Top 50 Artificial Intelligence Angel Investors in Japan (October 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Hirofumi Miki
Angel
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5 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Content, Artificial Intelligence, Internet | $252k–$2M |
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Yutaka Matsuo
Angel
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4 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Robotics | |
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel
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4 | Japan, United States | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Apps, Internet, Information Technology | $195k–$14M |
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Masao Ito
Angel
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4 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Angel | Content, Social Media, Information Technology | $147k–$9.2M |
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Hidetoshi Takano
Angel
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3 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown | Internet, Information Technology, Content | $255k–$30M |
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Robert Huang
Angel
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3 | Japan | Series A | Education, E-Learning, Language Learning | $79k–$585k |
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Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel
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3 | Japan, Hong Kong, United States | Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown | Internet, Software, Content | $29k–$36M |
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Shota Iwasaki
Angel
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3 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Media and Entertainment | $320k–$942k |
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Mamoru Taniya
Angel
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3 | Japan, Singapore, Spain | Seed, Series A, Angel | Apps, Content, FinTech | $134k–$10M |
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Tomohito Ebine
Angel
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3 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel, Series A | Consulting, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $493k–$24M |
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Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel
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3 | Japan, Singapore | Seed, Angel, Series A | Finance, Content, Internet | $177k–$40M |
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Shuichi Takenaga
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Marketing, Financial Services, Management Consulting | $706k–$15M |
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Yusuke Sato
Angel
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2 | Japan, Indonesia, United States | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel | Internet, Content, Software | $226k–$27M |
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Taisuke Morimoto
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Education, E-Learning, Language Learning | |
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Masato Bito
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | |
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Shigeru Urushibara
Angel
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2 | Japan | Series A, Seed, Angel | Task Management, Artificial Intelligence, Apps | $841k–$3.5M |
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Kazuomi Kaneto
Angel
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2 | Japan, United States | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Music, Energy | |
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Masaya Kubota
Angel
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2 | Japan, Singapore, United States | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $4.2M–$73M |
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Kiyoshi Nishikawa
Angel
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2 | Japan, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | News, Social Media, Big Data | $77k–$2.8M |
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Toru Shimada
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Content, Internet, Task Management | $37k–$9.1M |
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Kazuhiro Ishikura
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Beauty, Apparel, Content | $189k–$1.8M |
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Matsuo Koichiro
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Robotics, Software, Information Technology | |
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Koki Yabu
Angel
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2 | Japan | Angel, Pre-Seed | Content, Finance, Data Mining | $1.7M–$3M |
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Hiroshi Fuse
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed | Fashion, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Hiroto Furuhashi
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Artificial Intelligence, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) | |
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Hiroshi Tomishima
Angel
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2 | Japan, United States | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Big Data, Internet, E-Commerce | $330k–$11M |
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Shinsuke Mori
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed | Legal, Task Management, Artificial Intelligence | $756k–$11M |
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Jonathan Epstein
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Series A | GPU, Software, AI Infrastructure | |
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Shinnosuke Kawakami
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed | Fashion, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Uenoyama Katsuya
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Fashion, Software, Advertising | $610k–$672k |
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Taro Fukuyama
Angel
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2 | United States, Japan, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $500k–$10M |
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Yuki Yamamoto
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed | Fashion, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Takaya Shinozuka
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | E-Commerce, Local, Content | $610k–$4.3M |
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Shimada Tatsuro
Angel
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2 | Japan, Finland | Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Sales | $320k–$1M |
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Hirotaka Matsuoka
Angel
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2 | Japan | Pre-Seed, Series A | Consulting, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Shunsuke Oyu
Angel
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1 | Japan, Singapore, United States | Seed, Angel | Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment | |
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Clément Delangue
Angel
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1 | United States, France, Japan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | |
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Narita Shuzo
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Task Management, Content, Internet | $926k–$18M |
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Kensuke Naito
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Pet, Apps, Insurance | |
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Suzuki Yuto
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | SaaS, Social, Content | |
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Yoshihito Nishioka
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Sports, Content, Social Media | |
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Yuki Naito
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Internet, Manufacturing, SNS | $652k–$14M |
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Yasuyoshi Yanagisawa
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Post-IPO Equity | Media and Entertainment, Food and Beverage, Content | $4.4M–$41M |
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Kiyohiro Sugashita
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Marketing, Travel, Reservations | $8.5M–$45M |
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Shogo Kawada
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel | Software, SaaS, Mobile | $182k–$14M |
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Shinji Kimura
Angel
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1 | United States, India, Japan | Seed, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $67k–$220M |
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Yoichi Aso
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown | E-Commerce, Apparel, Content | $726k–$4.2M |
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Shoji Miyata
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Travel, Organic, Software | $764k–$11M |
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Kazuhiko Ishikura
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Beauty, Content, Fashion | |
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Alexandr Wang
Angel
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1 | United States, Italy, Japan | Series A, Seed, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | |
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After JTB Co., Ltd. and CYBIRD Co., Ltd. as an initial member of Glee Co., Ltd. is responsible for business development. Currently, he is mainly engaged in venture support in the Internet area, investing in venture and venture capital, and served as management advisor for dozens of companies. Hands-on business development, growth strategydevelopment, financing advice, HR organization design support, partner referral and Recruit Support. He is also engaged in business support for ventures in the healthcare and university venture fields. He served as Digital Health Meetup Advisor, NEDOTCP Mentor and Future 2016 Mentor.
