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DRONE FUND

DRONE FUND Co., Ltd.

Japan-specialist VC focused exclusively on drones and air mobility; co-founded 2017 by Kotaro Chiba and Soki Ohmae; managing DRONE FUND III (¥10B / ~USD 90M) with ~70 portfolio companies globally.

HeadquartersTokyo, JP
Portfolio7 companies
Cited round volume$89M
Cited rounds13
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Physical AI portfolio

Round-by-round participation

LexxPlussRobot maker · registered · corporate
2023-03-14Series A · Lead$11MSource
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Source ledger

13 unique public sources

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LOMBY completes JPY 387M Series A led by Mercuria InvestmentVOIX · retrieved 2026-10-13
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自動配送ロボット「LOMBY」、2.7億円をプレシリーズA調達——量産に向け開発体制を強化The Bridge · retrieved 2026-07-05
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TriOrb from Kitakyushu Raises ¥28.8 Billion in Series B for Ball-Driven 360° Omnidirectional MobilityThe Bridge · retrieved 2026-07-05
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TriOrb Secures $1.7M in Pre-Series B Funding, Bringing Total to $4.6MTriOrb · retrieved 2026-07-05
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TriOrb Secures $1.3M in Series A Funding, Bringing Total to $2.9MTriOrb · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Sunflower Labs receives nationwide FAA approval, launches property configuration tool, and closes $16M Series BBusiness Wire (Sunflower Labs) · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Announcement of Investment in CuboRexReazon Capital · retrieved 2026-07-05
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CuboRex, Open Network Lab, DRONE FUND raise ¥75M for rough-terrain service robotsTokyo Geeks · retrieved 2026-07-05
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リベラウェアが総額11.5億円の資金調達、累計調達額は25.1億円にDrone Journal (Impress) · retrieved 2026-07-05
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420M JPY raised via third-party allotment, completing Series C; cumulative 970M JPY (第三者割当増資により4.2億円の資金調達を実施いたしました)Liberaware official release · retrieved 2026-07-05
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HAX's LexxPluss raises $10.7M to bring its autonomous mobile robots to the USSOSV · retrieved 2026-07-05
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DRONE FUND invests in WingcopterWingcopter · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Investment Series A: Wingcopter Raises $22MWingcopter · retrieved 2026-07-05