Z Venture Capital
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Corporate venture capital arm wholly owned by LINE Yahoo, formed in 2021 from the merger of YJ Capital and LINE Ventures and tracing back to 2012. Invests all-stage from seed to late across Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia and the US in media, commerce, fintech, AI and space technology, with roughly ¥185bn deployed across its fund generations and a second ZVC fund closed in 2025.
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