Top 10 B2B Angel Investors in Japan (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Shogo Kawada
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel | Software, SaaS, Apps | $360k–$14M |
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A | Internet, Drones, Travel | $700k–$213M |
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Hiroshi Shigematsu
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | B2B, Restaurants, Food and Beverage | |
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Junta Suzuki
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | B2B, Restaurants, Food and Beverage | |
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Kaoru Hosoda
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | B2B, Restaurants, Food and Beverage | |
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Nao Hattori
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | B2B, Restaurants, Food and Beverage | |
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Nobuo Koike
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | B2B, Restaurants, Food and Beverage | |
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Tatsuya Kumamoto
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | B2B, Restaurants, Food and Beverage | |
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Yuta Sotoike
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | B2B, Restaurants, Food and Beverage | |
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Hidetoshi Takano
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel | Internet, Information Technology, Content | $482k–$30M |
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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, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $360k–$14M; Angel $709k–$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 Labs offers solutions to help fight ad fraud and ensure data security.
Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.
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- Industry: Internet, Drones, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Round size: Seed $700k–$43M; Series A $13M–$213M
- 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 an Internet Company.
Hiroshi Shigematsu is the President and CEO of MIRAIS Co., Ltd.
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- Industry: B2B, Restaurants, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Minnano Shashoku — Minnano Shashoku is a company cafeteria service based on restaurants and provides offices with daily and weekly menus.
Junta Suzuki is the ector and Evangelist at Minna no Shashoku Co., Ltd.
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- Industry: B2B, Restaurants, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Minnano Shashoku — Minnano Shashoku is a company cafeteria service based on restaurants and provides offices with daily and weekly menus.
Kaoru Hosoda is an Outside Director at Minna no Shashoku Co., Ltd.
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- Industry: B2B, Restaurants, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Minnano Shashoku — Minnano Shashoku is a company cafeteria service based on restaurants and provides offices with daily and weekly menus.
Nao Hattori is a Product Team member at Minna no Shashoku Co., Ltd.
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- Industry: B2B, Restaurants, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Minnano Shashoku — Minnano Shashoku is a company cafeteria service based on restaurants and provides offices with daily and weekly menus.
Nobuo Koike is a Senior Managing Director at Japan Food Delivery.
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- Industry: B2B, Restaurants, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Minnano Shashoku — Minnano Shashoku is a company cafeteria service based on restaurants and provides offices with daily and weekly menus.
Tatsuya Kumamoto is a Partner Success Team member at Minna no Shashoku Co., Ltd.
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- Industry: B2B, Restaurants, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Minnano Shashoku — Minnano Shashoku is a company cafeteria service based on restaurants and provides offices with daily and weekly menus.
Yuta Sotoike is the Representative Director, West India Company Co., Ltd
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- Industry: B2B, Restaurants, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Minnano Shashoku — Minnano Shashoku is a company cafeteria service based on restaurants and provides offices with daily and weekly menus.
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
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $482k–$21M; Angel $4.3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- CAREER BIJIN — Career bijin is a total support company.
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