About ANRI
ANRI is a venture capital firm founded in 2012. It is primarily based out of Tokyo, Japan. As of Jun 2026, ANRI is an active investor, having invested in 210 companies, with 10 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in Japan based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Life Sciences. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of xCARE Overall, ANRI portfolio has seen 7 IPOs and 9 acquisitions including key companies like UPSIDER, Coincheck and Aculys. A lot of funds co-invest with ANRI, with names like Mitsubishi UFJ Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. ANRI has team of 15 people including 5 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 3 more
Portfolio Soonicorns
ANRI's List of Top Investments
ANRI has a portfolio of 210 companies. Their most notable investments are in Infobox and Matilda.Their portfolio spans across Japan, United States, France and 2 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Life Sciences and 32 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 3 more. Here is the list of top investments by ANRI:1. Luup
App-based platform for electric kick scooters. Through the app, users can find and book electric kick scooters. Also, they can navigate to the nearby bike stations to get the scooters. Users can unlock the scooters by scanning the QR code. It offers station-based service users have to leave the scooter at the nearby docks at the end of the ride.
Key facts about Luup
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Shibuya (Japan)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $87.9M
- Employee Count: 90 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Mizuho Financial Group, Mori Trust and 24 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Oct 22, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Provider of a platform to deliver mRNA therapeutics for multi-functional treatments. The programming platform detects the location and enhances the cell type protein expression in the patient's body to optimize the immunotherapy treatments.
Key facts about Strand Therapeutics
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Cambridge (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $256M
- Employee Count: 121 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Kinnevik, Redmile Group and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 23, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. UPSIDER
Fintech company offering a corporate card solution for businesses. The platform provides corporate cards which allowing businesses to manage the finances with features such as cloud accounting, bookkeeping, invoice system, slack integration, card lock function, and more.
Key facts about UPSIDER
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Tokyo (Japan)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $151M
- Employee Count: 94 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: DST Global, World Innovation Lab and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Nov 20, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Gojo
Key facts about Gojo
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Shibuya (Japan)
- Stage: Series F
- Total Funding till date: $325M
- Employee Count: 74 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Baillie Gifford, Link and motivation group and 41 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Sep 2024, $*****
5. Coincheck
Coincheck is a cryptocurrency exchange based in Japan. Offers security facilities like cold storage and 2FA. Other related services include crypto payment acceptance solutions for merchants and P2P lending platforms for crypto lending.
Key facts about Coincheck
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Tokyo (Japan)
- Stage: Acquired
- Employee Count: 148 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Incubate Fund and ANRI
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Aug 2012, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
ANRI's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
ANRI has invested in 210 companies over the last 14 years, with an average of 12 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 19 investments, while as of Jun 2026, it has made 11 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Atom and most recent follow-on round was in xCARE.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 9 | 2 | 11 |
2025 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
2024 | 11 | 11 | 22 |
2023 | 22 | 8 | 30 |
2022 | 21 | 5 | 26 |
2021 | 16 | 3 | 19 |
2020 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
2019 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
2018 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
2017 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
ANRI's Investments by Stage
ANRI has made 88 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.65M, 30 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $11M, 6 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $10.2M, 2 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $17.9M and 2 investments in Series D stage with an average round size of $31.3M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 88 |
Series A | 30 |
Series B | 6 |
Series C | 2 |
Series D | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
ANRI's Investments by Sector
ANRI has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech, Business Services and Life Sciences. Notably, it has invested in 132 Tech companies, 87 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 69 Software companies and at least 59 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 32 |
Consumer | 20 |
High Tech | 20 |
Business Services | 18 |
Life Sciences | 14 |
Others | 123 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
ANRI's Investments by Geography
ANRI has made most investments in Japan (125), followed by United States where it has made 3 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Japan | 125 |
United States | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
ANRI's recent investments
ANRI has made 11 investments in 2026 so far. xCARE and Atom are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by ANRI:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jun 09, 2026 | Japan | Series A | 4888 | [+2] | |
May 27, 2026 | Japan | Seed | 9275 | [+6] | |
May 13, 2026 | Japan | Series B | 1385 | ||
Apr 27, 2026 | Japan | Seed | 7174 | ||
Mar 17, 2026 | Japan | Seed | 3181 | [+1] |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in ANRI's Portfolio
7 of ANRI's portfolio companies have become public. Dely got listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), in Dec 2024 at marketcap of $314M and Sapeet got listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) at marketcap of $13.6M.Here are ANRI's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 19, 2024 | Sep 08, 2014 | Seed | 8288 | |
Oct 29, 2024 | 2016 | Seed | 5079 | |
Oct 22, 2024 | Oct 2012 | Seed | 9033 | |
Sep 25, 2024 | - | - | 3113 | |
Dec 15, 2022 | - | - | 2907 |
Acquired companies in ANRI's Portfolio
9 companies from ANRI's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Exroad in Mar 2026 by Asuene for $*****.Here are ANRI's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 17, 2026 | Jul 20, 2023 | Seed | 9799 | |
Oct 15, 2025 | Oct 29, 2021 | Series A | 7174 | |
Jul 29, 2025 | Nov 20, 2024 | Series D | 5210 | |
May 31, 2024 | - | - | 6357 | |
Jul 24, 2023 | - | - | 4172 |
Team profile of ANRI
ANRI has a team of 15 members including 5 Partners, 3 Venture Partners and 4 Principals located in Japan. ANRI's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in ANRI:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Tokyo | - | - | |
Partner | Tokyo | - | ||
Partner | Japan | - | - | |
Partner | Shibuya | - | - | |
Partner | Tokyo | - | - | |
Venture Partner | Japan | - | - | |
Venture Partner | Japan | - | - | |
Venture Partner | Japan | - | - | |
Principal | Tokyo | - | - | |
Principal | Tokyo | - | - | |
Principal | Hitachiomiya | - | - |
Co-investors of ANRI
Over the past 14 years, 592 investors have co-invested in ANRI's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before ANRI: Global Brain, TBS Innovation Partners and 47 others have invested in rounds before ANRI. There are 5 companies where Global Brain has invested before ANRI and 2 companies where TBS Innovation Partners has invested before ANRI.
- Top Co-investors of ANRI: 238 investors entered a company along with ANRI. These include investors like Mitsubishi UFJ Capital (10 companies).
- Invested after ANRI: A total of 305 investors have invested in ANRI's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Mitsubishi UFJ Capital (9 companies), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (7 companies) and JIC Venture Growth Investments (7 companies).
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