JR East Start Up Co., Ltd.
jrestartup.co.jp Direct investor
A wholly owned subsidiary of East Japan Railway Company that invests in and collaborates with startups, acting as the group's CVC. It runs startup and partnership programs to connect ventures with JR East Group resources.
JR East Start Up Co., Ltd. is a corporate venture arm headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2018. It invests directly in companies, in regional revitalization, global environment, coexistence society and new tourism.
“JR東日本スタートアップ株式会社では、 下記のテーマの実現につながる事業領域を出資対象としております。”
— JR East Start Up Co., Ltd., own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Stage
- Not stated
- Headquarters
- Minato, Tokyo, Japan
- Invests in
- Japan
- Sectors
- regional revitalization, global environment, coexistence society, new tourism, clean tech, agri tech, MaaS, food tech
- Founded
- 2018
Team, as JR East Start Up Co., Ltd. publishes it
- 柴田 裕 代表取締役社長
Names and roles exactly as listed on jrestartup.co.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. 46 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- Global Brain 14 shared companies: connected-robotics.com, pixiedusttech.com, foodison.jp, photosynth.co.jp…
- 株式会社FFGベンチャービジネスパートナーズ 5 shared companies: pixiedusttech.com, petokoto.com, liberaware.co.jp, squeeze-inc.co.jp…
- UTokyo Innovation Platform Co.,Ltd. 4 shared companies: connected-robotics.com, sonas.co.jp, solaris-inc.com, datalabs.jp
- NVenture Capital株式会社 4 shared companies: pixiedusttech.com, metroengines.jp, liberaware.co.jp, datalabs.jp
- SBI Shinsei Corporate Investment Limited 4 shared companies: fermenstation.co.jp, showcase-gig.com, tb-m.com, tokyo-ai.tech
- Japan Post Capital Co., Ltd. 4 shared companies: cb-cloud.com, wamazing.com, akippa.com, picocela.com
- QR Investment Co., Ltd. 4 shared companies: cocooking.co.jp, wamazing.com, petokoto.com, satoyume.com
- NTT DOCOMO Ventures 3 shared companies: pixiedusttech.com, photosynth.co.jp, ugo.plus
- Daiwa Corporate Investment Co., Ltd. 3 shared companies: photosynth.co.jp, solaris-inc.com, plantform.co.jp
- DIMENSION, Inc. 3 shared companies: finds.co.jp, lilz.jp, showcase-gig.com
and 36 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page JR East Start Up Co., Ltd. publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://jrestartup.co.jp/about/name, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, thesis_quote, description, founded, people
- https://jrestartup.co.jp/is_investor, type, status
- https://jrestartup.co.jp/portfolio/layer
- https://jrestartup.co.jp/partnership-program/sectors
Record 20705 · added 2026-11-10 · link last verified 2026-11-10 · confidence high
Similar investors
- Dentsu VenturesCorporate venture · Seed – Growth · Tokyo, Japan
- ABCドリームベンチャーズ株式会社 (ABC DREAM VENTURES, Inc.)Corporate venture · Pre-seed – Growth · 大阪市, Japan
- Adways VenturesCorporate venture · Japan
- Aflac Ventures Japan K.K.Corporate venture · Tokyo, Japan
- BEENOS Inc.Corporate venture · Japan
- CARTA VENTURES, Inc.Corporate venture · Tokyo, Japan