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Top 50 Artificial Intelligence Angel Investors in Japan (November 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Japan Artificial intelligence startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Angel round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Hirofumi Miki
Angel
6 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence, Content, Medical $252k–$1.1M
Masao Ito
Angel
4 Japan Seed, Series A, Angel Content, Social Media, Information Technology $147k–$1.1M
Kotaro Chiba
Angel
4 Japan, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Apps, Internet, Information Technology $195k–$14M
Yutaka Matsuo
Angel
4 Japan Seed, Angel Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Robotics
Mamoru Taniya
Angel
3 Japan, Singapore, Spain Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Content, FinTech $134k–$10M
Hidetoshi Takano
Angel
3 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Internet, Information Technology, Content $255k–$30M
Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel
3 Japan, Hong Kong, United States Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Internet, Software, Content $29k–$36M
Shota Iwasaki
Angel
3 Japan Seed, Angel Artificial Intelligence, Software, Media and Entertainment $320k–$942k
Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel
3 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Finance, Content, Internet $177k–$40M
Robert Huang
Angel
3 Japan Series A Education, E-Learning, Language Learning $79k–$585k
Tomohito Ebine
Angel
3 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Series A Consulting, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $493k–$4.9M
Jonathan Epstein
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Series A GPU, Software, AI Infrastructure
Takaya Shinozuka
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A E-Commerce, Local, Content $610k–$4.3M
Kiyoshi Nishikawa
Angel
2 Japan, United States Seed, Pre-Seed News, Social Media, Big Data $77k–$925k
Kazuomi Kaneto
Angel
2 Japan, United States Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Music, Energy
Shigeru Urushibara
Angel
2 Japan Series A, Seed, Angel Task Management, Artificial Intelligence, Apps $841k–$3.5M
Hiroshi Fuse
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed Fashion, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Hiroshi Tomishima
Angel
2 Japan, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Big Data, Internet, E-Commerce $330k–$11M
Hiroto Furuhashi
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Artificial Intelligence, Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
Yusuke Sato
Angel
2 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel Internet, Content, Software $226k–$27M
Masaya Kubota
Angel
2 Japan, Singapore, United States Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software $4.2M–$73M
Shimada Tatsuro
Angel
2 Japan, Finland Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Artificial Intelligence, Sales $320k–$1M
Taro Fukuyama
Angel
2 United States, Japan, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $500k–$10M
Shinsuke Mori
Angel
2 Japan Seed Legal, Task Management, Artificial Intelligence $756k–$11M
Toru Shimada
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Content, Internet, Task Management $37k–$9.1M
Kazuhiro Ishikura
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Beauty, Apparel, Content $189k–$1.8M
Shinnosuke Kawakami
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed Fashion, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Taisuke Morimoto
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Education, E-Learning, Language Learning
Masato Bito
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Yuki Yamamoto
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed Fashion, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Shuichi Takenaga
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Marketing, Financial Services, Management Consulting $20k–$14M
Matsuo Koichiro
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Robotics, Software, Information Technology
Uenoyama Katsuya
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Fashion, Software, Advertising $610k–$672k
Koki Yabu
Angel
2 Japan Angel, Pre-Seed Content, Finance, Data Mining $1.7M–$3M
Hirotaka Matsuoka
Angel
2 Japan Pre-Seed, Series A Consulting, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Kamata Tomihisa
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Fitness, Medical, Genetics
Takahiro Maeyama
Angel
1 Japan Angel SaaS, Professional Services, Information Technology
Yusuke Ando
Angel
1 Japan Series A Content, Education, Social Media
Joi Ito
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong Seed, Series A, Angel Internet, Software, Information Technology
Masashi Mizunaga
Angel
1 Japan Seed Recruiting, Social Media, Career Planning
Shunsuke Oyu
Angel
1 Japan, Singapore, United States Seed, Angel Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment
Clément Delangue
Angel
1 United States, France, Japan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
Narita Shuzo
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Task Management, Content, Internet $926k–$18M
Kensuke Naito
Angel
1 Japan Seed Pet, Apps, Insurance
Suzuki Yuto
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown SaaS, Social, Content
Yoshihito Nishioka
Angel
1 Japan Seed Sports, Content, Social Media
Yuki Naito
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Internet, Manufacturing, SNS $652k–$14M
Yasuyoshi Yanagisawa
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Post-IPO Equity Media and Entertainment, Food and Beverage, Content $4.4M–$41M
Kiyohiro Sugashita
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series A Marketing, Travel, Reservations $8.5M–$45M
Shogo Kawada
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Software, SaaS, Mobile $182k–$14M
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Hirofumi Miki
Angel · Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

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 strategy development, 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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Content, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Round size: Seed $252k–$1.1M
  • 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
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Masao Ito
Angel · , Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Masao Ito is a Founder & CEO at User Local.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Social Media, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $147k–$1.1M; Series A $755k–$841k
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% 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.
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Yutaka Matsuo
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Mamoru Taniya
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 3 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Hidetoshi Takano
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

