EEI 4 Innovation & Impact Investment Business
Venture capital fund specializing in environmental energy field
Synergize our resources for innovative future
News
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26th April 2024
Establishment of new fund
We established new fund and decided to increase investment budget. -
26th April 2024
Investment in enechain Corporation
We reached agreement with "enechain Corporation" as follows;<br>・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by enechain Corporation. -
18th April 2024
Investment in Sharing Energy Co., Ltd.
We have made an investment in Sharing Energy - a venture company that offers a service of third-party ownership of solar power generation systems. -
6th March 2024
Capital and Business Alliance with Aakel Technologies Inc.
We reached agreement with "Aakel Technologies Inc." as follows;<br>・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by Aakel Technologies Inc. -
1st August 2023
Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc. Announces Initial Public Offering and Listing on Nasdaq
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31st July 2023
Stock transfer of Nekojitadou
All shares of Nekojitadou Co., Ltd. were transferred to michietku Co., Ltd. , a subsidiary of Ono Pharmaceutical Industry Co. -
17th May 2023
Capital alliance with Kyoto Fusioneering Ltd.
We reached agreement with "Kyoto Fusioneering Ltd." as follows;<br>・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by Kyoto Fusioneering. -
15th February 2023
Capital and business alliance with Zeroboard Inc.
We reached agreement with "Zeroboard Inc." as follows;<br>・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by Zeroboard. -
31st January 2023
Capital and business alliance with folofly, Inc.
We reached agreement with folofly, Inc. as follows;<br>
・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by folofly.<br>・Business alliance with folofly for the use of reused storage batteries utilizing
business resources of folofly and Kansai Electric Power Group. folofly is a venture company that develops and sales of commercial electric vehicles such as EV commercial vans and 1-ton class trucks. -
31st August 2022
Capital and business alliance with EV Motors Japan Co.,Ltd.
We reached agreement with EV Motors Japan Co.,Ltd. as follows;<br> ・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by EV Motors Japan Co.,Ltd.<br> -
1st August 2022
Capital and business alliance with Clean Energy Connect, Inc.
We reached agreement with "Clean Energy Connect, Inc." as follows;<br> ・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by Clean Energy Connect.<br> -
30th June 2022
Agreement with SPACE ONE Co., Ltd.
We reached agreement with SPACE ONE Co., Ltd. as follows;<br> ・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by SPACE ONE.<br> -
30th June 2022
Agreement with SUCRECUBE Japon Inc.
We reached agreement with SUCRECUBE Japon Inc. as follows;<br> ・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by SUCRECUBE Japon.<br> SUCRECUBE Japon is a venture company that develop the TUMIQUI business, which provides distributed power and internet connection for areas without electricity and radio in Africa.<br> -
30th June 2022
Agreement with ICJ Ⅱ Fund Investment Limited Partnership
We reached an agreement to invest in ICJ Ⅱ Fund as follows;<br> ・ICJ Fund Ⅱ Investment Limited Partnership.<br> ICJ FundⅡis a venture capital fund specializing in ESG.<br> -
28th June 2022
Announcement of new CEO
K4 Ventures is pleased to announce the appointment of Seiichiro Hamada as CEO, succeeding Toyokazu Misono. -
31th May 2022
Capital and business alliance with Meijo Nano Carbon Co., Ltd.
We reached agreement with "Meijo Nano Carbon Co., Ltd." as follows;<br> ・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by Meijo Nano Carbon.<br> -
31th May 2022
Capital and business alliance with PowerX, Inc.
We reached agreement with "PowerX, Inc." as follows;<br> ・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by PowerX.<br> ・Business alliance with PowerX for developments of new services through utilizing business resources of PowerX and Kansai Electric Power Group. <br> PowerX is a venture company that researches, develops and produces large scale energy storage systems, etc. and electric power transfer vessels. -
26th January 2022
Agreement with ANRI-GREEN I Investment Limited Partnership
We reached an agreement to invest in ANRI GREEN Fund I as follows;<br> ・ANRI-GREEN I Investment Limited Partnership. <br> ANRI GREEN Fund I is a venture capital fund specializing in climate change and environmental issues. -
30th November 2021
Capital and business alliance with Willport Co., Ltd.
We reached agreement with "Willport Co., Ltd." as follows;<br> In addition to responding to a third-party allotment of shares by Wilport Co., Ltd., a venture company that develops regional logistics services, ,<br> we have agreed on a business alliance regarding the commercialization of new delivery services that are closely linked to the region. -
30th September 2021
Capital and business alliance with ALGO ARTIS Co., Ltd.
