{"id":172504,"date":"2025-07-31T11:41:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172504&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-07-31T11:41:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:41:48","slug":"fukuoka-vc-launches-10b-startup-fund","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-vc-launches-10b-startup-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka VC Launches \u00a510B Startup Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FFG Venture Business Partners in Fukuoka has launched a \u00a510 billion investment fund targeting early-stage startups. The largest in its history, the fund aims to support 50\u201370 companies, especially in Kyushu, and will focus on high-potential ventures in both Japan and abroad. The firm plans average investments of around \u00a574 million per company, with the option for follow-up funding. About 30% of previous investments have gone to deep-tech startups from universities. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-fg.com\/news_info_pdf\/2025\/20250730-2_release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FFG<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-157054\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fnn_ffg_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Financial Group\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fnn_ffg_2023_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fnn_ffg_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fnn_ffg_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fnn_ffg_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FFG Venture Business Partners in Fukuoka has launched a \u00a510 billion investment fund targeting early-stage startups&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":157054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172504","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}