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- Industry: Content, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $252k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Go Visions — Go Visions engages in the edutainment tech for children and human resources services.
- Ai-Dounyu.com — Ai-Dounyu.com is a platform that helps organizations looking to integrate AI choose their ideal AI implementation partner for free.
- Compass — Compass is a Solve problems in the local labor market with Consultation x Technology
1997 Graduated from Tokyo University, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering. In 2002, he completed the doctoral program at the same graduate school. Ph.D. (Engineering) He was a researcher at the Institute of Industrial Science and Technology since the same year. After working as a visiting researcher at Stanford University in August2005, Associate Professor of Technology Management Strategy, Institute of Research, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo in 2007. Co-Representative, Associate Professor, Global Consumption Intelligence Donation Course, Department of Technology Management Strategy, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University. Professor from 2019, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Engineering, Department of Technology Management Strategy. He specializes in artificial intelligence, web mining, big data analytics. The Society of Artificial Intelligence received the Paper Award (2002), the 20th Anniversary Project Award (2006), the Field Innovation Award (2011), and the Merit Award (2013). At the Society of Artificial Intelligence, he has been a student editorial committee and an editorial committee, and vice chair/director since 2010. Chairman of Ethics from 2014 to 2018. Chairman of Japan Deep Learning Association since 2017.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Robotics
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jizai — Jizai is a provider of artificial intelligence technology, offering AI solutions, software-as-a-service products powered by AI, and robots that utilize AI capabilities for businesses across various industries. The company focuses on generative AI, large language models (LLMs), and robotics, offering customizable AI platforms and automation tools.It also engages in AI consulting and research collaborations.
- MemoriaPet — Memoria Pet operated by Next Paradigm 2 Co., Ltd. Creates full-color 3D-printed pet figurines from a single uploaded photo. Uses AI to generate 3D models, followed by full-color 3D printing.
- Tsunagari AI — Tsunagari specializes in developing and providing AI-powered consultation services tailored for local governments, aiming to enhance administrative efficiency, support citizen engagement, and streamline public service delivery.
Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.
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- Industry: Apps, Internet, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Round size: Seed $195k–$4.9M; Series A $841k–$14M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
- ELESTYLE — ELESTYLE are promoting mobile payments and providing high value-added services for users to realize a cashless society.
- Luup — Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.
Masao Ito is a Founder & CEO at User Local.
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- Industry: Content, Social Media, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $147k–$9.2M; Series A $755k–$841k
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Illusil — Illusil is a service that makes it easier for anyone to generate slide materials and reduces the amount of time needed to do it. Additionally, presentations can be automatically generated from text input by AI, and over 1,000 design templates can be used to build original slides.
- Alyaum — Aryaum supports "regional revitalization through NFT" by offering local governments all around the nation hometown tax and tourism NFT solutions.
- FinT — FinT operates SNS marketing businesses and young women's media.
Joined Intelligence in 1999. Established Key Players Inc. in 2005. Consultation with more than 3,000 managers and career counseling for more than 10,000 individuals. In addition, we have invested in more than 55 outside directors, advisors and angels in Silicon Valley and Bangladesh in Japan. Over 100 lectures on careers, entrepreneurship andstartups.
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- Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $255k–$5.7M; Angel $493k–$30M; Venture - Series Unknown $461k–$3.8M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
- D-Chain — D-Chain offers services related to IT development and production in the Web3 and Web2 fields.
- Rayout — Rayout is a business consulting company that provides creative content development, recruitment videos, and web production services.
Mr. Huang founded SYNNEX in 1980 and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Prior to this, Mr. Huang was the International Sales Manager at Advanced Micro Devices. Mr. Huang holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kyushyu University, Japan, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester and an M.S. inManagement Science from the Sloan School of Management at MIT.
