Global Brain Corporation is a Japanese venture capital firm that invests across stages from seed to later-stage, with a focus that spans FinTech, blockchain, and emerging technologies including Web3. Global Brain's Twitter Score is 2.6 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #299,173 among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Global Brain was founded by Yasuhiko Yurimoto and established in January 1998. The firm has grown into one of Japan's largest venture capital operations, with offices across Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Hong Kong, India, South Korea, and Singapore. Its official funds page reports more than $2.7 billion in assets under management, more than $1.4 billion invested, more than 1,300 deals, and more than 450 active portfolio companies.
Global Brain allocates 8% of its disclosed sector mix to FinTech and blockchain, with Investment Group Partner Shohei Ichimiya leading those investments globally. The firm made an early move into digital assets when it backed Securitize, a blockchain-based real-world-asset tokenization company, through its GB6 flagship fund in November 2018, co-investing alongside Blockchain Capital and Coinbase Ventures. More recently, Global Brain announced an investment in JPYC Inc., the issuer of the JPY-pegged stablecoin JPYC, on February 27, 2026. Its accelerator program also targets companies building on Web3 and metaverse technologies.
Global Brain's fund portfolio includes Bluzelle, Securitize, Staked and IZUMO. Global Brain maintains an active presence on X with 1,660 posts, and has been mentioned by 7 accounts a total of 7 times.
Who follows Global Brain on X?
The accounts that follow Global Brain include 7 founders, 4 angel investors, 2 influencers and 1 VCs, among them Tommy, Seraphim, Jane Lippencott, Scoopy Trooples, Carlos Domingo and Heslin Kim.