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Total amount of venture capital (VC) investment in domestic companies in Japan from 2015 to 2024 (in billion Japanese yen)

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Release date

March 2025

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Japan

Survey time period

2015 to 2024

Supplementary notes

The figures are simple aggregates of the quarterly data reported by Japanese VC firms in each survey.

100 Japanese yen equal 0.67 U.S. dollars or 0.62 euros as of April 2025.

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In 2024, venture capital (VC) investment in domestic companies in Japan amounted to *** billion Japanese yen. The amount of investments made by Japanese venture capital firms increased from billion yen in the previous year.

Domestic VC investment

Venture capital investment is a type of private equity investment in startup companies with high-growth potential that is associated with a high degree of risk. Relative to the size of Japan’s economy and compared to other large economies like the United States, the Japanese venture capital market can be considered small. However, given a maturing startup ecosystem and government efforts to promote regional startup hubs throughout Japan, it has seen a general upward trend in recent years. Large corporations increasingly engage in startup investment to explore new business opportunities and capitalize on innovations, resulting in an increase in corporate venture capital (CVC) in recent years.

Overseas VC investment

The largest share of investment made by Japanese VC firms in 2024 was directed at domestic companies. Overseas VC funding accounted for almost **** of investments. A look at the regional distribution of VC investment in the fourth quarter of 2024 revealed that **** received the largest share of funding, followed by *** and *.