investment
We have invested in Impact Circle, Inc.
2024.11.15
Sustainability
through innovation and
entrepreneurship
The only venture capital firm in Japan focused
on the environment and
energy sectors
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Members
We are a team of professionals with diverse experiences in multiple fields. The team members have varied backgrounds in energy, telecommunications, IT, finance and technologies. Many have also previously managed their own start-ups.
Impact
Since its foundation in 2006, EEI has been consistently investing on startups in the environment and energy fields.
Even before the Rockefeller Foundation coined the term “impact investment” in 2007, and the current situation where investment to solve social issues has been actively made, we take pride in having continued trial and error in solving social issues through venture investment in the environment and energy fields.
The philosophy lying behind such investment behavior is the belief that both solving social issues and business growth are compatible, in another word, “impact” produces “performance.”
Our Mission
About Us
Sustainability
through innovation and
entrepreneurship
We will seek to realize a sustainable economy, environment and society through the creation of new business and innovation. Toward the realization of a sustainable economy, environment, and society, we will work with start-ups in the Japanese market that will have significant global impacts.
Our Feature
- The only venture capital firm in Japan focused on the environment and energy sectors
- Since our establishment in 2006, we have provided investment and business growth support for venture companies positioned to drive innovation in the environment and energy sectors.
- Extensive network with both large corporations and start-ups, in Japan and worldwide
- Leveraging our unique position of having networks with both the energy industry and the start-up community, we serve as an optimum business development catalyst.
- Sophisticated producing capabilities to generate success in the energy industry
- In addition to supporting the building of alliances between start-ups and large corporations in Japan and overseas, we have also produced new businesses ourselves, leveraging our industry knowledge and knowhow.
Investment Focus
Energy Transition
- ・Next generation energy business that is expected to make a big leap forward toward the realization of decarbonized society
- ・New business model and technology that support stable energy supply and lifestyle infrastructure
Distributed renewable energy generation / Secondary and repowering renewable energy system / VPP and DR / Cabon removal technology / energy saving and management / next generation solar power / battery / power electronics / materials
Mobility ＆Transportation
- ・Innovation of new infrastructure related to mobility such as storage battery / EVs
- ・Mobility solution for local communities facing depopulation and labor shortages
EV&EV charging / autonomous driving / mobility service / innovation of transport aircraft / logistics and digital transportation
Smart Society
- ・Digital technology and business model that promote recycling society, effective use of human and natural resources to realize a sustainable society
- ・Technology effective for mitigation and adaptation to climate change
Carbon credit & carbon management / circular economy / food & agriculture / smart infrastructure / CO2 visualization and decarbonization solution
