We focus on early-stage startups. We are sector-agnostic and interested in industry-changing technology and innovation. We spend time fully understanding opportunities and business plans. Once we invest, we commit to maximizing startup success with meaningful support. We have invested in over 130 companies through 4 funds in the U.S. and Japan in a wide range of sectors, such as Mobility, Fintech, IoT, VR, Commerce, and Healthcare.
We also have Japan’s leading corporations as Limited Partners. In addition to providing investment opportunities, we connect them to startups and help develop new businesses together.
If you are interested in working with us, warm introductions are encouraged.
Keitaro Mori
President & CEO at Fast Accounting
The support we have received from everyone at Scrum Ventures has been invaluable. It is not just the investment we received but looking back, without the support from Mr. Haruta and others, our business would have been much more difficult to grow. Whenever we had a problem, they immediately set up meetings for us and gave us advice that we could apply to the business. It is because of Scrum’s support that we have been able to come this far.
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 the Scrum team’s passion for the food tech space, and their Japanese relationships give us a strong foothold as we look to expand internationally in the future and diversify our investor base. During their due diligence, we were impressed with their speed, efficiency, a depth. Since the investment, we have appreciated Scrum’s interest in helping us achieve our goals and their introductions to firms that will accelerate our growth.
Kamal Mistry
CEO at Arcturus
We’ve greatly enjoyed working with the Scrum team and value their industry relationships and expertise in the Japanese market. In a very short time, they’ve demonstrated their commitment to our growth and see them playing an unquestionably valuable role in forging relationships with key customers across the sports and entertainment space.
Josh Butler
Founder at CompScience
The Scrum Ventures team has been super strategic for us from the start. They get our business and have made countless solid connections to large clients and relevant founders. We’ve legitimately seen a boost in our pipeline from the interest that their corporate partners are showing in our business. If you are looking at the Japanese market, strongly consider partnering with them!
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, the Scrum team has been an outstanding and trusted partner as NFW has traversed from being a ‘startup’ to being a ‘growth’ company. Scrum has rolled up their sleeves to walk alongside me, and the team and has been a trusted ear to listen and a voice that shares wise counsel and advisement.
Edwin Olson
CEO & Founder of May Mobility
Scrum Ventures invested in May Mobility in our seed stage round almost three years ago and the team has been great to work with ever since. They’ve been there when we’ve wanted introductions, advice on working with companies and partners in Japan, or just to talk through the things going on at our company. One thing I particularly appreciate about Scrum is their many years of experience and expertise — a new experience for me is a familiar experience for them!
Takanobu Kawano
CEO at Vacan, Inc.
After meeting Makoto Haruta, Partner at Scrum Ventures, I immediately felt that working with them would help me create a strong business and team.
Scrum Ventures continues to support me with business planning, KPI creation, series A fundraising, hiring, PR, and more. Hiroki Tanaka, Venture Partner, even joined our offsite discussions and works closely with us for Vacan’s growth.
Peter Howard
CEO at Realtime Robotics
The team at Scrum Ventures has been truly fantastic to work with. Starting with their speedy comprehension in our introductory meeting 7 months ago, through introducing us to stellar co-investors 6 months ago, to opening doors to anchor customers 5 months ago, they have been pleasant, supportive, efficient, and highly effective. They are a hugely productive asset to have on your team!
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