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SHIMZ Venture Capital

Profile and fund size

Parent ShimizuHQ Tokyo, JapanFounded 2020

SHIMZ Venture Capital is the corporate venture arm of Shimizu, a real estate and construction company. It was founded in 2020 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. Sectors it names: industrial technology and robotics, real estate and proptech, climate and energy.

Commitment by parentS1
JPY 10bn
Companies backedS2
2+

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Snapshot

Scale and capital allocated
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MeasureValueUnitKindSource
Headline sizeJPY 10bnCommitment by parentStated by the firm or its parentS1
Companies backed2+companiesStated by the firmS2

Sources: S1 SHIMZ NEXT Approach page (SHIMZ Venture Capital); S2 Investment allowance of 10 billion yen for venture investment (Shimizu release).

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Scale and capital allocated

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Sources: S1 SHIMZ NEXT Approach page (SHIMZ Venture Capital); S2 Investment allowance of 10 billion yen for venture investment (Shimizu release).

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Where it invests

Geography

Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan

Investment regionsS2

Key facts

FactValueStatusSource
Parent companyShimizuSingle sourceS2
Parent industryReal estate and constructionSingle sourceS2
Founded2020Single sourceS1
HeadquartersTokyo, JapanSingle sourceS2
StatusActiveSingle sourceS1
Capital sourceParent company onlySingle sourceS2
Headline sizeJPY 10bn (Commitment by parent)Single sourceS1
Companies backed2+Single sourceS2

Fund vehicles

VehicleSizeYearSource
SHIMZ Venture Capital investment allowance April 2020 to March 2030JPY 10bn2020S1

History

  1. Shimizu set a JPY 10bn investment allowance for venture firms and funds; first investment PicoCELAS2
  2. Shimizu invested in MESH AG (Switzerland), physical AI for rebar assemblyS3

Portfolio

Portfolio companies named in public sources: PicoCELA, MESH.S2

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

2 companies on the SHIMZ Venture Capital 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
Coinbase Ventures1MESH
Samsung Next1MESH
Sika Ventures1MESH
Japan Post Capital1PicoCELA

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Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

  • Website www.shimz.co.jp/novare/shimz_next/approach/index.html

Sources

  1. S1SHIMZ NEXT Approach page (SHIMZ Venture Capital)Firm
  2. S2Investment allowance of 10 billion yen for venture investment (Shimizu release)Parent company
  3. S3Shimizu invests in MESH AG (Shimizu release)Parent company

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