MOL PLUS Co., Ltd.
en.molplus.net Direct + LP
MOL PLUS is the corporate venture arm of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, investing in startups and venture capital funds. It focuses on ocean shipping, logistics, blue economy, deep tech and energy, and promotes collaboration between portfolio companies and the MOL Group.
MOL PLUS Co., Ltd. is a corporate venture arm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2021. It invests both directly in companies and in funds as a limited partner, from seed to growth, in ocean shipping, logistics, blue economy and deep tech.
“MOL PLUS generates synergy through innovative ideas and technologies of startup companies and the resources of the Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Group, to transform business models and to create new businesses in the ocean shipping industry”
— MOL PLUS Co., Ltd., own website
- Layer
- Direct + LP
- Invests in
- global, Japan, Southeast Asia, India, North America, Europe
- Sectors
- ocean shipping, logistics, blue economy, deep tech, energy, climate tech
- Founded
- 2021
Team, as MOL PLUS Co., Ltd. publishes it
- Takuya Sakamoto Chief Executive Officer
- Tomonori Nakamura Chief Strategy Officer General Manager, Investment Team
- Kentaro Masumoto Portfolio Manager Growth Manager
- Ryoko Kozuma Growth Manager Business Development(Lead)
- Hiroaki Kato Growth Manager
- Kanae Shimizu Corporate Manager
- Jin Yamasaki Bridge Manager / Technical Desk
- Yasuhisa Tsubata Advisor
- Alvin Seng Head of Singapore Desk Growth Manager
- Lau Zhen Guo Growth Manager
- Bruce Moore General Manager
- Alex Green Head of UK Desk Growth Manager
Names and roles exactly as listed on en.molplus.net. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page MOL PLUS Co., Ltd. publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
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- https://en.molplus.net/portfoliolayer, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max
- https://en.molplus.net/sectors, thesis_quote, status, confidence
- https://en.molplus.net/teampeople
Record 21362 · added 2026-11-10 · link last verified 2026-11-10 · confidence high
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