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Keep up to date with the latest news from Hitachi Ventures and our portfolio companies.

We are pleased to announce our investment in Ema Unlimited, Inc. Find out why we have invested in the company and learn more about their AI employees to boost productivity across every role in an organization.

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We are pleased to announce our investment in Samsara Eco. Find out why we have invested in the company and learn more about their enzymatic recycling technology for any plastic independent of type, color or application.

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We are pleased to announce that our CEO & Managing Director Stefan Gabriel has been recognized in this year’s Global Corporate Venturing Powerlist 2024.

We are pleased to announce our investment in Trustwise Inc. Find out why we have invested in the company and learn more about their GenAI safety, cost and sustainability solution for application performance and risk management.

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We are pleased to announce our investment in StrikeReady. Find out why we have invested in the company and learn more about their approach to revolutionize Cyber Security with an AI-powered command center.

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We are pleased to announce our investment in Relationship Therapeutics. Find out why we have invested in the company and learn more about their approach to understand deep human biology for transformational medicines with machine learning.

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We are pleased to announce our investment in Archetype. Find out why we have invested in the company and learn more about their foundation models and use-case specific applications for real-world sensor data.

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We are pleased to announce our newest investment in Wase! Find out why we have invested in the company and how they break down diverse wastewater streams while enhancing methane production.

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We are pleased to announce our newest investment in Cure51! Find out why we have invested in the company and read the official PR.

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Big congrats to our Principal, Joanna Soroka on GCV’s recognition as one of the top Emerging Leaders in 2024! Looking forward to investing in many more exciting startups together and proud to have you in our team!

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We are pleased to announce our newest investment in Thea Energy! Find out why we have invested in a fusion energy company and read the official PR and our blog post.

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We are excited to announce that our portfolio company Makersite entered into a commercial partnership with Hitachi Solutions.

We are delighted to announce that we have recently invested in Xaba Inc. who empowers robotics with AI to improve overall performance and reduce barriers of cost and adaptability in manufacturing processes.

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We are proud to announce that our Portfolio company Ascend Elements has successfully closed their $542 million Series D. These funds will be instrumental to establish the commercial-scale facility for the production of NMC cathode precursor (pCAM) and cathode active material (CAM) in Kentucky. Congrats to the entire Ascend Elements team!

Our portfolio company Scipher Medicine recently accomplished a big milestone, receiving Medicare coverage for their PrismRA diagnostic test predicting response to the largest drug selling class in the autoimmune space. Congrats to the Scipher Team.

Our portfolio company Huma recently announced its collaboration with Google to advance genAI technologies in the Digital Health space.

We are excited to see that our portfolio company Arrcus, Inc. expands its presence Japan.

Congratulations to our portfolio company Scipher Medicine on the new partnership with Ionis.

We are excited to announce our newest investment in Arrcus! Find out why we invested in a hyperscale networking software company and read the official PR and our newest blog post.

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We are proud to announce that our CEO & Managing Director Stefan Gabriel has been again recognized in this years Global Corporate Venturing Powerlist 2023!

We are proud to announce that Hitachi established a third Corporate Venture Capital Fund to expand strategic investments with special focus in digital trends such as Web3, Generative AI, Cloud Computing, Blockchain, 5G/6G and more.

Excited to announce our investment in Strangeworks! Find out why we invested in Quantum Computing space and read our newest blog post.

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GCV's Emerging Leaders 2023

Big Congrats also to our Senior Associate, Ankesh Madan on GCV’s recognition as one of the top Emerging Leaders in 2023! It’s a great pleasure to work with you!

GCV's Emerging Leaders 2023

Big Congrats to our partner, Gayathri Radhakrishnan on being recognized as one of GCV’s top Emerging Leaders in 2023! Proud to have you in the team and looking forward to many more, exciting investments in the future and supporting founders to achieve their dreams.

Read our newest blog post and find out why we invested in the company BeZero Carbon, a ratings agency for the voluntary carbon market (VCM).

We are proud to announce that our portfolio company Ascend Elements was awarded $480M in grants from U.S. Department of Energy to Manufacture Sustainable Battery Cathode Active Materials. Grants will support the construction of the planned $1B Apex facility in Hopkinsville, Ky. yielding over $4.4B in positive economic impact for the region.

Excited to announce our investment in ArsenalBio, a programmable cell therapy company developing CAR-T therapies for solid tumors. Interested in why we have invested in this company? Read through our blog post and find out.

Excited to announce our investment in B-ON and its launch of an entire suite of electrification services, powered by a partnership with Hitachi Group. Interested in an automotive company transforming last mile transportation of people and goods to zero emissions? Take a look at why we have invested in B-ON.

GCV Powerlist 2022: No. 19 out of 150!

Big congrats to our CEO & MD, Stefan Gabriel, for again being recognized as one of Global Corporate Venturing’s top leaders!

