Rakuten
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
- 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
Indexed holds 66 portfolio companies and 52 funding rounds for this investor. The full record is or through the API.
Investment Thesis
Rakuten is a Corporate VC firm based in Tokyo, Japan. It has made 52 investments, including Pop Meals, Careem and POCKETALK. Focus areas include E-Commerce and Fintech.
Portfolio66
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