WERU Investment is an institutional investor (Conventional VCs) founded in 1998 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Weru Investment is a venture capital firm investing in Japan. The firm focuses its investment in the Tech sectors such as Virtual Reality. It manages ¥‎462M assets under management. Portfolio Company includes VAQSO.

Stage

pre-seed, seed, early-stage, Series A, pre-seed, seed, early-stage, Series A

Check size

N/A (led $7.8M Series A; fund sizes up to $62.9M)

HQ

Shinjuku, Japan

Founded

1998

Website

https://www.weruinvest.com

LinkedIn

https://linkedin.com/company/accel-kkr

Twitter

http://twitter.com/accelkkr

What they look for

University-affiliated preferred (esp. Waseda); clear commercialization path and revenue potential; global expansion focus (Japan/US primary, UK/Europe); strong ecosystems/networks (e.g. research spinouts); teams with international exposure; deep tech with 5-10yr return hypothesis

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