We reached agreement with "ALGO ARTIS Co., Ltd." as follows;<br> In addition to responding to a third-party allotment of shares by "ALGO ARTIS Co., Ltd.", which provides optimization solution services utilizing AI (algorithm),<br> We have agreed on a business alliance to create AI solution services for a wide range of industries. -
8th March 2021
Agreement with Terrace Mile Inc.
We reached agreement with " Terrace Mile Inc. (Terrace Mile)" as follows;<br> ・Accept a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by Terrace Mile.<br> ・Business alliance with Terrace Mile for developments of new services for the future realization of Society5.0 through utilizing business resources of Terrace Mile and Kansai Electric Power Group.<br> Terrace Mile is on a mission to create a future of farming by digitization of information and providing unbiased analytics. -
2th March 2021
Agreement with Okage Inc.
We reached agreement with Okage Inc. as follows; <br> ・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by Okage <br> Okage is a venture company that provides mobile orders, mobile POS systems for restaurants. -
30th September 2020
Agreement with Next Energy & Resources Co., Ltd.
We reached agreement with " Next Energy & Resources Co., Ltd. (Next Energy)" as follows;<br> ・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by Next Energy.<br> ・Business alliance with Next Energy for considering and enforcement of new services for spread of renewable energy through utilizing business resources of Next Energy and Kansai Electric Power Group.<br> Next Energy is a venture company that is developing the renewable energy business through the product development, sales and construction of solar power generation system and storage battery system. -
29th June 2020
Agreement with Informetis Co.,Ltd.
We reached agreement with " Informetis Co.,Ltd (Informetis)" as follows; <br> ・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by Informetis, etc＊. <br> ・Business alliance with Informetis for developments of new services through utilizing business resources of Informetis and Kansai Electric Power Group.<br> Informetis is a venture company that is providing new services by estimating the power consumption of each device from the total amount of power consumption using its original AI. <br> ＊Including stock transfer from Informetis shareholders. -
25th June 2020
Announcement of new CEO
K4 Ventures is pleased to announce the appointment of Toyokazu Misono as CEO, succeeding Koji Inada. -
1st April 2020
Selected as "certified venture capital" for "R & D start-up support project"
Our company was selected as a certified venture capital in the “R & D Startup Support Project” conducted by NEDO（New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization） Details -
28th February 2020
Agreement with Future Food Fund 1 Investment Limited Partnership
We reached agreement with Future Food Fund as follows; <br> ・Future Food Fund 1 Investment Limited Partnership. <br> Future Food Fund is a venture capital fund specializing in food-related technology. - 1st November 2019 K4 Ventures is supporting “Tech Sirius 2020”
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31st October 2019
Agreement with Exergy Power Systems,Inc
We reached agreement with "Exergy Power Systems,Inc (Exergy)" as follows; <br> ・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by Exergy. <br> ・Business alliance with Exergy for developments of new services through utilizing business resources of Exergy and Kansai Electric Power Group. <br> Exergy is a venture company that is developing, producing, and providing unique and superior high power battery energy storage systems, and providing high-speed frequency response services mainly in European countries. -
10th September 2019
Agreement with Global Catalyst Partners Japan
We reached agreement with Global Catalyst Partners Japan as follows; <br> ・Invest in the 2nd fund of Global Catalyst Partners Japan <br> Global Catalyst Partners Japan is a ventures capital fund that provides investment methods of Silicon Valley called as Structured Spin-in. -
12th July 2019
Agreement with GIRASOL ENERGY Inc.
We reached agreement with GIRASOL ENERGY Inc. as follows; <br> ・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by GIRASOL ENERGY <br> ・Business alliance with GIRASOL ENERGY for demonstration and development of new services through utilizing business resources of GIRASOL ENERGY and Kansai Electric Power Group. <br> GIRASOL ENERGY is a venture company that provides innovative PLC technologies enabling wiser PV Plants. -
1st July 2019
Announcement of new CEO
K4 Ventures is pleased to announce the appointment of Koji Inada as CEO, succeeding Takashi Morimoto. -
5th June 2019
Agreement with Space Power Technologies Inc.
