We’re pleased to announce that we have decided to invest in seven new companies as part of our 3rd Residency in Japan. Our newest portfolio companies span a wide range of sectors, including SpaceTech, HealthTech, MedTech, DisasterTech, and Blockchain.

Antler Japan DEMO DAY 2025 Spring Part 1 LP Panel: Economic Development Through Startup Innovations We are honored to welcome our distinguished moderator and panelists! This panel will explore startups that foster innovation and drive Japan’s economic growth from three distinct

Antler Japan DEMO DAY 2025 Spring Part 1 Unlocking Web3 investment opportunities in Gaming, Anime,and Manga 🧐How is Web3 reshaping Gaming, Anime, and Manga verticals? 🧐What are the opportunities and challenges in this evolving landscape? Join us! for an insightful

Antler Japan DEMO DAY 2025 Spring Part 1 : Antler Global Startup Showcase Three leading startups from the Antler Global Portfolio will be presenting at the upcoming our Demo Day. These innovators are making significant strides in Gen AI, BioTech, and GameTech, and their insights

Antler Japan DEMO DAY 2025 Spring Part 1 : Building a Deep Tech Startup Ecosystem Through Technology Transfers from Universities and Corporate Research Labs University and corporate research labs hold a treasure trove of patents and technologies that can shape the future of Deep

Antler Japan DEMO DAY 2025 Spring Part 1 : From Local to Global: Building a Scalable Startup Ecosystem Transforming a startup from local success to global powerhouse demands a strong local ecosystem—access to expansion capital, international networks, and a team built for scale.

Batch4 kick off🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Antler Japan Batch 4 has officially kicked off! We received over 1,100 applications—our highest ever!—from across Japan and around the world. From this incredibly talented pool, 79 exceptional founders (top ~7%) were selected to join the program. Representing 19 nationalities

Antler – Not Your Typical VC Most VCs wait for great founders to knock on their door. At Antler, we do it differently. We’re not just a VC — we’re a startup factory. We work with exceptional individuals from Day Zero to co-build the next generation of companies. From validating

The world’s most active early-stage investor, Antler in Japan, proposes a VC & AI Launchpad for Cardano to turn promising projects into VC-backable, AI-native ventures with hands-on support and connections to global VCs and corporates, driving real-world traction and ecosystem

【WebX 2025 Special Session 7th Announcement!】 A highly anticipated session, with top players shaping the future of financial infrastructure. Building Sustainable GameFi Ecosystems with Tokenomics, Governance, and Community Engagement Justin Waldron × Yat Siu × Sandeep Casi ×

💠 The Future is Tokenized Capital markets meet Web3 — the next era of tokenized finance. 👤 Deng Chao – CEO, HashKey Capital 👤 Sandeep Casi – Partner, Antler 👤 Annie Chien – Partner, IVC 🎙️ Moderator: Jake Flaherty – Director of Advisory, DNA 📍 DNA House Tokyo | Aug 25,

Moderated the session for The future of the crypto ecosystem and investment opportunities at #JBW2025 with Sandeep Casi Ryuichi Nishida 🧬 and Ann Chien ! Japan Blockchain Week Thank you!

We announced at WebX 2025 (Aug 25-26) a partnership with Ibex, the corporate innovation arm of global VC Antler, to launch a dedicated fund to bring Japan’s anime and manga IP on-chain ⛓️

Proud to announce our partnership with Antler Ibex to launch a dedicated fund to support the growth of the Japanese culture industry such as manga, anime, film, games and much more Animoca Brands Mocaverse💼🪐

POCとは本質的に基本的には高リスクであるため、POC開発のほとんどはなかなか最終的にうまくいかないという結論に至ることが多いような印象はあります。（それ自体は悪いことではありません。つまり、うまくいかないという知見が得られたということです。）疑問としては、1.なぜ日本なのでしょうか？2.

Fund14 results are in. The community has spoken to choose 131 projects! 📊 This round, 4,893 wallets cast 174,737 votes, representing 1.75B ada. Thank you for your incredible dedication! Bringing the total number of projects funded to over 2,200 during the course of Catalyst

I missed some projects so I added them! 11M ADA projects from Japan, do you like them? 👀