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 and startups.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel · , , Japan · 3 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

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 started investing in startups in Japan and overseas 2019 Appointed outside director of FIREBUG Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Shota Iwasaki
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Shota Iwasaki

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Robert Huang
Angel · San Diego, California, United States · 3 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Tomohito Ebine
Angel · Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Tomohito Ebine is non-executive Director at Owls Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • 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 $1.6M–$1.7M
  • 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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Jonathan Epstein
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Jonathan Epstein - Managing Director @ Cornerstone OnDemand

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Takaya Shinozuka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Takaya Shinozuka is the President, CEO, and Founder at Reiwa Travel.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Kiyoshi Nishikawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

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 and based 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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Investment focus

  • Industry: News, Social Media, Big Data
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $77k–$925k
  • 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 is 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.
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Kazuomi Kaneto
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Shigeru Urushibara
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Shigeru Urushibara - President & CEO @ UL Systems

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Hiroshi Fuse
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Hiroshi Fuse - Directors @ Wedding Park

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Hiroshi Tomishima
Angel · , , Japan · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Hiroshi Tomishima is the President and Founder of Zkyuun Entertainment and an Executive Director at Mercari.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Hiroto Furuhashi
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Hiroto Furuhashi

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Yusuke Sato
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder of Pulit.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Masaya Kubota
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Shimada Tatsuro
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Shimada Tatsuro

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Taro Fukuyama
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups, 18 in the past 12 months

Taro Fukuyama is Co-Founder and CEO of Fond.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Japan, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$10M; Pre-Seed $500k–$1.5M; Series A $5.5M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Town — The unusually helpful AI work assistant. Your Townie works across inboxes, calendars, chats, and apps, learning your people, projects, and voice.
  • Ethos Space — Ethos Space Resources (YC S26) melts and electrolyzes lunar regolith into solar-grade silicon, propellant and landing pads to power terawatt-scale compute in space.
  • Exosat — Exosat builds low-Earth-orbit satellites and turnkey constellations designed for sovereign operators, featuring direct-to-cell capabilities.
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Shinsuke Mori
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Shinsuke Mori - Joint Researcher and Technical Advisor @ LegalOn Technologies

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Toru Shimada
Angel · , Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Toru Shimada is based out of Minato, Tokyo, and is the Executive Vice President & Representative Director. Toru previously worked at Mitani Sangyo as an Independent Outside Director. Toru Shimada attended Tokai University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Internet, Task Management
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • 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.
  • Magma Holdings — Magma Holdings is the development and operation of Magma Spa-style saunas, operation outsourcing, and implementation support.
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Kazuhiro Ishikura
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Kazuhiro Ishikura served as the head of the Akatsuki Business Management Department in 2013 and as a corporate auditor of Akatsuki in 2014, contributing to the company's listing on the TSE Mothers and TSE 1st sections. Appointed 3minute CFO in 2015, engaged in business start-up and organizational design, and succeeded in large-scale M & Adeal with Glee. After leaving the company, he became a WARC director in November 2018. Certified public accountant.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Shinnosuke Kawakami
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Shinnosuke Kawakami is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Taisuke Morimoto
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Taisuke Morimoto

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Masato Bito
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Masato Bito is the Chief Technology Officer at Repro Inc.

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Investment focus

  • 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 — Never miss a call, fill your calendar, and follow up with every customer automatically. Free to start, unlimited users, live in minutes.
  • 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.
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Yuki Yamamoto
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Yuki Yamamoto is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Shuichi Takenaga
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Takenaga Shuuichi is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Marketing, Financial Services, Management Consulting
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $706k–$14M; Angel $962k–$1M; Venture - Series Unknown $20k–$847k
  • 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.
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Matsuo Koichiro
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Matsuo Koichiro - Director @ Kokopelli

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Uenoyama Katsuya
Angel · Burlingame, California, United States · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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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Koki Yabu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Koki Yabu is Founder, President & CEO at Mobcast inc.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Hirotaka Matsuoka
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Hirotaka Matsuoka is a individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Kamata Tomihisa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Dr. Kamada earned his Ph.D. at the University of Tokyo. In 1984, he pursued his journey to establish his own business that focused on information appliances and mobile software, namely ACCESS Co., Ltd.. With great success, the company entered the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Market in 2001. He left ACCESS Co., Ltd. in 2011, and founded TomyK Ltd.in 2012 where he supports startups possessing revolutionary business ideas that revitalize the Japanese economy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Medical, Genetics
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SmarTrial — Activaid owns and operates a social data platform for patients with inflammatory bowel disease. It allows patients to support and exchange information within the patient community with the same disease; provide information necessary for new drug development and matching to clinical trials that suits them; and improve medical treatment. YasuakiHasebe founded Activaid in 2018. It has its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan.
  • Genomelink — Genomelink is a platform where people discover more with their DNA data and help businesses build, market and do research with it. The best founders in consumer genomics with real experience in the industry for many years, including M3, Inc. ($13B valued Meditech in Japan), a founding member of the Japanese version of 23andMe, and leadbioinformatician and software engineer at a joint-venture between Illumina and Sony. Raised $4M for Seed Round from Berkeley SkyDeck, SONY, and top-tier Japanese VCs. Supported by Illumina Accelerator, Carlos Bustamante Lab at Stanford University among others.
  • MinD in a Device — MinD in a Device Co., Ltd. is a university-launched venture that aims to port human consciousness to devices (machines and computers) in the medium to long term based on long-term research results on consciousness. As the first step toward realization, we will evolve and deepen the "generation model" considered to be the source ofconsciousness, and promote the development of next-generation AI and social implementation.
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Takahiro Maeyama
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Takahiro Maeyama

