NEW CAPITAL
Primary
investments.
Capital for companies advancing intelligence—from frontier models and compute infrastructure to robotics and applied AI.
Discuss a primary financing
CAPITAL FOR THE INTELLIGENCE ERA
At the source
of possibility.
Investing in the companies building the foundations and applications of superintelligence.
Explore our strategyPRIMARY INVESTMENTSPRE-IPO SECONDARIES
Discover Izumi A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN
R3i Inc Cuatro Capital Ventures
01 / PERSPECTIVE
Intelligence is opening
new fields of invention.
We look for original technical insight—and a clear understanding of what it makes possible.
Our interest spans the science that advances AI, the infrastructure that supports it, and the companies translating new capabilities into useful products.
02 / OUR STRATEGY
Two ways to invest.
One long-term perspective.
Primary capital and pre-IPO secondaries. A shared focus on the companies shaping the future of intelligence.
EXISTING SHARES
Pre-IPO
secondaries.
Investments in existing shares of private companies, providing liquidity to shareholders ahead of a potential public listing.
Discuss a secondary transaction03 / INVESTMENT FOCUS
From the foundations
to the world.
Our investment lens follows intelligence from scientific breakthroughs to real-world applications.
01Frontier intelligence
Advances in learning, reasoning, and autonomous systems. The scientific foundations of more capable intelligence.
02Compute & infrastructure
The hardware, software, and tools that make advanced intelligence more efficient, reliable, and accessible.
03Embodied intelligence
Robotics and autonomous systems that connect intelligence with action in the physical world.
04Applied intelligence
Companies turning new capabilities into useful products and measurable improvements in how people work, discover, and create.
04 / OUR APPROACH
Conviction in the company.
Discipline in the investment.
Understand the advantage.
Examine the science, the technical differentiation, and the evidence behind each company's capabilities.
Connect capability to need.
Look closely at customer adoption, the business model, and what it takes to turn a breakthrough into lasting value.
Make the terms matter.
Consider valuation, ownership rights, and the path to liquidity. Each investment deserves its own assessment.
05 / THE PARTNERSHIP
A shared view of
what comes next.
The future can be extraordinary.
The price we pay still matters.
JOINT VENTURE PARTNER
R3i Inc
JOINT VENTURE PARTNER
CuatroCapital Ventures
We believe the advance toward superintelligence will expand what people and businesses can achieve. Our task as investors is to understand how that progress becomes enduring economic value—and which companies can retain it.
That purpose brings together R3i Inc and Cuatro Capital Ventures in Izumi Capital.
Across primary investments and pre-IPO secondaries, we look for businesses whose economics strengthen as they grow: customers willing to pay, advantages that withstand competition, and a credible path to cash flows that justify the capital invested.
We remain open to where the opportunity emerges. The companies building a technological revolution and those ultimately earning its greatest rewards may be different.
For every investment, we ask what must become true for today’s price to make sense—and how much room remains for the future to surprise us.
Imagination about what is possible.
Discipline about what it is worth.
THE IDEA BEHIND IZUMI
A source.
A beginning.
Our name evokes a spring or fountain: a source from which something lasting can grow. We look for the insight, discovery, or conviction that becomes the beginning of a consequential company.
Discover our investment approach06 / MANDATES & ENQUIRIES
Capital for your
next chapter.
Tell us what you want to achieve. Start with a defined objective, your role, and the context needed to assess a path forward.
Primary
financing.
For founders and companies raising capital to advance the foundations and applications of intelligence.
Discuss a financingPre-IPO
secondaries.
For shareholders and authorised representatives exploring a sale of existing shares in a private company.
Discuss a secondaryRaise capital.
Sell a GP stake.
For fund founders and management companies seeking strategic capital through a minority ownership investment in their GP or management business.
Discuss a GP stakeBegin with a clear brief.
Outline the company or fund, your authority to act, the purpose of the transaction, relevant jurisdictions, and your timeframe.
For a GP stake, explain whether the objective is growth capital, succession, or partner liquidity, and identify the ownership interest under consideration.
ENQUIRIES THROUGH R3i
The links above open our joint venture partner’s mandate form. Mention Izumi Capital and your mandate type in the transaction objective.
Keep the initial brief non-confidential. R3i requests that pricing, counterparty identities, and documents follow after KYC and a non-disclosure agreement.
Institutional investor enquiry