Comrades who are eager to change the world, connect with us.
With JERA Ventures,
reshape the world
no one has ever seen.
Change the norm and
deliver new value.
Bonding, collaborating for
brighter future.
Brave and committed challengers,
ready to
rock the world.
Time to answer the call now.
To a world no one has ever seen yet.
JERA Ventures is
a corporate venturing
initiative
to explore,
engage and collaborate
with startupcompanies
that challenge to
change
the world.
Mission
JERA Ventures connects
JERA with
the world to
facilitate
open
innovation and deliver the best experience to
all
people.
Vision
JERA Ventures will be
a
sandbox for people who
are
serious about changing the
world.
Value
- Be open to new ideas, challenge with passion.
- Get connected, be the catalyst for change.
- We can reshape the world.
- Be True. Do good.
Go beyond the norm, Create the best.
JERA Ventures makes
strategic investment
totalling 300 million USD
in
the
following 3 areas;
Energy
transformation
Decarbonization technologies including making
existing energy business smart, developing hydrogen
and
ammonia value chains, and renewables.
Customer
Centric
Digital technologies that offer new value
to
customers using digital energy platforms,
AI,
blockchains, etc.
Corporate
Well-being, femtech*, and other technologies that
contribute to the virtuous spiral of employee
happiness
and corporate value creation.
*Femtech: A neologism combining “female”
and
“technology”
that refers to
products and services that address
women’s
health
issues.
2023.09.20
Immaterial
Immaterial develops and produces monolithic metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) designed for the separation and storage of gas molecules.
As JERA seeks to achieve, by 2050, virtually zero CO2 emissions from their operations in Japan and overseas, it faces challenges including cost reduction of the transportation and storage of hydrogen energy and recovery technology for CO2. The MOFs developed by Immaterial have the potential to accelerate the resolution of these challenges.
2023.09.26
NEXTBLUE FUND Ⅱ
Asia’s first venture fund specializing in Femtech and women’s well-being.
In collaboration with startups that we connect with through our investment in NEXTBLUE FUND Ⅱ, JERA will support the development and dissemination of Femtech sector technology by, for example, having employees and their families test startup products and services. By offering diverse options to female employees, we will work to foster an environment in which they can realize their full potential.
2023.07.28
World Innovation Lab
A US- and Japan-based venture capital investing in growth-stage companies that aspire to scale and enter new markets and venture capital strategies
World Innovation Lab (WiL) makes direct investments in growth and late stage companies across sectors spanning B2B SaaS, fintech, insurtech, automation and productivity, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, developer tools, health tech and sustainability. WiL also provides market expansion support into Japan to US startups, and vice versa. In addition to direct investments, WiL also invest in venture capital strategies.
2024.02.16
AP Ventures
A London-based venture capital firm with a key focus on decarbonizing industry through the hydrogen value chain and carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS).
AP Ventures is an independent venture capital firm headquartered in London, dedicated to investing globally in advanced technology companies which contribute to decarbonisation and global net-zero. The hydrogen value chain is a key focus of the fund and it has been investing in hydrogen since 2013, with over 25 hydrogen and CCUS technology portfolio companies (as of July 2024).
2024.03.28
Energy Impact Partners
A global venture capital custom-built for the energy transition
Energy Impact Partners LP (EIP) is a global technology investor headquartered in New York. EIP brings together entrepreneurs and forward-looking energy and industrial companies to advance innovation, aiming to reduce emissions. With over $4 billion in assets under management, EIP invests globally and has a team of over 90 professionals based across offices in 5 countries (as of July 2024).
2024.07.08
Emerald Technology Ventures
A cleantech venture capital firm based in Zurich, Switzerland
Emerald Technology Venturers is a venture capital firm founded in 2000, that manages and advises assets of over €1 billion from its offices in Zurich, Toronto and Singapore. The firm invests in start-ups that tackle big challenges in climate change and sustainability, with over 200 portfolio companies since founding (as of July 2024).
2024.07.10
Shizen Connect
VPP Platform Developer and Operator
JERA Group is collaborating with Shizen Connect through a capital and business alliance to conduct demonstration tests on supplying 24/7CFE.
JERA Group, as an aggregator of multiple power sources including renewable energy sources and storage batteries, will conduct demand and power generation forecasts, while Shizen Connect will create recharge/discharge plans for storage batteries based on those forecasts and control the storage batteries in real time.
2024.08.08
Asuene
Provider of CO2 Emissions Visualization, Reduction, and Reporting Cloud Service
ASUENE's “CO2 Visualization Service” is a solution that calculates and visualizes CO2 emissions throughout a company's supply chain and promotes reductions. By utilizing the “CO2 Visualization Service” provided by ASUENE, JERA Group will improve the transparency of 24/7 CFE supply, and support customers' efforts toward decarbonization.
2024.08.21
Power to Hydrogen
A designer and manufacturer of innovative anion-exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyzers
Power to Hydrogen’s technology is a potential breakthrough in electrolysis technology due to its high performance, low-cost materials, and ability to tie into renewable energy. As JERA takes on the challenge to build an extensive hydrogen value chain that is both clean and affordable, Power to Hydrogen’s technology provides a means to tackle this challenge.
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