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- Industry: Education, E-Learning, Language Learning
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Series A $79k–$585k
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Polyglots — POLYGLOTS designs and develops English news-reader mobile applications. It helps its application users learn English while reading news updates.POLYGLOTS is a development and operation of the English learning application "POLYGLOTS", the Japanese learning application "MONDO", and the finance / accounting specializedlearning application "Bigo", and the development and provision of an adaptive learning platform.
2011 At university, participated in the founding period as a director of Atcole Co., Ltd., and started the web service experience.2012 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd., which operates a curation platform for women "MERY" .2014 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd. Sold to DeNA 2015 Jointly established Tokyo Founders Fund as an angel investor and startedinvesting in startups in Japan and overseas 2019 Appointed outside director of FIREBUG Co., Ltd.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $151k–$1.8M; Angel $29k–$4.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$36M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mepple — Mepple is planning, developing, and operating internet services.
- For you — For you is a comprehensive Advertising agency business specializing in SNS.
- SPORTS CROWN — SPORTS CROWN is a fantasy sports developer that introduces a new type of game where the players can earn prize money by predicting the players who will play an active role in soccer and baseball.
Shota Iwasaki
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $320k–$942k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FinT — FinT operates SNS marketing businesses and young women's media.
- Ai-Dounyu.com — Ai-Dounyu.com is a platform that helps organizations looking to integrate AI choose their ideal AI implementation partner for free.
- OPERA TECH — OPERA Lead is a sales-focused AI web chatbot service from Opera Technology that turns websites into 24/7 "exhibit booths" for lead generation.It deploys AI sales assistants on existing sites (via simple tag embedding, no redesign needed) to engage the 99% of visitors who don't convert via inbound methods alone. Key capabilitiesinclude direct booking of meetings, guiding users to whitepapers/webinars, and targeted lead qualification for efficient deal progression.
After graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, he joined Solomon Brothers, where he became the youngest managing director in Asia, where he was in charge of Asian investment. After that, he created one of the largest independent Asuka assets. He also launched Japan's first independent online life insurance company,LifeNet Life Insurance, and inspired Japan's first International.
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- Industry: Apps, Content, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $134k–$3M; Angel $137k–$1.3M; Series A $1.8M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- abillion — Find tips for plant-based food & products near you. Join the community to share reviews of restaurants & brands. Raise funds & drive sustainability!
- Amateras Space — Amateras Space is a startup driven by the mission to “expand the realm of human activity,” aiming to establish a next-generation spacesuit business by developing advanced, practical technologies that enable humans to work, explore, and thrive in space and other extreme environments.
- RIMM Sustainability — RIMM Sustainability provides a SaaS platform that enables companies of all sizes to optimise their sustainability management effort. It builds tools for sustainability management, reporting and optimisation.
Tomohito Ebine is non-executive Director at Owls Co., Ltd.
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- Industry: Consulting, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $493k–$4.9M; Series A $1.7M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
- Smartround — Smartround is a specialized finance management platform for startups and their investors. For start-ups, for entrepreneurs who are not familiar with finance, simply enter the necessary information according to the guide, prepare appropriate financing round, and prepare a function that can simulate and execute a capital increase. Support informationsharing and communication with shareholders even after the capital increase.
- CAREER BIJIN — Career bijin is a total support company.
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- Industry: Finance, Content, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Seed $330k–$8.2M; Angel $177k–$626k; Series A $1.4M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Grafto — Grafto operates “Mylo Magazine,” a platform dedicated to sharing and promoting trend culture, where readers can explore the latest developments in lifestyle, fashion, art, and emerging cultural movements through engaging and curated content.
- FLASH — FLASH is an entertainment and technology startup.
- OPERA TECH — OPERA Lead is a sales-focused AI web chatbot service from Opera Technology that turns websites into 24/7 "exhibit booths" for lead generation.It deploys AI sales assistants on existing sites (via simple tag embedding, no redesign needed) to engage the 99% of visitors who don't convert via inbound methods alone. Key capabilitiesinclude direct booking of meetings, guiding users to whitepapers/webinars, and targeted lead qualification for efficient deal progression.
Takenaga Shuuichi is an individual investor.
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- Industry: Marketing, Financial Services, Management Consulting
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $706k–$14M; Angel $14M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
- Tagpic — Tagpic offers influencer marketing targeting services such as influencer casting, SNS branding, and talent production.
- H&H Group Japan — H&H Holdingsis a Professional Services company.
Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder of Pulit.
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- Industry: Internet, Content, Software
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Seed $226k–$4.3M; Angel $254k–$4.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $363k–$27M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
- Meetscare — Meetscare provides correct information and supports the self-awareness of all people involved in care. The company provides a wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Users can make a telephone consultation and web diagnosis and search for free information using the system.Meetscare was founded on2016 and is headquartered in Arakawa, Tokyo.
- Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.