We reached agreement with Space Power Technologies Inc. as follows; <br> ・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by Space Power Technologies <br> Space Power Technologies is a venture company that designs and develops the highly efficient wireless power transfer system by using microwave. -
23rd May 2019
Agreement with Pixie Dust Technologies
We reached agreement with Pixie Dust Technologies ,Inc. as follows; <br> ・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by Pixie Dust Technologies <br> ・Business alliance with Pixie Dust Technologies for demonstration and development of new services through utilizing business resources of Pixie Dust Technologies and Kansai Electric Power Group. <br> Pixie Dust Technologies is a venture company that develops products related to vision, hearing and touch. -
15th April 2019
Agreement with NExT-e Solutions
We reached agreement with NExT-e Solutions Inc. as follows; <br> ・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by NExT-eS <br> ・Business alliance with NExT-eS for demonstration and development of new services through utilizing business resources of NExT-eS and Kansai Electric Power Group. <br> NExT-eS is a venture company that has the advanced battery control technology to provide the battery leasing services. -
12th April 2019
Agreement with CONNEXX SYSTEMS
We reached agreement with CONNEXX SYSTEMS Corporation as follows; <br> ・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by CONNEXX SYSTEMS <br> ・Business alliance with CONNEXX SYSTEMS for demonstration and development of new services through utilizing business resources of CONNEXX SYSTEMS and Kansai Electric Power Group. <br> CONNEXX SYSTEMS is a venture company that has the advanced battery technology to develop and produce the innovative batteries. -
1st March 2019
Agreement with EditForce
We reached agreement with EditForce Inc. as follows; <br> ・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by EditForce -
21st December 2018
Agreement with SIRC
We reached agreement with SIRC Co., Ltd as follows; <br> ・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by SIRC <br> ・Business alliance with SIRC for demonstration and development of new services through utilizing business resources of SIRC and Kansai Electric Power Group. <br> SIRC is a venture company that develops ultra-small electric power sensors. With the agreement with SIRC above, we will promote our business so that we can contribute to further development of Kansai Electric Power Group. -
1st November 2018
Agreement with VPP Japan
We reached agreement with VPP Japan Co., Ltd as follows; <br> ・Investment in response to a third-party allocation of newly issued shares by VPPJ <br> ・Business alliance with VPPJ for demonstration and development of new services through utilizing business resources of VPPJ and Kansai Electric Power Group. <br> VPPJ is a venture company for energy technology that aims for building its own virtual power plants. With the agreement with VPPJ above, we will promote our business so that we can contribute to further development of Kansai Electric Power Group on energy related business. -
1st November 2018
We have changed our name " to "K4 Ventures Godo Kaisha" <br> In line with the change, our corporate logo has been changed and the corporate website has been revised.
Mission
Corporate Philosophy
Challenge into new fields and unknown areas together with venture companies
K4 Ventures hereby confirm to;
- Work as a bridge between venture companies with flexible ideas and lofty ideals and Kansai Electric Power Group
- Develop together with venture companies as an equal partner
- Challenge in a speedy, innovative and aggressive way so that new business will be created for solving a variety of issues for our customers and society.
K4 Ventures contains 3 meanings in the name: "K" stands for "Kansai Electric Power Group", "K4" for "Kurobegawa No.4 Hydropower Plant (Kuroyon)", and "4 Ventures" for "for ventures" Putting the three sets of wordings together, we express two ideas as follows;
- Kansai Electric Power Group wishes to be a partner of venture companies by working closely together for their development.
- We challenge into new fields and unknown areas together with venture companies with the frontier spirits Kansai Electric Power have cultivated since the construction of Kuroyon.
Investment target and investment sector
- Investment is targeted to;
- - Start-ups in the business field of integrated energy service, delivering electricity service, IT service, and business / lifestyle-related service that enables both the start-ups and the Kansai Electric Power Group to expect growth in business through cooperation.
- Start-ups with innovative technologies and/or business models etc. that can contribute to problem-solution for customers and society in new business fields. - Investment sector
- Battery, Mobility, Robotics, AI, IoT, Big Data, Agriculture and Food, Culture and Entertainment, Social infrastructure, Life design, etc.
Investment is targeted to sectors such as:
All stages (seed, early, middle and later)
Investment areas are targeted to;
In principle, Japan, the United States, Europe and Asia
Investment amount is;
To be determined taking into account the stage the start-up is in and the strategic advantage expected to be achieved by the investment.
Portfolio
About us
| Company name | K4 Ventures GK |
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| Representative | Seiichiro Hamada(Chief Executive Officer) |
| Establishment | September 1998 |
| Capital | 10 million yen |
| Location | 3-6-16 Kita-ku Nakanoshima Osaka Japan |
