A Japanese fund focused on early-stage, Asian deep tech startups is doubling down on the opportunity, despite a wider slowdown investing in moonshots globally. Tokyo-based Beyond Next Ventures is targeting up to ¥25 billion (about $168 million) for BNV Fund 3, its third fund, and today, the venture capital firm said it completed a first close of ¥10 billion (approximately $67.7 million — money it will be using to invest in deep tech startups in fields like robotics and biotech.
Japanese VC Beyond Next Ventures raises $67.7M of its deep tech fund