Taisuke Morimoto
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- Industry: Education, E-Learning, Language Learning
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Polyglots — POLYGLOTS designs and develops English news-reader mobile applications. It helps its application users learn English while reading news updates.POLYGLOTS is a development and operation of the English learning application "POLYGLOTS", the Japanese learning application "MONDO", and the finance / accounting specializedlearning application "Bigo", and the development and provision of an adaptive learning platform.
Masato Bito is the Chief Technology Officer at Repro Inc.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ADiXi — Adixi is a tech-driven business that supports the idea that people and technology may work together. It strives to open doors by utilizing cutting-edge technology, such as artificial intelligence, to promote long-term, sustainable corporate and societal progress.
- DELIGHT — Multilingual contact center automation solution enabling businesses to automate their repetitive customer support tasks.
- Space Walker — SPACE WALKER specializes in the design, manufacture, and sale of reusable rockets and peripheral components. SPACE WALKER also plans and submits proposals for space-related events and other related businesses.
Shigeru Urushibara - President & CEO @ UL Systems
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- Industry: Task Management, Artificial Intelligence, Apps
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Series A $841k–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tooon — Tooon Inc. is a technology company that deals with development and operations of business management tools .
- Ecbo cloak — Ecbo cloak is a sharing service that connects "persons who want to store luggage with shops with space to store luggage. Instead of coin lockers, you can pre-order places online online and store your luggage in the open space of stores of various types of business.
- Space Walker — SPACE WALKER specializes in the design, manufacture, and sale of reusable rockets and peripheral components. SPACE WALKER also plans and submits proposals for space-related events and other related businesses.
Kazuomi Kaneto is the Founder & CEO of Dream Project Incubators. He previously worked at Pacifico Energy as a Founder, President & CEO. Kazuomi Kaneto attended Tsinghua University.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Music, Energy
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sustainable Lab — SusLab is a data bank that uses AI technology to support SDG and ESG development goals and investments.
- SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
- Persistent Energy Partners — Africa's Climate Venture Builder - We believe in the power of climate-positive economic development in Africa. For the last decade, we have been working hand in hand with exceptional entrepreneurs, investing both financial and human capital to build successful climate ventures on the continent. Our companies offer competitive financial returns required to drive lasting impact.
Masaya served as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers and Barclays a tech banker handling various M&A and financing transactions for wide range of domestic and international technology companies. Throughout his career as an investment banker, he has consistently been covering internet and media sector based in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and New Yorkoffice, and has handled 50+ corporate finance transactions involving various corporates ranging from venture company to large public enterprise. He joined WiL as a Partner and one of the founding member in 2014. He holds a Bachelor of Economics from the Keio University.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Series A $6.6M–$10M; Series B $16M–$73M; Venture - Series Unknown $4.2M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CADDi — CADDi analyzes and connects manufacturing data fragmented across departments, locations, and systems, turning it into an enterprise asset. It uses AI to transform how manufacturers make decisions and execute work.
- Ai-Dounyu.com — Ai-Dounyu.com is a platform that helps organizations looking to integrate AI choose their ideal AI implementation partner for free.
- OPERA TECH — OPERA Lead is a sales-focused AI web chatbot service from Opera Technology that turns websites into 24/7 "exhibit booths" for lead generation.It deploys AI sales assistants on existing sites (via simple tag embedding, no redesign needed) to engage the 99% of visitors who don't convert via inbound methods alone. Key capabilitiesinclude direct booking of meetings, guiding users to whitepapers/webinars, and targeted lead qualification for efficient deal progression.
After working at KDD Corporation (Currently known as KDDI Corporation), Kiyoshi Nishikawa next went to work at Arthur D. Little Inc. in the United States, where he became inspired to start his own company. After returning to Japan, he established a Japanese corporation of the world’s largest Internet company, America On Line, LLC. Later andbased on this experience and the relationships he developed, he founded the first Internet business incubator, NETAGE, Inc. After serving as the President and CEO of NETAGE Group, he later became and still serves as the Chairman of ngi group, inc. Kiyoshi was one of the main entrepreneurs responsible for proposing and realization of “Shibuya Bit Valley Concept†and is well known for his various speeches and writings. He is a graduate of the Department of Education at Tokyo University.
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- Industry: News, Social Media, Big Data
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $77k–$2.8M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PoliPoli — PoliPoli is a next-generation politics co-creation platform where you can participate like a game. Politicians from all over Japan post their policies in an easy-to-understand manner, and those who sympathize can enjoy working on the "missions" necessary to realize the policies.
- Astroscale — Astroscale is one of the few companies in the world proposing to aid in the removal of orbital debris through the provision of End of Life (EOL) and Active Debris Removal (ADR) services. In addition to providing a technical solution, Astroscale is helping to define the business case for this service and are working with national space agencies,international institutions, non-profit organizations, insurance companies and satellite operators to develop norms, regulations and incentives that contribute to the responsible use of space.
