Z Venture Capital
Overview
Z Venture Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of LY Corporation, the entity formed by the integration of Z Holdings, LINE, and Yahoo Japan, which invests globally in startups from seed to later stages. The firm was established in 2021 through the merger of YJ Capital and LINE Ventures and focuses on sectors including media, commerce, fintech, AI, and DeepTech.
Investments
| Company | Date | Stage | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninja Van | Jan 2018 | Series C | Co-investor |
| Wrtn Technologies Inc. | Mar 2025 | Series B | Co-investor |
| LayerX | Nov 2023 | Series A | Co-investor |
| Turing株式会社 | Nov 2025 | Series A | Co-investor |
| RSQUARE | Mar 2016 | Series B | Co-investor |
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Key People
Kay Lim
Managing Partner
James Lim
Partner
James Han
Principal, Investment Professional
Josh Jung
Principal
Taku Uchimaru
Principal
Chihiro Kameoka
Investment Manager
Masaki Yuda
Investment Manager, Principal
Daniel Song
Investor
Hyung Kim
Investor
Janice Jihye
Investor
Julie Seo
Investor
Young Jun Eum
Investor
Sungjoon Park
US Investment at Z Venture Capital
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Sector & Stage Mix
Industry, funding stage, and valuation band breakdowns.
FAQ
Where is Z Venture Capital based?
Z Venture Capital is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
When was Z Venture Capital founded?
Z Venture Capital was founded in 2012.
How many portfolio companies does Z Venture Capital have?
Z Venture Capital has 241 portfolio companies in Caplight's dataset.
What are some companies in Z Venture Capital's portfolio?
Portfolio companies visible on Caplight include Ninja Van, Wrtn Technologies Inc., LayerX, Turing株式会社, RSQUARE.
What was Z Venture Capital's most recent investment shown here?
Z Venture Capital's most recent investment in this portfolio sample was in Turing株式会社 in 2025.
What sectors does Z Venture Capital focus on?
Z Venture Capital focuses on Frontier & Industrial Tech, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Healthcare & Life Sciences, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Consumer & Commerce, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, FinTech, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, FinTech, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, FinTech, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Consumer & Commerce, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, FinTech, FinTech, FinTech, FinTech, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, FinTech, Real Estate & PropTech, Crypto & Web3, Consumer & Commerce, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Crypto & Web3, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Real Estate & PropTech, Enterprise Software, Real Estate & PropTech, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Consumer & Commerce, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Frontier & Industrial Tech, FinTech, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Crypto & Web3, Consumer & Commerce, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, FinTech, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Energy & Sustainability, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Crypto & Web3, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, FinTech, FinTech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Consumer & Commerce, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Crypto & Web3, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, Cybersecurity, FinTech, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Crypto & Web3, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Real Estate & PropTech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Cybersecurity, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Real Estate & PropTech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Real Estate & PropTech, FinTech, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, FinTech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, FinTech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Consumer & Commerce, FinTech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Crypto & Web3, Consumer & Commerce, Crypto & Web3, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, FinTech, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, FinTech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, FinTech, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Consumer & Commerce, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Consumer & Commerce, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Crypto & Web3, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Real Estate & PropTech, Real Estate & PropTech, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Real Estate & PropTech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Frontier & Industrial Tech, FinTech, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Consumer & Commerce, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Energy & Sustainability, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, FinTech, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics.
What company stages does Z Venture Capital focus on?
Z Venture Capital typically invests at the Early stage.
What is Z Venture Capital's AUM?
Z Venture Capital's assets under management are estimated between $250.0M and $500.0M.