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Professional Services, Information Technology
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Miletos — Miletos is the provider of AI expense scrutiny SaaS services.
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Yusuke Ando
Angel · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

YUSUKE ANDO is a Outside Director at hachidori.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Education, Social Media
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • FLIGHTS — FLIGHTS is a multidisciplinary drone services from EC, media, pilot training, consulting, insurance and localization of foreign softwares.
  • Aidemy — Aidemy is a web service where you can learn AI programming online.
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Joi Ito
Angel · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · 1 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Joichi Ito is a Parttime Lecturer at Chiba Institute of Technology. he attended Keio University in 2018.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 49
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Toku — Seamless employment, built for Web3. WorkDAO is the only Web3-native employment service that provides legal employment, token payroll, and employee benefits that make a difference, globally. We're building the infrastructure to scale DAOs and Web3 organizations so you can focus on building.
  • Butlr — Butlr protects people's health and well-being during the coronavirus pandemic with a low-cost thermal imaging system that captures people’s behavior in indoor and outdoor environments. Butlr’s proprietary hardware pairs with advanced AI to gain insight into people’s movements in physical space, providing actionable intelligence to assistedliving, homes, and public spaces, all while safeguarding privacy. Butlr is a spin-off from the MIT Media Lab. Butlr’s sensor network captures human dynamics through state-of-art sensory monitoring and AI, understanding users’ needs to achieve a seamless automation experience, preventing risk, and monitoring health. Responsive architecture is a vision of a future where the built environment is as customizable as a streaming music podcast, based on simple, intelligent architectural objects. The natural world is in a constant state of flux; combinations of moisture, breeze and temperature change continuously. When we are inside our buildings, however, our environment loses its dynamism, and we’re forced to constantly tweak the conditions to achieve optimal comfort. Responsive architecture uses intelligent objects to mirror the processes of the natural world, creating environments and “microclimates” that are suited to individuals or small groups based on the heat signature of their bodies. Today the team at Butlr uses small, low-cost sensors to track the motions and body heat of Each person has a biometric heat signature as unique as a fingerprint. The Butlr sensors recognize an individual’s heat signature, and can modify room temperature and lighting for ideal comfort. Unlike cameras that track and record faces, the Butlr system relies on a heat signature, which is unique, but cannot be used to trace your identity. Starting from home applications, the future vision for responsive architecture is to empower cities with networks of heat sensors that can make cities responsive, predicting and responding to vehicle flows, pedestrian density, and weather conditions on the fly. Using thermal data provides many news layers of interaction not possible with cameras.
  • Kotoba Technologies — Kotoba Technologies develops and supports technology tailored to business fields and applications. It supports the implementation of language models into corporate applications by communicating closely with companies in Japanese to accurately understand the needs and actual situation of each company, and then provide optimal technical support.++
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Masashi Mizunaga
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Masashi Mizunaga is the President and CEO of Star Mica Holdings.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Recruiting, Social Media, Career Planning
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
  • HiTalent — HiTalent is a tool that provides career planning services.
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Shunsuke Oyu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Clément Delangue
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Clément Delangue - CEO & Co-Founder @ Hugging Face

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Narita Shuzo
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Narita Shuzo is a Executive Vice President/COO, CrowdWorks Inc.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Kensuke Naito
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Kensuke Naito - CIO (Chief Information Officer) @ SmartHR

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Suzuki Yuto
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Suzuki Yuto

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Investment focus

  • 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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Yoshihito Nishioka
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

DescriptionYoshihito Nishioka is a Japanese tennis player.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Yuki Naito
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Yuki Naito - CEO,President @ Drecom

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Yasuyoshi Yanagisawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

Yasuyoshi Yanagisawa - President & CEO @ FAN Communications

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Kiyohiro Sugashita
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Shogo Kawada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Artificial intelligence startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $182k–$14M; Angel $254k–$709k; Venture - Series Unknown $184k–$4.4M
  • 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.
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Artificial Intelligence Angel investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 138 deals from 215 investors.

215
investors
in Japan Artificial intelligence startups
138
deals
in Japan Artificial intelligence startups
$1M
median round
in Japan Artificial intelligence startups
4%
lead investors
lead at least one round
43%
Seed
most common funding stage

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