Yuko Sasahara-Watanabe, president and chief executive of NTT Docomo Ventures, was interviewed last month on her plans.

NTT Docomo Ventures (NDV), the corporate venturing unit of Japan-based NTT’s mobile phone operator, has raised Y15bn ($115m) for its third fund.

Docomo Innovation Fund III’s limited partners are NTT Docomo and NTT Finance. NDV’s prior funds closed at Y10bn and Y15bn in 2013 and 2017, respectively.

The third fund will continue to support Japanese and international startups and promote collaboration with Docomo companies.

In an interview for GCV’s innovative region feature published last month, Yuko Sasahara-Watanabe, president and…

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James Mawson

James Mawson is founder and chief executive of Global Venturing.