Top 30 Blockchain Angel Investors in Japan (August 2026)
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Takayuki Sugiura
Angel
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2 | India, Japan | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Fashion, Confectionery | $457k–$800k |
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Komura Fujio
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Content, Ethereum, Marketing | |
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Sotaro Karasawa
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Blockchain, Art | $948k–$14M |
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Kazutaka Muraguchi
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Blockchain, Financial Services, Finance | |
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Hironao Kunimitsu
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel | Virtual Reality, Content, Internet | $320k–$26M |
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Yuichi Kawasaki
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Apps, Finance, Internet | $1M–$45M |
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Mai Fujimoto
Angel
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1 | Japan, Canada, Vietnam | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Marketplace, Information Technology | $1.2M–$8.5M |
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Ziqi Jerry Zhou
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Security, Blockchain, Network Security | |
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Yamazaki Reijiro
Angel
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1 | Japan | Angel | CRM, Finance, Security | |
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Makoto Takano
Angel
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1 | Japan, Philippines | Seed, Series B, Angel | Apps, Sports, Content | $735k–$221M |
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Kenji Kasahara
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Aerospace, Education | $329k–$7.7M |
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Batara Eto
Angel
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1 | Japan, Indonesia, United States | Seed, Series A, Series D | FinTech, Financial Services, Internet | $2.6M–$7.1M |
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Ryutaro Katayama
Angel
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1 | Japan | Series A | Art, Blockchain, Information Technology | |
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Mayumi Hara
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Apps, Blockchain, Information Technology | |
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Uchino Hiroyuki
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Blockchain, Information Technology | |
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Muraguchi Tomotaka
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Finance, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency | $385k–$8.5M |
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Sandeep Nailwal
Angel
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1 | United States, India, Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | $450k–$40M |
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Kazuma Yamauchi
Angel
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1 | Japan, Singapore, United States | Seed, Angel | Content, Software, Information Technology | $1.5M–$2.5M |
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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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Michael Carter
Angel
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1 | United States, Japan, South Korea | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Apps, Music, Dating | $850k–$1M |
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Nick Plante
Angel
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1 | Gibraltar, Singapore, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech | |
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Lanham Napier
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, Switzerland | Series A, Seed, Private Equity | Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence | $4M–$175M |
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Bo Shen
Angel
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1 | United States, Switzerland, China | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | $2.1M–$3.3M |
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Mizuki Inoue
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel | CRM, Finance, Security | $4.3M–$45M |
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Shigeru Urushibara
Angel
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1 | Japan | Series A, Seed, Angel | Task Management, Artificial Intelligence, Apps | $3.5M–$33M |
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Justin Waldron
Angel
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1 | United States, Japan, Chile | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Mobile | |
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James Gong
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | FinTech, InsurTech, Blockchain | |
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Fujiyo Ishiguro
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series B | Content, Marketing, Blockchain | |
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Tomokaz Saito
Angel
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1 | Japan | Angel | Finance, Security, Blockchain | |
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Kei Yoshikoshi
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Web3, Blockchain, Non-Fungible Token (NFT) | |
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Takayuki Sugiura is an information security expert, he researches and develops security in various fields such as the Internet, smartphones, virtual currencies, information leakage, and IoT.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Confectionery
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: India, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $457k–$800k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Neukind — Make it Neukind
- Cub McPaws — Buy comfortably fashionable kids clothes (4 - 12 years) online in India from Cub Mcpaws at best prices. Gorgeous dresses, jumpsuits, t-shirts, shirts & bottom wear for boys and girls | Free Shipping | COD
- Kids Snack Lab — Kids Snack Lab is a food manufacturing firm that produces and sells nutritional sweets for children.
Komura Fujio
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- Industry: Content, Ethereum, Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ginkan — GINKAN is the managing company of SynchroLife, the world's first restaurant recommendation platform where users and can earn cryptocurrency token rewards for dining out and posting restaurant reviews. GINKAN was selected for Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 in the fintech category and we won for best domestic fintech company and won the audienceaward at the Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 EXPO (Demo Day) in September 2018.GINKAN was also selected for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s MUFG Digital Accelerator’s Batch 4 and won the Grand Prix, Audience Award, and AWS Award in a triple win on their demo day on July 26, 2019.