- TECHFUND — TechFund is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation and seed stage investments. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Toru Shimada is a Senior Executive Officer and Director of Rakuten. Mr. Shimada is a Director of Rakuten Baseball, Inc., and Head of Asia Regional Headquarters Office of the Company.Mr. Shimada joined Rakuten in 2004. Prior to joining Rakuten, Mr. Shimada was founder and Director of INTELLIGENCE, LTD from 1989 to 2004. Prior to INTELLIGENCE, LTD.Mr. Shimada worked at RECRUIT CO., LTD. from 1987 to 1989.
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- Industry: Content, Internet, Task Management
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $72k–$4.3M; Angel $37k–$735k; Series A $3.2M–$9.1M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- COELU — COELU wants to be at the forefront of organizations that decide to take on obstacles in order to become a "core of growth."
- Ixyas — Ixyas offers internet service planning, operation, marketing support, and sales services.
- CAN EAT — CAN EAT is an information-intensive web service that can be expected to prevent allergic accidents.
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- Industry: Beauty, Apparel, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $449k–$453k; Angel $189k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Neith — Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women.
- WARC — WARC provides hands-on support for business management departments as well as mergers and acquisition advisory services.
- Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health is a hormone testing service intended to provide access to hormones and medical care. They allow users to self-check the physical condition for pregnancy and how hormones affect it, whether the symptoms are related to menopause, and provide personalized test results, commented on by physicians.
Matsuo Koichiro - Director @ Kokopelli
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- Industry: Robotics, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kokopelli — Kokopelli is a Fintech start-up company that develops the management support platform "SHARES" for small and medium-sized businesses and the AI loan screening engine "FAI" (* 2) that enhances credit for financial institutions.
Koki Yabu is Founder, President & CEO at Mobcast inc.
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- Industry: Content, Finance, Data Mining
- Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Angel $1.7M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mobcast Group — mobcast is a sports entertainment company that operates a mobile entertainment platform for smartphones and feature phones. It supports customers with social game and social media services. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. Currently, it operates as a subsidiary of mobcast Inc.
- SmartApp Japan — Smart Apps is a developer of a blockchain services application designed for smartphones. The company's application uses cryptocurrency technology to offer token issuance, initial coin offering and dApps design support, providing a launchpad for start-up blockchain-related businesses.
Hiroshi Fuse - Directors @ Wedding Park
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- Industry: Fashion, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ATLAB — ATLAB, a tech company, provides services and products with an innovative approach that focuses on the field of Robotic Process Automation. It uses machine learning, IoT, AI, and AR/VR technologies. Its technology is used in the fashion industry. Its services include EC comprehensive consulting business, EC comprehensive management servicebusiness, and system development business.It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Minami, Tokyo, Japan.
- ANAP Lab — ANAP Lab provides machine learning, IoT, AI, and AR / VR technologies for fashion industry.
Hiroto Furuhashi
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ai-Dounyu.com — Ai-Dounyu.com is a platform that helps organizations looking to integrate AI choose their ideal AI implementation partner for free.
- OPERA TECH — OPERA Lead is a sales-focused AI web chatbot service from Opera Technology that turns websites into 24/7 "exhibit booths" for lead generation.It deploys AI sales assistants on existing sites (via simple tag embedding, no redesign needed) to engage the 99% of visitors who don't convert via inbound methods alone. Key capabilitiesinclude direct booking of meetings, guiding users to whitepapers/webinars, and targeted lead qualification for efficient deal progression.
Hiroshi Tomishima is the President and Founder of Zkyuun Entertainment and an Executive Director at Mercari.
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- Industry: Big Data, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $330k–$11M; Series A $3.1M–$5.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hireroo — HireRoo is an online coding test service that checks the skills of engineers through programming tests. It provides problems that correspond to a wide range of levels, from new graduates to mid-career tech leads, engineering managers, and various occupations. They also provide coding test planning and execution services.
- Anyplace — Book work-ready furnished apartments for 30+ day stays. No lease, home office setup, high-speed internet, and full price transparency for professionals.
- space data — Space Data is based on an algorithm that allows the AI to recognize geospatial data from the Earth and easily assign another Earth in VR. The company is developing an algorithm to automatically generate another "Earth" in virtual space using 3DCG technology by making the AI understand the geospatial information of the Earth by learningthe vast amount of ground observation data available from satellites. They want to create an AI that can reconstruct the "world" in virtual space by learning all kinds of data from this world, such as traffic volume, pedestrian traffic, day and night, four seasons, temperature, plant distribution, and nighttime light intensity. Its goal is to build a future in which everyone has the ability to create their own world (universe) and shape their own destiny without regard for race, gender, appearance, or environment.
