Ant Innovations Co., Ltd. (ain)
antinnovations.jp Direct investor
A venture capital firm established in 2025 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Ant Capital Partners, managing funds that invest in startups. It combines VC primary investing with PE-style methods such as growth secondary, carve-outs and M&A roll-ups.
Ant Innovations Co., Ltd. (ain) is a venture capital firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2025. It invests directly in companies, in DeepTech and IP・コンテンツ. 2 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“ainは、従来のベンチャーキャピタルの枠を超え、グロースセカンダリー／カーブアウト／M&A（ロールアップ）といったPEの投資手法を得意とする新しい投資会社です。”
— Ant Innovations Co., Ltd. (ain), own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Stage
- Not stated
- Founded
- 2025
- Portfolio
- 2 companies
- How to reach it
- Its contact page on its own site
Team, as Ant Innovations Co., Ltd. (ain) publishes it
- 水本尚宏 代表取締役パートナー
- 池田翔 パートナー
- 牧野義範 シニア・ディレクター
- 木村賢蔵 ディレクター
- 中上郁 ディレクター
Names and roles exactly as listed on antinnovations.jp. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 8 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- Dentsu Ventures 1 shared company: yoani.group
- DIMENSION, Inc. 1 shared company: yoani.group
- Global Brain 1 shared company: yoani.group
- GLOBIS CAPITAL PARTNERS Co., Ltd. 1 shared company: yoani.group
- かんぽNEXTパートナーズ株式会社 1 shared company: yoani.group
- Shochiku Ventures Co., Ltd. 1 shared company: yoani.group
- Skyland Ventures 1 shared company: yoani.group
- Z Venture Capital 1 shared company: yoani.group
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Ant Innovations Co., Ltd. (ain) publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.antinnovations.jp/about/name, is_investor, type, hq_country, hq_city, description, founded
- https://www.antinnovations.jp/layer, thesis_quote, status, approach_url
- https://www.antinnovations.jp/portfolio/sectors, portfolio_count
- https://www.antinnovations.jp/team/people
Record 20696 · added 2026-11-10 · link last verified 2026-11-10 · confidence high
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