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Global Brain

globalbrains.com Direct + LP

Global Brain is an independent venture capital firm that invests in startups from seed to later stage, with a focus on deep tech and other sectors. It manages flagship funds and corporate venture capital funds for large corporations.

Global Brain is a venture capital firm headquartered in Japan. It invests both directly in companies and in funds as a limited partner, from seed to growth, in AI, climate Tech, healthcare and enterprise. Its stated cheque size is JPY 30M – 5B. $2.7B+ under management and 450 portfolio companies, as it reports.

“We invest in startups, ranging from seed to later stage, in various fields.”

— Global Brain, own website
Layer
Direct + LP
Type
Venture capital
Stage
Seed – Growth
Headquarters
Japan
Invests in
Japan, USA, Europe, Asia, Others
Sectors
AI, Climate Tech, Healthcare, Enterprise, Commerce, FinTech, IoT, Space
Cheque size
JPY 30M – 5B
Assets under management
$2.7B+
Portfolio
450 companies

Team, as Global Brain publishes it

  • Hajime Hasegawa Partner
  • Sayuri Yamagishi Director
  • Komugi Matsui Director
  • Takemasa Matsuo Partner
  • Kazuki Sakuragawa Director
  • Takayoshi Hirai Director

Names and roles exactly as listed on globalbrains.com. 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. 279 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.

  • Z Venture Capital 22 shared companies: mov.am, mirrativ.co.jp, justincase.jp, photosynth.co.jp…
  • Sony Innovation Fund 21 shared companies: divido.com, getlokalapp.com, connected-robotics.com, gastrograph.com…
  • NTT DOCOMO Ventures 21 shared companies: cfs.energy, mov.am, note.com, pixiedusttech.com…
  • DBJキャピタル株式会社 14 shared companies: kyotofusioneering.com, gitai.tech, contrea.jp, wealthnavi.com…
  • Coral Capital 12 shared companies: kyotofusioneering.com, sumutasu.co.jp, gitai.tech, tokenz.one…
  • GMO VenturePartners 12 shared companies: newmo.me, mercari.com, raksul.com, sharing-energy.co.jp…
  • Spiral Capital, Inc. 10 shared companies: newmo.me, sakana-dream.com, otetsutabi.com, muse-gr.com…
  • Skyland Ventures 9 shared companies: gitai.tech, note.com, aidemy.co.jp, pictoria.co.jp…
  • i-nest capital,inc. 9 shared companies: mov.am, origress.com, aba-lab.com, sunmetalon.com…
  • STRIVE 9 shared companies: talentx.co.jp, wealthnavi.com, smartcamp.asia, raksul.com…

and 269 more — the graph.

Where this comes from

Every fact above was read from a page Global Brain publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.

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Record 698 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-10-27 · confidence high

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