Shinsuke Mori - Joint Researcher and Technical Advisor @ LegalOn Technologies
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- Industry: Legal, Task Management, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $756k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LegalForce — LegalForce is an AI that reduces the workload while improving the accuracy of contract review .
- LegalOn Technologies — LegalOn is a legal AI platform built for contracting. It combines AI, legal content, and team knowledge to streamline contract review. The platform identifies potential risks, suggests redlines, and structures contract data to reduce manual work and improve efficiency in legal processes.
Jonathan Epstein - Managing Director @ Cornerstone OnDemand
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- Industry: GPU, Software, AI Infrastructure
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Edgematrix — Edgematrix specializes in edge AI solutions for real-time video analytics. Their flagship technology processes on-site video data to detect anomalies and enhance safety across sectors like smart cities and infrastructure. It delivers scalable and low-latency AI solutions tailored for various industries.
Shinnosuke Kawakami is an individual investor.
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- Industry: Fashion, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ATLAB — ATLAB, a tech company, provides services and products with an innovative approach that focuses on the field of Robotic Process Automation. It uses machine learning, IoT, AI, and AR/VR technologies. Its technology is used in the fashion industry. Its services include EC comprehensive consulting business, EC comprehensive management servicebusiness, and system development business.It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Minami, Tokyo, Japan.
- ANAP Lab — ANAP Lab provides machine learning, IoT, AI, and AR / VR technologies for fashion industry.
Uenoyama Katsuya is based out of Burlingame, California, and is the CEO and Founder of PKSHA Technology. Uenoyama previously worked at The Boston Consulting Group as a Consultant. Uenoyama Katsuya attended The University of Tokyo.
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- Industry: Fashion, Software, Advertising
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $610k–$672k
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Babel — Babel is creating meaningful media for users and expanding globally.
- AppBrew — AppBrew is a technology company that develops internet services focused on the beauty industry. The company operates the LIPS platform, which features user reviews and various campaigns for social commerce. AppBrew also offers a marketing tool called "LIPS for BRANDS" to help beauty companies analyze user behavior and design strategies.
- Neural Pocket — Neural Pocket provides Smart City related services for commercial buildings and urban spaces utilizing AI enabled image recognition technology. The company focuses on business development and co-creation serve its clients. Other applications include solutions for digitalization of factories, warehouses, parking lots and retail stores.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Japan, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$10M; Pre-Seed $500k–$1.5M; Series A $5.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jinba — Helping regulated enterprises build and ship production-level AI agents as fast as startups.
- Didit — Website: https://didit.me/ Whitepaper: https://whitepaper.didit.me/ Technical docs: https://docs.didit.me/ Didit App: https://didit.me/download Business console: https://business.didit.me How can we offer free KYC:https://didit.me/blog/how-we-are-able-to-provide-free-kyc-forever Didit vs Worldcoin: https://didit.me/blog/didit-vs-worldcoin
- Wayco — Wayco offers AI software that automates client intake and case workflows for law firms using voice and referral intelligence processing.
Yuki Yamamoto is an individual investor.
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- Industry: Fashion, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ATLAB — ATLAB, a tech company, provides services and products with an innovative approach that focuses on the field of Robotic Process Automation. It uses machine learning, IoT, AI, and AR/VR technologies. Its technology is used in the fashion industry. Its services include EC comprehensive consulting business, EC comprehensive management servicebusiness, and system development business.It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Minami, Tokyo, Japan.
- ANAP Lab — ANAP Lab provides machine learning, IoT, AI, and AR / VR technologies for fashion industry.
Takaya Shinozuka is the President, CEO, and Founder at Reiwa Travel.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Local, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $610k–$4.3M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- KAUCHE — KAUCHE is a discovery-based e-commerce model where friends and family can “discover” and purchase daily sale items together. They provide services for online retail shops. KAUCHE is committed in creating an exciting shopping experience for both customers and partners who want to sell products.
- Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
- KAUCHE — X Asia creates enjoyable shopping experience.
Shimada Tatsuro
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Sales
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $320k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fuku — fuku specializes in software development and sales services.
- Ai-Dounyu.com — Ai-Dounyu.com is a platform that helps organizations looking to integrate AI choose their ideal AI implementation partner for free.
- OPERA TECH — OPERA Lead is a sales-focused AI web chatbot service from Opera Technology that turns websites into 24/7 "exhibit booths" for lead generation.It deploys AI sales assistants on existing sites (via simple tag embedding, no redesign needed) to engage the 99% of visitors who don't convert via inbound methods alone. Key capabilitiesinclude direct booking of meetings, guiding users to whitepapers/webinars, and targeted lead qualification for efficient deal progression.
