About CGV
CGV is a venture capital firm located in Chiyoda City, Japan. As of Sep 2026, CGV is an active investor, having invested in 31 companies, with 6 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Blockchain Technology to High Tech and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of AIGAEA A lot of funds co-invest with CGV, with names like K24 Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. CGV has team of 2 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
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Seed & Series A
CGV's List of Top Investments
CGV has a portfolio of 31 companies. Their most notable investments are in Lsp Finance and Blast.Their portfolio spans across United States, Singapore, India and 9 more locations. They have invested in Blockchain Technology, High Tech, FinTech and 6 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by CGV:1. Republic
Online alternative fundraising platform to invest in startups, real estate, crypto, and video games. It provides a platform where individuals receive equity in return for their investments. Its features include investment-related services in the private markets, which include a retail investment platform, a blockchain advisory service, a private capital division, and more. It also provides fundraising tools, SEC filing, designs campaign pages, marketing, and more. For investors, it offers portfolio management tools to review financials, and valuation, and read reviews from other investors. It is available on the iOS platform.
Key facts about Republic
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $216M
- Employee Count: 657 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: State Street, Draper Esprit and 194 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Nov 28, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. FTX
Online platform for trading in cryptocurrency. It allows users to purchase and sell digital assets through encrypted networks. It supports the transfer of multiple crypto derivatives including Ethereum, Altcoin, Bitcoin, Tether, and more. It also provides OTC trading solutions to users.
Key facts about FTX
3. Bitget
Provider of a community-based cryptocurrency and digital asset exchange. It provides users with a crypto exchange platform for crypto derivative trading. It offers a web-based trading wallet, allowing users to buy, trade, hold, and earn cryptocurrencies. It is available for Android and iOS devices.
Key facts about Bitget
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Cayman Islands
- Annual Revenue: SGD 1M - 10M as on Jul 31, 2022
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $20M
- Employee Count: 2,444 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: 8 Decimal Capital, DRAGONFLY and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: ICO, Jun 06, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Celestia
Blockchain-based modular consensus and data network. It features a pluggable consensus and data availability layer, to enable users to deploy a decentralized blockchain. Modularizes the blockchain technology stack by decoupling the consensus and application execution layer.
Key facts about Celestia
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Vaduz (Liechtenstein)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $204M
- Employee Count: 55 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Paragon Equity Partners, Galaxy and 49 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Sep 23, 2024, $*****
5. The Graph
Network of tools for indexing and querying blockchain data efficiently. It enables developers to index data from smart contracts and uncovers new data sources to power dApps. Offers data regarding blockchains
Key facts about The Graph
- Founded Year: 2004
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $60M
- Employee Count: 52 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Hack VC, Compound and 49 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jan 21, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
CGV's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
CGV has invested in 31 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 2 investments, while as of Sep 2026, it has made 4 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in AIGAEA.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2024 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
CGV's Investments by Stage
CGV has made 9 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.93M and 5 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $9.15M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 9 |
Series A | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
CGV's Investments by Sector
CGV has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Blockchain Technology, High Tech, FinTech, Blockchain - Industry Applications and Consumer. Notably, it has invested in 27 Tech companies, 24 Blockchain companies, 18 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 17 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Blockchain Technology | 10 |
High Tech | 10 |
FinTech | 9 |
Blockchain - Industry Applications | 8 |
Consumer | 3 |
Others | 7 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
CGV's Investments by Geography
CGV has made most investments in United States (3), followed by Singapore where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 3 |
Singapore | 2 |
British Virgin Islands | 1 |
Japan | 1 |
Switzerland | 1 |
Others | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
CGV's recent investments
CGV has made 4 investments in 2026 so far. AIGAEA and Voran are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by CGV:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Sep 02, 2026 | - | Series A | 7864 | [+2] | |
Apr 27, 2026 | Vietnam | Seed | 6472 | [+1] | |
Mar 11, 2026 | United States | Seed | 7243 | [+3] | |
Jan 27, 2026 | United Kingdom | Series A | 1862 | [+1] | |
Dec 25, 2025 | Switzerland | Seed | 2192 | [+1] |
Team profile of CGV
CGV has a team of 2 members including 2 Partners located in China. CGV's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of CGV
Over the past 5 years, 44 investors have co-invested in CGV's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Top Co-investors of CGV: 40 investors entered a company along with CGV. These include investors like K24 Ventures (4 companies).
- Invested after CGV: A total of 4 investors have invested in CGV's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Matrixport (1 company), SevenX Ventures (1 company) and Everest Ventures Group (1 company).
Recent News related to CGV
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HolmesAI Closes Seed+ Round FundingFinSMEs•Aug 13, 2025•CGV, Waterdrip Capital, Bitrisevc, HolmesAI and 1 other
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LSP.Finance Secures $1M Pre-Seed Funding to Revolutionize Blockchain Pre-Trading and Liquid Staking SolutionsThe Block•Dec 02, 2024•Lsp Finance, CGV, WAGMI Ventures, K24 Ventures and 2 others
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PinGo Lab Completes Seed Round Investment to Accelerate Growth in the TON EcosystemThe Block•Oct 14, 2024•PinGo, CGV, K24 Ventures, CatcherVC and 1 other
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Zulu Network Secures $3 Million in Pre-Seed Funding to Revolutionize Bitcoin Layer 2TMC•Apr 05, 2024•Zulu Network, CGV, D11, Web3.com and 12 others
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CGV Leads Expansion in Bitcoin Wallet Sector with UniSat InvestmentBitcoin Ethereum News•Mar 12, 2024•CGV, UniSat
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Web3 Tech Startup Secures $X Million in Funding for AI and Blockchain IntegrationBEAMSTART•Jan 07, 2024•Lightspeed Venture Partners, INCE Capital, Spark Digital Capital, Fermion Capital and 6 others
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Japanese crypto investment firm CGV invests $5 Million in Blast’s Layer 2 ecosystemCryptopolitan•Nov 28, 2023•Blast, CGV, Blast
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Marquee, Has Completed a $1 Million Seed Round Funding, with Joint Investments from Japanese Crypto Research Institution CGV and OthersGlobeNewswire•Aug 03, 2023•Marquee, CGV, Chain Capital, Waterdrip Capital and 4 others
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MetaEstate Has Closed A Multi-Million Dollar Strategic Round of Funding Led by Matrixport and SevenX VenturesYahoo•May 25, 2022•MetaEstate, Matrixport, SevenX Ventures, CGV and 3 others
