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Z Venture Capital

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Z Venture Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of LINE Yahoo Japan, investing globally in startups from seed to late stage. It focuses on sectors such as media, commerce, fintech, AI, and more, leveraging the resources of its parent group.

Z Venture Capital is a corporate venture arm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2012. It invests directly in companies, from seed to growth, in media, commerce, fintech and AI. 約1,850億円 under management, as it reports.

“We invest in and support innovative startups driving transformative societal changes, leveraging proprietary resources, expertise, and assets from LY Corporation Group.”

— Z Venture Capital, own website
Layer
Direct investor
Type
Corporate venture
Stage
Seed – Growth
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Invests in
Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, US
Sectors
Media, Commerce, Fintech, AI, SaaS, Data, Crypto, Healthcare
Founded
2012
Assets under management
約1,850億円

Team, as Z Venture Capital publishes it

  • In Joon Hwang 代表

Names and roles exactly as listed on zvc.vc. Nothing else about these people is recorded.

Co-invests most often with

Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 74 co-investors found.

  • Global Brain 22 shared companies: mov.am, mirrativ.co.jp, justincase.jp, photosynth.co.jp…
  • NTT DOCOMO Ventures 9 shared companies: mov.am, photosynth.co.jp, elevation-space.com, polipoli.work…
  • STRIVE 8 shared companies: raksul.com, geniee.co.jp, aillis.jp, x-bit.co.jp…
  • DBJキャピタル株式会社 6 shared companies: sharedine.me, shippio.io, sorajima.jp, smartbank.co.jp…
  • GMO VenturePartners 6 shared companies: raksul.com, smartbank.co.jp, layerx.co.jp, money-design.com…
  • i-nest capital,inc. 5 shared companies: mov.am, studio.site, aillis.jp, lean-body.co.jp…
  • Sony Innovation Fund 5 shared companies: shippio.io, pictoria.co.jp, josys.com, mortgagefss.jp…
  • Skyland Ventures 5 shared companies: pictoria.co.jp, yoani.group, polipoli.work, drtc.co.jp…
  • DG Daiwa Ventures 5 shared companies: repro.io, fairydevices.jp, ralali.com, joyz.co.jp…
  • JAFCO Group Co., Ltd. 4 shared companies: aiming-inc.com, wonderpla.net, gamewith.co.jp, dely.jp

and 64 more — the graph.

Where this comes from

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

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Record 1077 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high

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