Sotaro Karasawa - Chief Technology Officer @ STAR FESTIVAL
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- Industry: Software, Blockchain, Art
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $948k–$14M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Taian — Taian, which specializes in bridal industry services and software. They also provide ''Concept Marry,'' which allows couples to design invites and seating charts that match their wedding theme, as well as display guest information on Oiwaii.
- Cloudbase — Cloudbase is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of cloud services and management.
- 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.
Kazutaka Muraguchi is a VC at Nippon Technology Venture Partners. He Attended Keio University.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- warashibe — warashibe engages in the development and operation of blockchain-related products.
- Gruff — Graph Co., Ltd. is a database renovation and AI algorithm development venture established by Harada Hiroe, a data scientist of the year award winner.Artificial intelligence-based business monetization support CRM support application development and operation Database commissioning development AI algorithm development.
- Crypto asset market — Crypto asset market engages in the development of a trading market for settlement of trading value with crypto assets.
Hironao Kunimitsu was born in Hyogo, Japan. After graduating from Okayama High School, he spent several years traveling around the world. He visited over 30 countries including the US, China, India, Canada, and others in Central and South America.In 1996 he entered Fudan University in China, and then later went on to study at Santa MonicaCollege in the US. In 2004 he entered Atmovie Inc. where he produced movies and televised dramas, and was appointed company director in the same year. In 2007 he founded gumi Inc., and it started listing on first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in December, 2014.
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- Industry: Virtual Reality, Content, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $2.6M–$11M; Angel $320k–$26M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% 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.
- Gatari — Gatari specializes in the planning, development, and operation of XR services. Auris, a futuristic audio guide, and Vismuth, a camera app that transforms reality into a story, are two of Gatari's services.
- Thirdverse — Thirdverse is a web3 and virtual reality game studio that develops and operates multiplayer virtual reality games. The company combines the technology of blockchain to create an economic zone and a virtual world, enabling customers to experience seamless gameplay in a virtual environment.Thirdverse was founded in 2016 and is headquartered nTokyo, Japan.
Yuichi Kawasaki Prior joining SmartNews, I was COO at mixi, Founder & CEO at kamado, Executive Vice President at Hatena. I started my career at Cisco Systems G.K.
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- Industry: Apps, Finance, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $1M–$45M; Angel $1.4M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- G-Next — G NEXT is an Information Technology based company.
- Perpetuals.com (Formerly Earlyworks) — Earlyworks Co., Ltd. provides blockchain technology solutions. The Company develops hybrid blockchain product that is fast and secure. Earlyworks offers software and system development, consulting, and security solution services.
- StoryHub — StoryHub is a powerful all-in-one AI editing assistant designed to help users create high-quality content quickly, efficiently, and at a significantly lower cost. Whether you're drafting blog posts, polishing articles, scripting videos, or refining marketing copy, StoryHub streamlines the entire content creation process with intelligent tools
Mai Fujimoto is known domestically and internationally as Miss Bitcoin. She has been promoting the spread of Bitcoin around the world since 2011.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Marketplace, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Canada, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8.5M; Series A $4M–$7.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RSS3 — RSS3 is an open protocol designed for content and social networks in the Web 3.0 era.
- GCR DAO — Global Coin Research is a Community-led DAO for Web3 Research & Investing. We source, vet & fund Pre-Seed to Series A opportunities. Join to Invest Together!
- Brand New Vision — Brand New Vision uses smart contracts to help creators sell digital fashion and other accessories.
Ziqi Jerry Zhou is the partner at Puzzle Ventures.
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- Industry: Security, Blockchain, Network Security
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- KEKKAI — KEKKAI is a wallet Security product create an environment where all users can enjoy Web3 with ease and secure.
Yamazaki Reijiro - Chairman @ Anymarry
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- Industry: CRM, Finance, Security
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- G-Next — G NEXT is an Information Technology based company.
