# Japanet Holdings, the Japanese TV shopping company based in Nagasaki, has quadrupled its venture capital fund to $200 million.

*fintech · news · 2026-04-22 · TNW*

## Key points

- Japanet Holdings has quadrupled its venture fund to $200 million after early AI bets soared in value.
- Japanet’s early investment in Anthropic grew from a $550 million to a $380 billion valuation.
- The Japanet fund got into Anthropic, xAI, and OpenAI before most large institutional investors.
- xAI was absorbed into SpaceX, forming a $1.25 trillion entity prior to public liquidity.

**Companies:** SoftBank, OpenAI, SpaceX, Japanet Holdings, Pegasus Tech Ventures
**Countries:** Japan, United States

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