Hitachi Ventures
Investment Details
Investor Type
Corporate VC
Asset Class Focus
Venture Capital
Stage Focus
Seed, Early Stage, Series A, Series B, Growth, Late Stage, Pre-IPO
Geographical Focus
United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Netherlands, Hungary, Sweden, Belgium, Israel, Norway, Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia
Industries Focus
- Technology
- Healthcare
- Energy
- Artificial Intelligence
- Life Sciences
- Quantum Computing
- Biotechnology
- Mobility
- Circular Economy
- Digital Infrastructure
- Smart Cities
- Environmental Technology
- Space Technology
- Data Infrastructure
- Green Technology
- Advanced Computing
- Industrial Automation
- Sustainable Development
- Decarbonization
- Nuclear Fusion
Investment Size:
5,000,000 to 50,000,000 USD
Investor Details Founded: 2019
Hitachi Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Hitachi, Ltd., established in June 2019. The firm manages assets totaling approximately $1 billion, focusing on early-stage and growth-stage technology companies with strategic relevance to Hitachi. Its investment areas span from environmental technology and circular economy solutions to energy, mobility, AI, digital technologies, industrial automation, and life sciences. The firm operates globally, with offices in Munich, Germany, and Boston and Palo Alto, USA, covering Europe, Israel, and North America.
In February 2025, Hitachi Ventures launched its fourth fund, HV Fund IV, with a commitment of $400 million, bringing its total assets under management to approximately $1 billion. This fund aims to invest in innovative startups in cutting-edge digital technologies and new frontiers, including data centers, distributed energy systems, industrial AI, bio, quantum, nuclear fusion, life sciences, and space technologies. The firm seeks to identify startups with the potential to create or disrupt large markets and generate future growth opportunities.
Hitachi Ventures supports its portfolio companies through strategic collaborations with Hitachi's business units, leveraging the global industry reach, expertise, and financial strength of Hitachi. This approach accelerates the transition of Hitachi and its customers in their transformation journey and helps build and grow businesses, collaborate, and innovate with selected future leaders in various industries.
Requirements
- Innovative startups with strategic relevance to Hitachi, Ltd.
- Companies addressing key technological challenges in mobility, healthcare, industry, energy, and IT
- Startups with exciting technologies and business models that can benefit from strategic collaborations with Hitachi business units
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Portfolio Companies
- Makersite
- Captura
- Archetype AI
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