- Perpetuals.com (Formerly Earlyworks) — Earlyworks Co., Ltd. provides blockchain technology solutions. The Company develops hybrid blockchain product that is fast and secure. Earlyworks offers software and system development, consulting, and security solution services.
Makoto Takano is CEO of atomixmedia, inc., publisher and editor-in-chief of Forbes Japan and Rolling Stone Japan since June, 2014. Prior to joining Atomixmedia, Inc., he was Managing Director and President of PIMCO Japan Ltd. Before joining PIMCO in 2001, he was head of marketing at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Makoto's prior experiencealso includes work at Daiwa Securities where he was head of the strategists team at Daiwa Institute of Research. He has published extensively on the capital markets. In 1992, he was awarded Securities Analysts Journal Prize by the Securities Analyst Association of Japan. He has also given lectures on asset management at Waseda University and Kyoto University. He holds master’s and undergraduate degrees in engineering from Waseda University. Makoto serves as Director of Nippon Finance Association and Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation.
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- Industry: Apps, Sports, Content
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Philippines
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$14M; Angel $735k–$2.1M; Series B $5.2M–$221M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CAN EAT — CAN EAT is an information-intensive web service that can be expected to prevent allergic accidents.
- Progrit — PROGRIT is an English-related media management company.
- 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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Browse database — It's Free!Born in 1975, Kenji Kasahara grew up in Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from the Department of Economics at the University of Tokyo. Inspired by the case studies of IT business he studied in a university seminar on management strategy and by the rapid rise of Internet business in Silicon Valley in the USA, he started up “Find Job !”, an online jobinformation site, in 1997. In 1999 Kasahara established eMercury, Inc. (mixi, Inc.) and assumed the post of representative director.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Aerospace, Education
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $329k–$2.5M; Series A $3.1M–$7.7M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Voicetep — Voicetep is a unique dating app that enables users to begin meaningful connections without needing to share photos or exchange messages, instead fostering relationships through voice-based interactions that emphasize personality, authenticity, and genuine communication from the very first encounter.
- AVIATE — AVIATE Inc. is a Tokyo-based technology startup that designs and builds AI-driven business automation systems. The company develops TASKBASE, an operational workflow layer that allows enterprise teams to run backend business operations entirely from natural language prompts.
- Nicoli — Nicoli is a company that creates content and advertisements that increase happy time for parents and children .
Previously, Batara Eto co-founded Mixi and brought the company public in Japan. He was responsible for creating Mixi in December 2003, and he served as Chief Technology Officer of Mixi until 2008. He started his investment career by co-founding East Ventures and made their first investment in 2010.Batara holds bachelor degree in Computer Sciencefrom Takushoku University Japan.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series D
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $3M–$7.1M; Series A $2.6M–$5.3M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Telcoin — Telcoin provides low-cost, high-quality financial products for every mobile phone user in the world.
- 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.
- Anyplace — Book work-ready furnished apartments for 30+ day stays. No lease, home office setup, high-speed internet, and full price transparency for professionals.
He holds a BA in Economics and a Master of Sociology from Keio University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. After regenerating many companies as president, he served as a representative of Giuliani Partners Japan and the president of Japan's oldest and largest art auction company Christie's Japan. He has also served as a number ofprominent corporate outside directors and director of art groups. Participated in the creation of Whiz Partners, a leading venture capital firm, and is still a managing partner of international venture capital.
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- Industry: Art, Blockchain, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Startbahn — Startbahn aims to realize a richer society by providing the technology needed by artists and people involved with art all over the world. We are developing Startbahn Cert., a service that issues blockchain certificates for artworks, and promoting the development of Startrail, a blockchain infrastructure that is the basis for Startbahn Cert. We alsorun joint projects with other companies.
Mayumi is a serial entrepreneur has been creating businesses and developing brands for 10 years with a vision in various industries. In 2014 she found that Japanese traditional artisans dealing with national treasures were undervalued, then founded FRAME00. Crypto startup project "Dev" makes the creator's challenges sustainable.
