GoKawiilVertex Ventures Japan backs Tokyo digital trading-card startup Heartbeats
Vertex Ventures Japan, a fund backed by Singapore's Temasek, has made an investment in Heartbeats, a Tokyo-based company building digital trading cards. The deal adds to a string of recent bets the fund has placed on Japanese startups.
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The investment signals continued investor appetite for Japanese startups in digital collectibles, a sector that blends gaming and fandom culture. It also suggests Vertex is positioning its portfolio in hopes that one of these bets could grow into a global unicorn, though no such outcome is guaranteed.
- Vertex Ventures Japan, backed by Temasek, has invested in Heartbeats
- Heartbeats is a Tokyo-based digital trading cards startup
- The deal is part of a broader push to grow Japanese startups into unicorns
Source: wsj.com, 2026-10-01
Published there as: “Temasek-Backed Vertex Japan Invests in Digital Trading Cards Startup Heartbeats”
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