Bonds Investment Group

Tokyo-based venture capital firm, founded in 2015, investing in startups in autonomous vehicles, transportation technology and social impact ventures alongside founders.

Bonds Investment Group is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm founded in 2015. It invests in startups and partners with entrepreneurs to build businesses that address significant social challenges, with a stated emphasis on an entrepreneurial mindset in its own work as well as in the companies it backs.

The firm's stated technical focus areas are autonomous vehicles and transportation technology. Its industry interests - regional transportation, autonomous vehicles and social impact ventures - point to a portfolio pattern centred on mobility and on businesses intended to address real, locally felt problems, rather than on a broad technology mandate.

Bonds Investment Group describes its role as extending beyond capital provision: it works alongside founders, seeking to combine technology, ideas and determination to build enduring businesses. The firm publishes news highlighting its investments and partnerships, and characterises its approach as partnership-oriented and oriented towards making a measurable difference on social issues.

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