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Dentsu Ventures

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Dentsu Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of the Dentsu Group, investing in startups in Japan and overseas and supporting them with business development, partnerships and marketing resources. It manages multiple funds, including a second fund of 10 billion yen formed in April 2021.

Dentsu Ventures is a corporate venture arm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2015. It invests directly in companies, from seed to growth, in media, marketing, AI and entertainment.

“電通ベンチャーズは、国内外のスタートアップへの出資及び事業支援を通して、起業家が世界にイノベーションをもたらすためのサポートを行うコーポレートベンチャーキャピタルファンドです。”

— Dentsu Ventures, own website
Layer
Direct investor
Type
Corporate venture
Stage
Seed – Growth
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Invests in
global, Japan, Europe, US, Asia
Sectors
media, marketing, AI, entertainment, healthcare, real estate, food tech, blockchain
Founded
2015

Team, as Dentsu Ventures publishes it

  • 笹本康太郎 マネージングパートナー
  • 堀部大司 ジェネラルパートナー
  • 長谷川勝之 ジェネラルパートナー
  • 竹森大介 ジェネラルパートナー
  • 諫山樹 プリンシパル
  • 中西秀幸 プリンシパル
  • 西津昂 プリンシパル
  • 岡田祐佳 シニアアソシエイト
  • 井野侑希 ベンチャーパートナー
  • 若松征剛 ベンチャーパートナー
  • 小田岳史 ベンチャーパートナー

Names and roles exactly as listed on dentsu-v.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.

Where this comes from

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Record 12963 · added 2026-10-18 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high

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