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Coral Capital

Coral Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm that invests globally under a "Build with Japan" thesis — backing founders in Japan and in the United States who build with Japan's industrial strengths, talent, and capital. It created J-KISS, the Japanese equivalent of the SAFE, and publishes original research and interviews on the Japanese startup ecosystem in both Japanese and English.

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# Coral Capital

> Coral Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm that invests globally under a "Build with Japan" thesis — backing founders in Japan and in the United States who build with Japan's industrial strengths, talent, and capital. It created J-KISS, the Japanese equivalent of the SAFE, and publishes original research and interviews on the Japanese startup ecosystem in both Japanese and English.

## Facts

- **Name:** Coral Capital. Began investing in 2016 as 500 Startups Japan and was renamed Coral Capital in 2019.
- **Founders:** James Riney and Yohei Sawayama.
- **Headquarters:** Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Invests globally, with portfolio companies in Japan and the United States.
- **Assets under management:** JPY 60 billion (approximately USD 400 million).
- **Thesis:** "Build with Japan" — Japan's industrial base, engineering talent, and capital are an advantage for founders anywhere, not only for Japanese companies.

### Positioning: "The Ecosystem VC"

Coral Capital describes what it offers beyond money as three things:

- **Network** — introductions that founders cannot easily make themselves, including to
  sources of capital and to Japan's large corporates.
- **Talent** — help hiring, including Coral Careers, a talent pool reserved for portfolio
  companies with more than 20,000 registered candidates.
- **Insight** — the knowledge and the community around the firm: published research,
  founder and investor interviews, events, and the network of founders themselves.

### Funds

Newest first. The yen figure is the authoritative one; dollar equivalents are approximate,
converted at roughly JPY 150 to the dollar.

| Fund | Size | Approx. USD |
|---|---|---|
| Coral Capital IV | JPY 25.4 billion | ~$170 million |
| Coral Growth II | JPY 5.0 billion | ~$33 million |
| Coral Capital III | JPY 14.0 billion | ~$93 million |
| Coral Growth | JPY 2.7 billion | ~$18 million |
| Coral Capital II | JPY 6.0 billion | ~$40 million |
| Coral Capital I (500 Startups Japan) | — | $35 million |
| SmartHR SPV (single-company vehicle) | JPY 2.0 billion | ~$13 million |

The Coral Capital funds invest at seed and early stage; the Coral Growth vehicles are
dedicated to follow-on investment in existing portfolio companies. These are the disclosed
funds — total assets under management are larger than their sum because some vehicles are
not disclosed.

### Portfolio

Coral Capital has invested in **more than 140 companies**, in both Japan and the United
States. A subset is listed publicly at https://coralcap.co/portfolio/

Representative investments: **SmartHR** (HR software), **Kyoto Fusioneering** (fusion
energy), **TeraWatt Technology** (next-generation lithium-ion batteries), **Anduril**
(defence technology), **Ramp** (financial software), and **General Matter** (nuclear fuel).

In 2025 Coral Capital sold JPY 14.6 billion (approximately USD 97 million) of SmartHR
shares to General Atlantic. Coral Capital describes this as the largest s
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