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Monozukuri Ventures

Monozukuri Ventures is focused on funding hardware startups in the fastest growing industries: robotics, AI, clean energy, wearables, space tech, IoT, healthcare, smart home and more. We invest in 10-15 hardware startups per year, with a typical check ranging from USD 150K to 300K at first, with a chance to follow investment up to USD 1M accumulate.

Spotlight

Monozukuri Ventures is a venture fund with 3 years of investment experience.

Has started building a portfolio with 2 startups.

Focused on Japan and United States; invests in startups across multiple industries from early-stage to seed and series A with a typical check size around $0.6M.
Requires an MVP and revenue to qualify. Open to first-time and solo founders.

ABOUT

Details

Investor type

Venture Fund

Founded

3 May 2022

Name of legal entity

Monozukuri Ventures

Country

United States

Website

monozukuri.vc

Board

Manabu Kuwabara

Partner

Tomoya Yamashiki

Partner

Narimasa Makino

President

Nobuhiro Seki

Managing Director

Manabu Kuwabara

Partner

Tomoya Yamashiki

Partner

Narimasa Makino

President

Nobuhiro Seki

Managing Director

Mikuni Kimura

Partner

Sabrina Sasaki

Corporate Development Manager

investment Strategy

Industries

Energy / Sustainability

Hard Tech

Food / Beverage

Manufacturing / Industry 4.0 / 3D printing

Hardware

Transportation / Logistics

Stages of financing

Series A

Pre-Seed

Angel Round

Seed

Geographies

Japan

United States

Minimum investment size

$150K

Maximum investment size

$1M

Founder background

Any (background-agnostic)

Other

Focuses on post-MVP startups

Requires revenue to qualify

Invests in first-time founders

Solo founders allowed

Funding history

Portfolio

2startups

followed by:

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Monozukuri Ventures

Spotlight

Monozukuri Ventures is a venture fund with 3 years of investment experience.

Has started building a portfolio with 2 startups.

Focused on Japan and United States; invests in startups across multiple industries from early-stage to seed and series A with a typical check size around $0.6M.Requires an MVP and revenue to qualify. Open to first-time and solo founders.

ABOUT

Details

Investor type

Founded

Name of legal entity

Country

Website

Board

Manabu Kuwabara

Tomoya Yamashiki

Narimasa Makino

Nobuhiro Seki

Manabu Kuwabara

Tomoya Yamashiki

Narimasa Makino

Nobuhiro Seki

Mikuni Kimura

Sabrina Sasaki

investment Strategy

Industries

Stages of financing

Geographies

Minimum investment size

Maximum investment size

Founder background

Other

Funding history

Portfolio

Monozukuri Ventures

Spotlight

Monozukuri Ventures is a venture fund with 3 years of investment experience.

Has started building a portfolio with 2 startups.

Focused on Japan and United States; invests in startups across multiple industries from early-stage to seed and series A with a typical check size around $0.6M.Requires an MVP and revenue to qualify. Open to first-time and solo founders.

ABOUT

Details

Investor type

Founded

Name of legal entity

Country

Website

Board

Manabu Kuwabara

Tomoya Yamashiki

Narimasa Makino

Nobuhiro Seki

Manabu Kuwabara

Tomoya Yamashiki

Narimasa Makino

Nobuhiro Seki

Mikuni Kimura

Sabrina Sasaki

investment Strategy

Industries

Stages of financing

Geographies

Minimum investment size

Maximum investment size

Founder background

Other

Funding history

Portfolio

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Focused on Japan and United States; invests in startups across multiple industries from early-stage to seed and series A with a typical check size around $0.6M.
Requires an MVP and revenue to qualify. Open to first-time and solo founders.

Focused on Japan and United States; invests in startups across multiple industries from early-stage to seed and series A with a typical check size around $0.6M.
Requires an MVP and revenue to qualify. Open to first-time and solo founders.