News
- Decmber 19, 2024 Canon Marketing Japan acquires Shares of SMARTEDUCATION, a Company Providing Childcare and Educational Environments and ICT Teaching Materials for Early Childhood Facilities
- November 27, 2024 Canon Marketing Japan invests in RABO, a provider of cat monitoring services using animal behavior research (bio-logging) and AI to track cats' behavior and elimination patterns
- November 22, 2024 Canon Marketing Japan Inc. Invests in Aeronext, a Company Operating SkyHub®, a New Smart Logistics Infrastructure System Combining Drones and Land Transportation
- October 30, 2024 Canon Marketing Japan Invests in AI model, Which Supports Creative Production with its proprietary generative AI and filming technology, through Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund
- October 29, 2024 Canon Marketing Japan Invests in LacuS, a Developer and Seller of Complete Nutritional Foods for the elderly, through Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund
- October 17, 2024 Canon Marketing Japan Invests in Poetics, a Developer of Specialized AI for Voice and Language Analysis, through Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund .
- August 19, 2024 GB Universe has published an article about Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund. "Supporting a Company Providing a Bed Bug Solution? Canon MJ's New Startup Investment Strategy”.
- August 8, 2024 Canon Marketing Japan invests in Sagri, a Provider of Farmland Management Solutions Utilizing Satellite Data and AI Technology, through Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund.
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July 1, 2024 Canon Marketing Japan Invests in Turing, a Developer of Fully Self-driving Automobiles Using Generative AI, through Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund. -
June 27, 2024 Canon Marketing Japan invests in Valpas, a Developer of IoT-based bed bug trapping devices and software, through Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund. -
January 29, 2024 Canon Marketing Japan Establishes Specialized Organization for R&B to Take a Future-Oriented Approach to Address
Solutions to Social Issues. CVC Fund of 10 Billion Yen Also Launched for Accelerating Open Innovation.
Change the future,
shape the future
Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund invests in and supports startups in Japan and abroad that possess outstanding technologies and ambition, engaging in the collaborative creation of future value.
Pioneer the future ourselves, not as an extension of the past. Based on this sentiment we aim to work together with startups to learn, embrace challenges and build a better future.
Investment
Area
Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund targets investments in areas that relate to the following themes
Well Being Human perspectives
Life Purpose Creating services that empower anyone to experience the vitality to live in good health through spiritual enrichment
Work-in-Life Achieving work-in-life that can be enjoyed by anyone by eliminating the limitations such as space and time
Human Potential
Enlargement
Creating a society in which anyone can pursue a lifestyle that suits them by expanding the various abilities that humans possess
Business
Transformation
Industrial perspectives
Emerging Industries Creating new industries using innovative technologies that solve social issues
Regional Regeneration Visualizing and rediscovering regional value, and creating region-driven businesses
Business Revitalization
Disrupting existing industrial structures to create
new competitive strength through co-creation
Team
General Manager
Naoya Ishida
Investment Manager
Ryota Miyake
Investment Expert
Yoko Akimoto
Investment Expert
Hinako Usui
Investment Expert
Shun Watari
Investment Expert
Ami Kumon
Portfolio
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SMARTEDUCATION, LTD.Providing childcare and educational environments and ICT teaching materials for early childhood facilities
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RABO Inc.Development of the Watching over cats' lives with technology Catlog
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Aeronext Inc.Licensing of industrial drone-related technologies, Joint development of industrial drones
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AI model Inc.Solutions using AI-generated models and talents
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LacuS, Inc.Development and Provision of Complete Nutritional Foods for the elderly
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Poetics Inc.Development and offering of voice and negotiation analysis AI Saas
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Sagri Co., LtdProvision of Farmland Management Solutions Utilizing Satellite Data and AI Technology
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Turing Inc.Development of fully self-driving automobiles
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Valpas Enterprises OyDevelopment of IoT-based bed bug trapping devices and software
Fund Overview
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Name (Registered Name) |
Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund (Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund L.P.) |
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| Investment period | Ten years from January 29, 2024 (planned) |
| Investment targets | Domestic and overseas startups at all stages, with a focus on early and middle |
| Fund size | 10 billion yen (planned) |
| Operator | Global Brain Corporation |