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Rakuten

Corporate VC

Corporate venture capital arm of Japanese technology conglomerate Rakuten Group, providing funding and operational support to portfolio companies worldwide including Lyft, Pinterest, Carousell, and Upstart.

Tokyo, Japan · 52+ investments · 66 portfolio companies

Early Stage
Growth
Seed
E-Commerce
Fintech
Artificial Intelligence
Payments
consumer internet
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Founded
1997
Website
capital.rakuten.com
AUM
$1.0B
Portfolio Companies
66
Total Investments
52
Last Investment
Jun 2026
Geographic Focus
Asia, Latin America, North America, Europe, Japan, United States

Investment Thesis

Focus on transformative products in Commerce, Communications, Financial Services, Mobility, and Healthcare, leveraging Rakuten's global ecosystem of 70+ services to provide strategic and operational support to founders.

Rakuten is a Corporate VC firm based in Tokyo, Japan. It has made 52 investments in E-Commerce and Fintech, including Pop Meals, Careem and POCKETALK.

Portfolio66

Co-investors24

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24 co-investors across 73 shared portfolio companies — who they back alongside, and how often they lead.

Venture Capital ×19 · Accelerator ×2 · Other ×1 · 21 shared rounds

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