Monozukuri: our Japanese roots embodies the art and craft of making things—not just assembling products but innovating and refining the process itself. We’ve evolved our investment thesis in order to leverage our networks to support our portfolio of startups. As new challenges rise with geopolitical concerns, we’re unique positioned to derisk and nurture industrial tech startups thanks to key lessons learned. With our unique way of supporting startups with manufacturing needs, we partner with startups for the long term and work hand-in-glove with our portfolio every step of the way to grow their businesses by creating Japan-US commercialization pathways with global manufacturers, target partners and customers for startups. To achieve this ambitious goal, we stress the importance of Monozukuri, the art of making things in a creative way. Although known as a traditional practice of manufacturing in Japan, Monozukuri enables us to create new values by fusing two opposite ideas integrated into harmony, such as old and new, East and West, hardware and software, and historical and modern.

Based in historical Kyoto City and modern New York City, Monozukuri Ventures empowers talented and diverse people to build tangible solutions to create a better future.