The data depicts the quarterly amount of venture capital (VC) investments in domestic seed-stage companies in Japan in the first quarter of 2018, ranked by industry. During the first quarter of 2018, VC investments in domestic companies at seed-stage were highest in the software industry, amounting to approx. 1.79 billion Japanese yen.
Software | 1.79 |
Computers and peripherals/IT services | 1.17 |
Biotechnology/pharmaceutical | 0.83 |
Industrial/energy/others | 0.65 |
Medical devices and equipment/healthcare-related | 0.52 |
Semi-conductors/electrical machinery and equipment | 0.26 |
Media/entertainment/retailing/consumer goods | 0.2 |
Finance/real estate/business services | 0.09 |
Telecommunications/networking and equipment | 0.01 |