Investments
87Portfolio Exits
13About Carta Ventures
Carta Ventures is a wholly-owned venture capital subsidiary of Carta Holdings, a Japanese media, and advertising technology company. Carta Ventures focuses its efforts on the rapidly growing Asian markets.
Latest Carta Ventures News
Nov 12, 2025
また、タイに拠点を置くグループ企業のDriveZ社にて、次世代のドライバー派遣サービス「DDash」を開始し、勤怠の透明性・業務効率・安全性を兼ね備えた法人向けサービスを提供しています。 CARTA VENTURESでは、日本をはじめとしたアジア地域において、志高く、熱い思いを持ったベンチャー企業を発掘し、事業シナジーの創出と資本の両輪からの互恵関係を創造しながら投資活動を行い、新たな価値の創出を目指していくとしています。
Carta Ventures Investments
87 Investments
Carta Ventures has made 87 investments. Their latest investment was in Flare as part of their Series B on November 12, 2025.
Carta Ventures Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/12/2025 | Series B | Flare | $1.29M | No | STATION Ai, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | 2 |
10/2/2025 | Seed VC - II | Univearth | $2.44M | No | Chiba Dojo, FFG Venture Business Partners, Fukui Office Furniture, GREE Ventures, Takayuki Fukui, and Theta Times Ventures | 2 |
2/4/2025 | Series A | ukka | $2.06M | No | 2 | |
10/9/2024 | Series C - III | |||||
6/25/2024 | Seed VC |
Date | 11/12/2025 | 10/2/2025 | 2/4/2025 | 10/9/2024 | 6/25/2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Series B | Seed VC - II | Series A | Series C - III | Seed VC |
Company | Flare | Univearth | ukka | ||
Amount | $1.29M | $2.44M | $2.06M | ||
New? | No | No | No | ||
Co-Investors | STATION Ai, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | Chiba Dojo, FFG Venture Business Partners, Fukui Office Furniture, GREE Ventures, Takayuki Fukui, and Theta Times Ventures | |||
Sources | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Carta Ventures Portfolio Exits
13 Portfolio Exits
Carta Ventures has 13 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Fuller on July 24, 2025.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7/24/2025 | IPO | Public | 3 | ||
7/2/2025 | Acquired | Hokan Group | 2 | ||
4/25/2025 | Acquired | 2 | |||
Date | 7/24/2025 | 7/2/2025 | 4/25/2025 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | IPO | Acquired | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | Public | Hokan Group | |||
Sources | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Carta Ventures Team
1 Team Member
Carta Ventures has 1 team member, including current Chief Executive Officer, President, Hidenori Nagaoka.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Hidenori Nagaoka | Chief Executive Officer, President | Current |
Name | Hidenori Nagaoka |
|---|---|
Work History | |
Title | Chief Executive Officer, President |
Status | Current |
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