Hirotaka Matsuoka is a individual investor.
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- Industry: Consulting, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AIONA — AIONA uses AI to produce high-quality products and provides everyone with access to knowledge.
- nat — Driven by the vision of "IMPACT THE SOCIETY", we are dedicated to creating innovative products that transform everyday life and work. By bringing these solutions to life and integrating them into society, we aspire to make our products and services become an indispensable part of people's daily lives.
Shunsuke Oyu is the co-founder of Connehito Inc. Started an online Q&A platform “mamari” which is the largest platform for moms in Japan. Connehito was acquired by one of the telecom giant KDDI in 2016. Selected as a “Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia” at consumer technology department. Angel-investing 50+ companies globally.
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- Industry: Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services.
- Ai-Dounyu.com — Ai-Dounyu.com is a platform that helps organizations looking to integrate AI choose their ideal AI implementation partner for free.
- Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
Clément Delangue - CEO & Co-Founder @ Hugging Face
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, France, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Sophont — Multimodal foundation models for healthcare
- Doubleword — From research to reality
- Marimo — Marimo is an open-source reactive platform for developers working on Python.
Narita Shuzo is a Executive Vice President/COO, CrowdWorks Inc.
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- Industry: Task Management, Content, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $926k–$18M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MIL — MIL is a marketing company it can be used for a wide range of video marketing such as video commerce , O2O measures , recruitment videos , and landing videos.
- Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
- MiL Inc — Emerging products for healthcare food brands Producing food retailing and wholesale recipe development Restaurant management Catering media operation.
Kensuke Naito - CIO (Chief Information Officer) @ SmartHR
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- Industry: Pet, Apps, Insurance
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Anipos — Anipos is an application that allows you to easily claim pet insurance.
- Epicbase — Epicbase is an AI-based automatic voice transcription service based on voice recognition technology.
Suzuki Yuto
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- Industry: SaaS, Social, Content
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
- Aidemy — Aidemy is a web service where you can learn AI programming online.
- Bizibl Technologies — Bizibl Technologies provides SaaS services for recruitment events.
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- Industry: Sports, Content, Social Media
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tential — With the power of AI, TENTIAL analyzes detailed purchasing behavior and attributes online and aim to deliver its customers' products based on their own information.
Yuki Naito - CEO,President @ Drecom
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- Industry: Internet, Manufacturing, SNS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $652k–$14M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 1SEC — 1sec is a virtual influencers in Japan,develop in-house and management. IMPACT to CEKAI in 1 second. Based on the concept of making CEKAI happy in one second, US based in Los Angeles and Japan, based in Tokyo, virtual influencers × AI, fashion & music & The company will develop a number of CEKAI's first and first projects in Japan inthe field of enter teignment.
- Fools — Fools is a footwear manufacturing company.
- Interstellar Technologies — Interstellar Technologies is a rocket development, manufacturing and launch service.
Yasuyoshi Yanagisawa - President & CEO @ FAN Communications
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- Industry: Media and Entertainment, Food and Beverage, Content
- Stage:Seed, Post-IPO Equity
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $4.4M–$41M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Penmark — Penmark is a timetable management application that may also be used as a course management tool. The company's platform offers courses based on lesson data and lesson reviews that are unique to each university. Additionally, the in-class talk room generated for each class allows students to communicate with others who are taking the sameclass, allowing college students to take on challenges by thoroughly confronting each student and providing support that respects the individual's will.
- NoSchool — NoSchool is possible to ask a study teacher to a professional teacher who is working as a tutor or a private lecturer for free.
- Posiwill — Posiwill is a operating a career consultation service with job seekers billing type.
Mr. Sugashita joined Polaris as Advisor in May 2011. He is Director and CEO of Sugashita Partners, Ltd since 1998 and provides consulting services to financial institutions and ventures in and outside of Japan. Prior to that position, he was CEO of Lazard Japan Asset Management from 1991 to 1998. His business career also includes positions at DaiwaSecurities and Merrill Lynch Securities, Tokyo Branch. On the academic front, Mr. Sugashita received a BA in Economics from Ritsumeikan University and since 2009 is Special Advisor for the Dean of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University.
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- Industry: Marketing, Travel, Reservations
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $8.5M–$45M; Series A $14M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- G-Next — G NEXT is an Information Technology based company.
- Fun — Fun is a sightseeing entertainment company that makes the world even more of a fun place.
- Tabinaka — Tabinaka is a Japanese booking & reservation platform for overseas tours and travel activities.