Hitachi Ventures invests in Scipher Medicine. Interested in a precision immunology company matching patients with their most effective therapy for autoimmune diseases? Take a look at why we have invested in Scipher Medicine.

GCV profiles the industry's top 50 CVC Emerging Leaders 2022

Huge congrats to our partner Tobias, who GCV recognized as Emerging Leader 2022! Looking forward to investing in many more exciting start ups together with you in the future! ????

GCV profiles the industry's top 50 CVC Rising Stars 2022

There are many shooting stars, but there is only one rising star for us: Congrats to our amazing Principal Galina, who has been recognized as one of GCVs Rising Stars in 2022. ????

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Hitachi Ventures invests in WekaIO. Interested in an advanced data infrastructure enabling AI/ML, life sciences research and high-performance computing? Take a look at why we have invested in WekaIO.

Hitachi Ventures invests in Provectus Algae. Imagine you could convert Carbon Dioxide through light into high-value products in a sustainable way and take a look at why we have invested the Australian biomanufacturing company.

We are excited to announce that our portfolio company Huma won the Prix Galien Award for the Best Digital Health Solution worldwide. Congratulations to the Huma Team!

Hitachi Ventures investing in Ascend Elements (former Battery Resourcers)

Hitachi Ventures invests in Ascend Elements. Interested in a battery recycling process returning active battery materials back into the supply chain? Take a look at why we have invested in Ascend Elements.

We are proud to announce that Hitachi established a second Corporate Venture Capital Fund to expand strategic investments with special focus in the Environment and Healthcare space.

We are excited to share our latest panel between James Mawson (GCV), Kenichi Funaki (CVO Office, Hitachi Ltd.) and our CEO & MD, Stefan Gabriel about the momentum of Strategic Corporate Venturing and Collaboration with startups, published by Hitachi Review.

Hitachi Ventures investing in inVia Robotics

Hitachi Ventures invests in inVia Robotics. Interested in a warehouse optimization solution? Take a look at why we have invested in inVia Robotics.

IPO of our portfolio company Sophia Genetics on July 24th, 2021.

Initial Public Offering of Sophia Genetics on NASDAQ raising USD 234M at a Market Cap of USD 1.14B. Congrats to the team!

Hitachi Ventures has been named to 2021’s GCV Powerlist: No. 25 out of 100!

We are excited and honored to be in great company on the Global Corporate Venturing Powerlist for 2021!

Hitachi Ventures investing in Huma

Hitachi Ventures invests in Huma! Interested in a digital biomarker development, validation and delivery platform? Take a look at why we have in investd in Huma Therapeutics.

Interview @ Corporate Venturing Insider

Thrilled to be part of the Corporate Venturing Insider series Vol. 22 – Thanks a lot to TDK Ventures & Startup 500!

Sophia Genetics announces collaboration with Hitachi Ltd.

Sophia Genetics and Hitachi announced a multi-year collaboration to advance data-driven precision medicine.

Hitachi Ventures investing in Rescale

Hitachi Ventures invests in Rescale. Interested in driving HPC market transformation to cloud? Take a look at why we have invested in Rescale.

Hitachi Ventures investing in Proscia

Hitachi Ventures invests in Proscia. Interested in a digital pathology workflow platform? Take a look at why we have invested in Proscia.

Hitachi Ventures investing in ThinkIQ.

Hitachi Ventures invests in ThinkIQ. Interested in a digital manufacturing transformation SaaS company? Take a look at why we have invested in ThinkIQ.

Hitachi Ventures investing in Sophia Genetics.

Hitachi Ventures invests in Sophia Genetics. Interested in data-driven medicine? Take a look at why we have invested in Sophia Genetics.

Hitachi Ventures has been named to 2020’s GCV Powerlist Top 100

GCV compiled it’s 2020 GCV Powerlist of the Top 100 CVC units globally, taking into account strategic and leadship measures. We are proud to announce that Stefan, our CEO & MD, has been named to the top 100 CVCs worldwide!

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Akarion and Hitachi Systems Security are working together to enhance Digital Trust

Hitachi Systems Security will use Akarion’s Compliance Cloud to offer an integrated compliance management to its customers.

Hitachi Ventures investing in Taranis.

Hitachi Ventures invests in Taranis. Interested in a digital agronomy solution for all crops? Take a look at why we have invested in Taranis.

Hitachi Ventures investing in Akarion.

Hitachi Ventures invests in Akarion. Interested in Digital Trust and Compliance Management? Take a look at why we have invested in Akarion.

Hitachi establishes a Corporate Venture Capital Fund to support startups as an innovation partner.

Tokyo, April 26th, 2019. Hitachi Ltd. established a new CVC unit, Hitachi Ventures GmbH, to identify and acquire equity interests in fast-growing innovative startup companies globally.