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aSTART portfolio
aSTART has 3 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 1 investment in the last 12 months.
About this page
It is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo, JP, founded in 2015. Its most recent investment on record is AirMembrane's funding round in October 2026, alongside Global Brain Corporation, Shinhan-GB Futureflow Investment, Takanawa Global Interest Fund and 2 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Robotics and hardware (2) and Manufacturing and industrial (2).
About aSTART
What aSTART invests in
- Robotics and hardware · 2 · 67%
- Manufacturing and industrial · 2 · 67%
- Health and bio · 1 · 33%
- Climate and energy · 1 · 33%
- Logistics and mobility · 1 · 33%
How aSTART invests
| Stage | Deals | Capital in rounds |
|---|---|---|
| round | 1 100% | undisclosed |
aSTART portfolio companies
AAirMembraneround · Oct 2026
PPale Bluebacker
RREXEVbacker
| Company | Round with aSTART | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
Health and bio |
round | undisclosed | Oct 30, 2026 round |
Robotics and hardware |
backer | $10.18M | Aug 7, 2025 Series B+ |
Climate and energy |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Most frequent co-investors
MMitsubishi UFJ Capital1 shared round · last Oct 30, 2026
GGlobal Brain Corporation1 shared round · last Oct 30, 2026
- TTakanawa Global Interest Fund1 shared round · last Oct 30, 2026
KKSP1 shared round · last Oct 30, 2026
- SShinhan-GB Futureflow Investment1 shared round · last Oct 30, 2026
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SSPRIND5 companies · 3 deals in 12 mo
TTru Arrow Partners5 companies · 3 deals in 12 mo
JJoin Capital5 companies · 2 deals in 12 mo
Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Robotics and hardware).
How this is counted
Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Share is of the 1 round on Recent Funding that name aSTART. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.
Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists aSTART, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/astart (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.