31ventures
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Tokyo, Japan
Countries of investment
- Japan
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Israel
- Singapore
Investment stages
- Seed
- Series A
- Series B
Industries
- Proptech
- real estate
- urban innovation
- smart cities
About
31VENTURES is a Tokyo-based corporate venture capital firm focused on proptech and urban innovation. Their focus spans proptech, real estate, urban innovation, and smart cities across Japan, United States, United Kingdom, Israel, and Singapore. The firm supports founders from seed through Series B stages.
31VENTURES is a Tokyo-based corporate venture capital firm focused on proptech and urban innovation. Their focus spans proptech, real estate, urban innovation, and smart cities across Japan, United States, United Kingdom, Israel, and Singapore. The firm supports founders from seed through Series B stages.
Investment Thesis
31VENTURES is a seed to Series B stage venture capital firm deploying capital across proptech, real estate, urban innovation, and smart cities sectors. They invest as strategic backers of founders shaping the future of urban environments, offering access to parent Mitsui Fudosan's real estate assets and ecosystem for piloting and scaling. The firm differentiates itself as the corporate venturing arm of Japanese real estate developer Mitsui Fudosan, managing ¥43.5B across CVC funds and backing 60+ startups including Railsbank and Synamon.
Manager's Experience
Corporate venturing arm of Japanese real estate developer Mitsui Fudosan, established in 2015 within its Venture Co-creation Department (originally spearheaded by Takeshi Kodama). Manages ~$290M across CVC funds, with the Global Innovation Funds co-managed with Global Brain; has invested in 60+ startups (~30% overseas). Based in Tokyo. Portfolio includes Railsbank and Synamon. The firm pairs capital with Mitsui Fudosan's real estate assets and workspace ecosystem.
Portfolio
Railsbank
Synamon
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