Fund
About
Name
Blue Lab No.1 Investment Limited Partnership
Investment Targets
Seed and Early-stage Startups
Investment Focus Areas
No Restrictions on Industry/Sector
Establishment Date
December 15, 2025
Approach
Exploratory Investment to Build Strong Industries
How do we accurately grasp the full picture and momentum of a market? By actively investing in seed-stage companies.
This “exploratory investment” is our fundamental approach.
We firmly believe that it’s the passion of startup founders and engineers that will open the way to the future.
By investing in startups around the world, we can identify emerging trends across all industries, deepen understanding, and support growth.
We assess fields with vast potential and the challenges facing those that are stagnating, anticipating societal shifts with an insider’s perspective.
By collaborating with startups and large corporations—at times with government support—we create groups of globally competitive companies capable of leading entire industries. This is Blue Lab’s mission.
1
We’re not Looking. We’re Meeting.
We are out in the field, meeting startups and engaging in ongoing dialogue—as many as we can. We’re greedy about it.
That tireless energy is our lifeblood.
We know we can’t fixate on a subjective investment strategy that considers only our own circumstances. Do that, and we risk losing sight of society’s fundamental needs and falling behind.
We’re here to absorb everything going on, and bring that knowledge to our discussions with new startup founders today.
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In the Driver’s Seat for Business
We invest broadly in seed-stage startups and commit deeply to their operations.
Management holding a meeting? We’re there, getting first-hand, high quality information.
As a path to growth appears, we double down by investing in adjacent areas, building up insights multidimensionally.
Through this process we refine our feel for domains with the potential to evolve into strong, Japan-based industries—powered by the assets of Mizuho Bank.
3
Growing Strong Industries
In places where we are confident in growth, we widen our perspective to include related large enterprises and envision a comprehensive design for the industry as a whole.
Rather than rely on conventional investments confined to sole businesses, we join management from the early stages, accelerating and expanding toward the creation of entire industries.
This is the Blue Lab approach to investment.
Domain
Everywhere,
In Every Direction
Blue Lab does not limit where we invest.
Our approach is world-wide and all-encompassing for promising startups. That’s how we uncover emerging market potential, and drive technological innovation to create new business opportunities.
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