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Global Brain

Global Brain is an independent venture capital firm that helps startups scale globally through extensive hands-on support and facilitates open innovation between startups and large corporations. The firm has over $2.7B in assets under management and has invested more than $1.4B across 1,300+ deals, with a current active portfolio of 450+ companies spanning sectors like FinTech, AI, Life Science/Healthcare, Space, and HR Tech, primarily serving startups (via investment and accelerator programs) and large corporations (via CVC and open innovation consulting).
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Global Brain is an independent venture capital firm that aims to bring new industries to society through extensive hands-on support for startups and open innovation with large corporations. It manages flagship funds funded by institutional investors and companies, as well as CVC funds and co-investment projects with partners, and has AUM of $2.7B+, having invested $1.4B+ across 1,300+ deals with 450+ active portfolio companies, 42 IPOs, and 89 M&A exits. Notable portfolio companies include Securitize (a leading RWA tokenization platform that began trading on the NYSE), Mirrativ, Axelspace Holdings, Shoulder Innovations, Fuller, TalentX, Schoo, ROXX, Timee, and others across sectors such as FinTech, AI, Space, Life Science/Healthcare, Enterprise, Cloud/SaaS, Education, and HR Tech, mostly based in Japan and North America. The firm also runs GB Xlimit, an accelerator program for pre-Series A startups offering funding, mentoring, workshops, and a Demo Day over 16 weeks, and provides services including fundraising consultation, CVC/LP investment advisory, media coverage inquiries, and a free career consultation service (GB Innovators Lounge) for those wishing to work at startups.