Yamato Holdings

We manage Yamato Holdings’ corporate venture capital fund that invests in 1) startups with innovative technologies/business models that could transform logistics and supply chains and 2) startups that have the potential to collaborate with Yamato Group.

KURONEKO Fund II

KURONEKO Innovation Fund II L.P.

Fund Size

JPY 8B

Term

10 years

Target

・Startups with innovative technologies and business models that can transform logistics and supply chains
・Startups with potential for collaboration with the Yamato Group

Objective

The Fund will invest in startups that will contribute to achieving a sustainable future under the keywords of sustainability and transformation as well as the companies that were targeted by the “KURONEKO Innovation Fund,” aiming to create growth models in logistics and related markets through offering Yamato Group’s management resources.

General Partner

Global Brain Corporation

KURONEKO Fund

KURONEKO Innovation Fund L.P.

Fund Size

JPY 5B

Term

10 years

Target

Startups with innovative technologies/business models that could transform logistics and supply chains, and startups that have the potential to collaborate with Yamato Group.

Objective

Based on the policy of "thinking from the long-term perspective and offer startups values to grow together," the fund aims to contribute to achieving a prosperous society through new growth models and open innovation resulting from startup investments.

Feature

The fund aims to create a growth model in logistics and related markets by offering Yamato Group's wide range of expertise in the logistics field and management resources and leveraging Global Brain's strong expertise and network in startup investment.

General Partner

Global Brain Corporation