Metaplanet Ventures K.K. is a Tokyo-based venture capital fund established in March 2026 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Metaplanet Inc. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 3350), Japan's largest publicly listed corporate Bitcoin holder with over 35,000 BTC on its balance sheet. The fund was created to deploy capital into Japan's emerging Bitcoin financial ecosystem ahead of what the firm expects to be a formal reclassification of Bitcoin as a regulated financial asset in Japan by 2028.
Metaplanet Ventures invests exclusively in Bitcoin-native financial infrastructure in Japan: lending, payments, Lightning Network, stablecoins, custody, derivatives, compliance, tokenization, and investment products. The fund also operates an incubator for early-stage Bitcoin and crypto startups and a grants program for open-source developers, educators, and researchers building on Bitcoin.
Metaplanet Ventures launched in March 2026 with an initial deployment budget of approximately ¥4 billion (roughly $25–27 million) to be deployed over 2 to 3 years, funded from Metaplanet's Bitcoin income business cash flows. The fund's first investment is up to ¥400 million in JPYC Inc., Japan's first licensed yen stablecoin issuer, with closing expected in April 2026. The fund's structure is Japan-first with selective international sourcing.
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