AUM
Estimated Dry Powder
Fund Size (Latest)
Samurai Incubate Fund VI
Estimated Cheque Size
Stages
Year Established
2008
HQ
Azabudai Hills Garden Plaza B 4F,5-9-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo, 105-0001, Japan, Asia
HQ Phone
+81 (0)3 6433 2110
About
SAMURAI INCUBATE is a Tokyo-based hands-on venture capital firm focusing on seed stage investments in Japan, Israel, and Sub-Saharan Africa. It invests primarily in the IT sector, targeting entrepreneurs and businesses with cutting-edge technologies and/or innovative business models. The firm provides hands-on incubation support to its portfolio companies, using its systematic business creation and growth framework and promoting collaboration with its partners including corporate investors investing in their funds. SAMURAI INCUBATE established a subsidiary, Samurai Incubate Africa (formerly known as Leapfrog Ventures) in 2018. It targets Japanese and local start-ups mainly in Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and South Africa, that seeks to solve social issues and disrupt existing inefficient systems in Africa. Its focus sectors include energy, healthcare, financial service, agriculture, retail, e-commerce, logistics, mobility as well as entertainment.
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