Innovate, Collaborate, Accelerate
We are an investment platform -- sourcing industry-changing startups and supporting their global growth through our network and corporate partners in Japan.

Who We Are

Founded by Tak Miyata, a seasoned entrepreneur from Japan with startup and executive experience in Silicon Valley, Scrum Ventures is a diverse team with headquarters in San Francisco and Tokyo along with satellite offices in Minneapolis, Seattle, New York, and Illinois. While Japan is in our DNA, we are a global team with a wealth of international experiences, perspectives, and relationships.

We take a thematic approach to investing, identifying emerging trends, researching the landscape in detail, and discovering industry-changing startups. In addition to investing capital, we support our portfolio founders throughout their journey by providing direct assistance with hiring, strategic advice, fundraising, and more. Our partners understand the challenges of entrepreneurship and are fully committed to portfolio success.


Our partners include well established Japanese corporates who share our vision, such as Panasonic, Unisys, Fujitsu, and DeNA. They provide support and partnership opportunities for portfolio startups interested in the Japanese market and beyond.

What our founders say

Kamal Mistry

Kamal Mistry
Arcturus

We've greatly enjoyed working with the Scrum team and value their industry relationships and expertise in the ...

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Josh Butler

Josh Butler
Founder at CompScience

The Scrum Ventures team has been super strategic for us from the start. They get our business ...

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Luke Haverhals

Luke Haverhals
Founder & CEO at Natural Fiber Welding

Michael Yan found our company and led Scrum Ventures’ investment into Natural Fiber Welding (NFW). Since then, ...

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Jeff Nobbs

Jeff Nobbs
CEO & Co-Founder at Zero Acre Farms

We at Zero Acre Farms are incredibly happy to be part of the Scrum family. We love ...

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Edwin Olson

Edwin Olson
CEO, Founder at May Mobility

Scrum Ventures invested in May Mobility in our seed stage round almost three years ago and the ...

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Jasen Lew

Jasen Lew
CEO at Glowing

Scrum is one of the best investors I've had the fortune and pleasure working with. My partner ...

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Scrum Ventures is a seed-stage venture firm investing across a range of industries in the U.S. and Japan. Based in San Francisco with extensive experience and networks in both Silicon Valley and Japan, Scrum Ventures accelerates portfolio companies with global opportunities and helps corporations innovate. Scrum Studio is a platform that connects global corporations with startups.