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KDDI Open Innovation Fund portfolio
KDDI Open Innovation Fund has 3 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.
About this page
It is a corporate venture investor based in JP. Its most recent investment on record is Recho's $4.39M Series A round in March 2026, alongside Global Brain Corporation, SBI Investment and Japan Post Capital. By category, its portfolio leans toward Logistics and mobility (2) and AI agents (1). It has co-invested with Global Brain Corporation, SBI Investment and Japan Post Capital, most often Global Brain Corporation (3 rounds).
About KDDI Open Innovation Fund
What KDDI Open Innovation Fund invests in
- Logistics and mobility · 2 · 67%
- AI agents · 1 · 33%
- Developer tools and cloud · 1 · 33%
- Education · 1 · 33%
- Commerce and retail · 1 · 33%
- Sales and marketing · 1 · 33%
- Robotics and hardware · 1 · 33%
KDDI Open Innovation Fund recent investments
| Company | Round | Date | Alongside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A · $4.39M | Global Brain Corporation, SBI Investment, Japan Post Capital | ||
| Series B+ · $21.12M | Global Brain Corporation, JAFCO, SMBC-GB Growth Fund | ||
| Series B+ · $50M | Global Brain Corporation, Eclipse, Forest Baskett (lead) +2 |
How KDDI Open Innovation Fund invests
KDDI Open Innovation Fund portfolio companies
RRecho$4.39MSeries A · Mar 2026
AAntway$21.12MSeries B+ · Nov 2025
SSwift Navigation$50MSeries B+ · Feb 2021
| Company | Round with KDDI Open Innovation Fund | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
AI agents |
Series A · $4.39M | $7.11M | Mar 18, 2026 Series A |
Commerce and retail |
Series B+ · $21.12M | $21.12M | Nov 27, 2025 Series B+ |
Sales and marketing |
Series B+ · $50M | $247.6M | Jul 23, 2025 Series B+ |
Most frequent co-investors
GGlobal Brain Corporation3 shared rounds · last Mar 18, 2026
SSBI Investment1 shared round · last Mar 18, 2026JJapan Post Capital1 shared round · last Mar 18, 2026
JJAFCO1 shared round · last Nov 27, 2025
- SSMBC-GB Growth Fund1 shared round · last Nov 27, 2025
EEPIQ Capital Group1 shared round · last Feb 10, 2021
EEclipse1 shared round · last Feb 10, 2021
- FForest Baskett1 shared round · last Feb 10, 2021
- GGregory Papadopoulos1 shared round · last Feb 10, 2021
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Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Logistics and mobility).
How this is counted
Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-09, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Share is of the 3 rounds on Recent Funding that name KDDI Open Innovation Fund. 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 KDDI Open Innovation Fund, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/kddi-open-innovation-fund (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.
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