New York City - San Francisco Bay Area - Pittsburgh - New York SF Bay Area | U.S.A.
| Investor Type | Firm |
| Type of Fund | VC |
| Industries | Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • IoT (& Wearables) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • DeepTech • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility • Consumer • Woman Focused |
| Stages | Pre-Seed, Seed, Early Stage |
| Investing | United States • Canada • Japan |
| Investment Range | $90,000 - $900,000 |
| Investment Sweet Spot | $100,000 |
About The Fund
Monozukuri Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered at Kyoto Research Park in Kyoto, Japan. They specialize in hard tech investments with a particular focus on hardware and manufacturing, targeting industries such as Energy, IoT, Wearables, HealthTech, Fitness, Medical Devices, Hospital Services, Robotics, Real Estate, Construction, DeepTech, Healthcare, Wellness, Mobility, Consumer, and Woman Focused initiatives. Each year, they commit to investing in 10-15 hardware startups mainly within Robotics, AI, Clean Energy, Wearables, Space Tech, IoT, Healthcare, and Smart Home sectors. Monozukuri Ventures offers a range of financial vehicles, including equity investment and debt financing, involving instruments like common stock, preferred stock, convertible note, SAFE, and KISS. They actively support the design for manufacturing, aiming to bridge connections between Japanese SMEs and the global supply chain. Their investment sweet spot typically starts from USD 100,000 with the ability to follow up to USD 1 million cumulatively. The venture's specialties include providing financing for seed to early-stage companies, particularly emphasizing hardware startups. They also facilitate prototyping stages and the first round of manufacturing by offering monetary support for these critical initial phases. They work in tandem with various incubators, accelerators, and other venture capitals to streamline the due diligence process. Eligible startups for their capital are those incorporated in the US, Canada, or Japan. The essence of their mission is to empower entrepreneurs and startups to efficiently produce and sell high-quality products, even in small quantities. They achieve this through a combination of investment and support services, including hardware prototyping, mass production, and business development.
What they say:
We invest in 10-15 hardware startups per year, with a typical check ranging from USD 100K to 300K at first, with a chance to follow investment up to USD 1M accumulate. We’re focused on funding entrepreneurs in the fastest growing industries: robotics, AI, clean energy, wearables, space tech, IoT, healthcare, smart home and more. We provide financing services such as equity investment and debt financing. For example, we invest in common stock, preferred stock, convertible note, SAFE and KISS. We make investments to help our startup founders cover prototyping fees. We co-invest with incubators, accelerators and VCs, and have an efficient due diligence process that will result in funding a first round of manufacturing. You can raise capital with us if you are a seed/early stage hardware startup incorporated either in the US, Canada or in Japan.
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