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Cool Japan Fund

Japanese public-private fund investing in businesses that build overseas demand for Japanese products and services

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Cool Japan Fund is a public-private investment fund set up by statute in November 2013. Its purpose is to build overseas demand for attractive goods and services from Japan by supplying risk capital.

What Cool Japan Fund does

  • Media and content investment: funding for businesses such as intellectual property and virtual-performer production.
  • Food and services investment: for example restaurant chains, food distribution and cold storage.
  • Fashion and lifestyle investment: support for national brands abroad.
  • Inbound tourism investment: businesses that attract visitors to the country.
  • Fund commitments: stakes in funds that help companies grow over the long term.

Who it serves

Companies in Japan and abroad that carry the country's culture and products overseas. Recent investments include health and beauty distribution and online insurance sales in overseas markets.

Key facts

  • Established: November 2013
  • Country: Japan
  • Type: public-private fund
  • Website: available in an English section too

Summary written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Oct 2026.

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Cool Japan Fund is ranked on 1 TrustList ranking at #3.

Every ranking orders its listings by their reviews, how complete the profile is and the Trust Score. Cool Japan Fund has no reviews yet and 3 of the 10 profile details we look for. Where no listing on a page has been reviewed, the order follows the profiles alone.

Venture capital firm · 1 ranking

  • #3of 15
    Japan

    Its profile: “Cool Japan Fund is a public-private investment fund set up by statute in November 2013.”

    Of the 15 here, 7 also cover partners and 4 also cover partnership; 5 also work in Tokyo and 4 also work in San Francisco.

    Behind Pulsar Venture Capital, ahead of Corundum Open Innovations.

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