  • Safie Inc.
  • Scigineer Inc.
  • Senseye Ltd.
  • SHIFT Inc.
  • SOLAIRO
  • SORACOM, INC.
  • Spacemarket, Inc.
  • SUNDAY SKY
  • SuRaLa Net Co., Ltd.
  • ThreatQuotient, Inc.
  • toBe Marketing, Inc.
  • TORETA Inc.
  • Trifacta, Inc.
  • TVision Insights, Inc.
  • Validic, Inc.
  • VDOO Connected Trust Ltd.
  • X-Locations Inc.
  • YOUPACE inc.︎

Recent rounds

DateCompanyRoundAmountLed by the firmSource
2026-09-01KG MotorsNot statedNoS8
2026-08-19HiggsfieldNot statedNoS9
2026-08-04Knowledge WorkNot statedNoS10
2026-06-19ElevationSpaceNot statedNoS11

History

  1. NTT Investment Partners, Inc. established by NTT; NIP Fund of JPY 10 billion.S3
  2. NTT DOCOMO acquires NIP; renamed NTT DOCOMO Ventures in July.S3
  3. Silicon Valley branch launched; DOCOMO Innovation Fund II.S3
  4. DOCOMO Innovation Fund III.S3
  5. NTT Investment Partners Fund IV.S3
  6. DOCOMO Innovation Fund IV, JPY 15 billion, established January.S3

Where sources disagree

  • NIP Fund I size: JPY 15 Billion (Fund Overview page) (S2) vs JPY 10 billion at 2008 launch, raised to JPY 15 billion April 2010 (Company history) (S3). Fund page shows the later size.S2S3
  • Portfolio count: 172 entries on the portfolio page (start years 2008 to 2026) (S6) vs 182 recorded investments (FundingWatcher, 28 Sep 2026) (S14). Different measures.S6S14

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Sources

  1. S1NTT DOCOMO Ventures homeFirm
  2. S2NTT DOCOMO Ventures: Fund OverviewFirm
  3. S3NTT DOCOMO Ventures: CompanyFirm
  4. S4NTT DOCOMO Ventures: TeamFirm
  5. S5NTT DOCOMO Ventures: Investment PolicyFirm
  6. S6NTT DOCOMO Ventures: Portfolio (area, category, start year, IPO/Acquired data attributes)Firm
  7. S8NTT DOCOMO Ventures invests in KG MotorsFirm
  8. S9NTT DOCOMO Ventures invests in HiggsfieldFirm
  9. S10NTT DOCOMO Ventures invests in Knowledge WorkFirm
  10. S11NTT DOCOMO Ventures invests in ElevationSpaceFirm
  11. S14FundingWatcher corporate venture capital listThird-party report

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