Shogo Kawada is Co-founder and Adviser of DeNA, a global Internet company focused on a social games platform, social games, e-commerce and other Web services for mobile devices and PCs.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $182k–$14M; Angel $254k–$709k
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sunblaze — sunblaze is a android-based smartphone users begin to experience stability issues after one to two years of use. For example, their device may get slower or they encounter unexpected app crashes. These stability issues also lead to security vulnerabilities.SUNBLAZE OS features essential functions only, meaning it does not have any unnecessaryfunctions. This allows the system to be more stable and secure, and users are able to use it for a longer period of time.
- IVA — IVA ensures the safety of the market towards the threat of counterfeit goods.
- Spider Labs — Spider AF is an ad fraud detection tool that detects, blocks, and protects web advertisements from fraudulent clicks and conversions. Advertisers can easily detect fraudulent activity across published ads using centralized fraud management and advanced automation. Spider AF provides complete transparency in digital advertising, allowing advertisersto track ad placement, identify fraudulent behaviors, and analyze clean - fraud-free data.The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Shinji Kimura - Chairman/Founder @ AnyPay
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, India, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $120k–$107M; Series B $4M–$220M; Venture - Series Unknown $67k–$20M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- POKKT — POKKT is an Alternate Mobile Payment Platform that helps owners of Paid Digital Goods and Services to monetise thier users through an advertiser-funded Model. Develpoers and Publishers of Digital content can significantly increase monetization and convert non-paying users into paying users.
- misterb&b — Find & book the best gay bnbs worldwide with trusted hosts . Gay Hotels, resorts & more in 220 countries. Loved by 1M+ travelers. Safe travels with the LGBTQ travel community!
- Drifting in Space — Cloud infrastructure for teams that develop, train, and serve AI applications at scale. Inference, training, sandboxes, and functions on one platform.
Yoichi Aso is the President and CEO at Alpha Drive.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Apparel, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $726k–$1.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $813k–$4.2M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AlgaleX — AlgaleX is a food technology and biotechnology company that develops AI-powered algae fermentation technology to produce sustainable food ingredients, nutritional compounds, and bioproducts. The company leverages proprietary AI-driven cultivation and fermentation systems to convert underutilized food byproducts into high-value microalgae rich innutrients such as DHA, umami compounds, and other functional ingredients. Its mission is to build a circular bioeconomy by reducing food waste while providing sustainable alternatives to marine- and animal-derived ingredients.The company's core technology is Touji-24, an AI-powered algae cultivation and fermentation control system that automates and optimizes microalgae production. Using proprietary fermentation processes and food byproducts such as awamori lees, AlgaleX cultivates algae that can be used to produce Umamo, a plant-based ingredient combining seafood-like umami flavor with high concentrations of DHA. This approach reduces reliance on wild-caught fish as a source of omega-3 fatty acids while upcycling food industry byproducts into valuable nutritional ingredients.
- HANAMII — HANAMII is a creative and marketing company that offers digital marketing, branding, business support services, and social media marketing.
- Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
Shoji Miyata is the CEO of SmartHR.
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- Industry: Travel, Organic, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $764k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Morus — Morus is a university-based biotech startup developing functional food ingredients from silkworms to address global health and nutrition challenges.
- Epicbase — Epicbase is an AI-based automatic voice transcription service based on voice recognition technology.
- Somewhere — Somewhere is engaged in the travel and transportation business.
Kazuhiko Ishikura is based out of Tokyo, Tokyo and is the Co-Founder and Director of SDF Capital. Kazuhiko previously worked at 3minute Inc. as a Director. Kazuhiko Ishikura attended Aoyama Gakuin University.
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- Industry: Beauty, Content, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Neith — Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women.
- WARC — WARC provides hands-on support for business management departments as well as mergers and acquisition advisory services.
- Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health offers Canvas, a home-based hormone testing service for women.
Alexandr Wang is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Board of Directors of Scale AI. Alexandr Wang attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Italy, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Netic — Netic provides an AI-driven platform designed to automate and optimize customer engagement and operational workflows for essential service industries, including HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and appliance services. The platform autonomously handles inbound communications across various channels—such as calls, texts, and web chats—by bookingappointments and managing inquiries directly within existing CRM or field service management systems . Utilizing generative AI models, Netic's system assesses customer interactions to prioritize urgent requests, predict maintenance needs, and initiate targeted outreach campaigns based on factors like weather patterns and service history . This approach aims to enhance technician utilization and reduce missed revenue opportunities during periods of fluctuating demand . Additionally, Netic offers analytics tools that provide insights into customer interactions and operational performance, supporting data-informed decision-making .
- Reflection.Ai — Reflection.Ai is a start-up that develops artificial intelligence solutions, with a focus on computer vision.
- Volantis — Volantis is currently operating in stealth mode.
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