Monozukuri Ventures

Monozukuri Ventures is a venture capital firm operating out of Japan and North America that specialises in hard tech and IoT. Alongside investment, the firm says it maintains a dedicated team supporting hardware prototyping, mass production and business development, aiming to let entrepreneurs produce and sell high-quality products even in small quantities. A quoted customer describes not knowing how to find a company that makes things and finding that a first prototype built alone was too expensive to bring to market, a problem the firm's support is aimed at addressing. It has announced a Deep Tech Forum event held together with a partner event, an additional investment in SeaSats, and the final close of its second fund. Support mentioned on its site includes guidance on business models and supply chains for hardware startups moving from prototype to market, along with technical consulting.