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- Industry: Apps, Blockchain, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Dev Protocol — Dev Protocol tokenizes creators' visions and builds a multiverse ecosystem. Get started in minutes with Clubs, no coding required.
Uchino Hiroyuki - Founder And Chairman @ WingArc1st
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- Industry: Blockchain, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- SingulaNet — SingulaNet Ltd provides a total solution using cutting-edge blockchain services.
Muraguchi Tomotaka
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- Industry: Finance, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $385k–$8.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- APTO — APTO is into AI development platform provision business and AI consulting business.
- Crypto asset market — Crypto asset market engages in the development of a trading market for settlement of trading value with crypto assets.
Sandeep Nailwal is based out of United States and is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Polygon. Sandeep previously worked at Scopeweaver as a Co-Founder and CEO. Sandeep Nailwal attended the Indian Institute of Management.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 195
- Round size: Seed $1M–$9.5M; Pre-Seed $450k–$6M; Series A $8M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tria — Threely is onboarding billions onto Web3 with universal identities. Threely addresses are blockchain-agnostic identities that can be used across Web3 as a profile, chain-agnostic payment endpoints, logins, zkKYCs, and more. Threely is doing the crucial work of helping the top blockchain protocols, wallets, and dApps cast a wider net to onboard abroader part of the internet to Web3.
- Self Protocol — Self is spearheading a secure, human-first internet by allowing users to verify their identities while maintaining their privacy. Self Protocol is an identity and proof-of-humanity solution that uses zero-knowledge technology to confirm personhood and distinctive traits, like age and nationality, without revealing private information.
- SuperGaming — At SuperGaming, we are putting India on the global gaming map.
Kazuma Yamauchi
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- Industry: Content, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sozi — The core members of Sozi are information technology experts. I have been involved in communication and web service development in the information society. On the other hand, each is familiar with many contents such as manga, anime, and illustrations .
- Anique — Anique is a service that utilizes blockchain technology to make artworks.
- Misaky Tokyo — Marine plant-based, handmade Japanese sweets. These crystal treats are individually handcrafted, the perfect gift idea! Vegan, gluten-free, and additive-free confectionery, with stunning flavors such as Yuzu, Matcha, and Rose. Supporting artisans in their craft. Japanese luxury sweets with a surprise inside.
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.
Michael Carter is the Board Member and Founder of Playco. He previously worked at Orbited as a Founder and Lead Developer. Michael Carter attended Pomona College.
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- Industry: Apps, Music, Dating
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Japan, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $850k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Modhaus — Modhaus is a K-pop startup which aims to create the world's first open architecture entertainment ecosystem.
- Callback — Callback is building a next-generation loyalty platform for independent stores
- Dandy — Exclusively in LA, invite only.
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Browse database — It's Free!Nick Plante is a product developer and software architect, with experience bringing dozens of web, mobile, and crypto products to market over his career as an entrepreneur and consultant. An advisor to HAX since its founding in 2012, Nick joined SOSV full-time in 2015 and founded dlab in 2018 to explore new topics in data decentralization andblockchain technology applications.Prior to joining SOSV, Nick co-founded several companies, including Mogotest and Wefunder, and consulted for a variety of businesses ranging from small product startups to Fortune 500 companies. He has made significant contributions in the areas of developer tools and infrastructure (Mogotest), open source (Docmeta), e-commerce (Wantful), and crowdfunding (Wefunder and the US JOBS Act, shaping the future of equity crowdfunding). He also created the RumbleX hackathon series, the largest online development competition of its kind. Nick was an early believer in Bitcoin (ran a small scale mining operation in 2011), and is passionate about open source, open governance, the democratization of finance, and urban / local sustainability.Nick holds a master’s degree in Computer Science from Northeastern University in Boston.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Gibraltar, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- API3 — First-party blockchain oracle. Web APIs for trustless apps. Decentrally governed, quantifiably secure data feeds.
- dcSpark — Take your first step into the ever-growing world of Blockchain. By focusing on interoperability and composability, we provide a seamless experience for end users.
- Daler Trading — Pioneers in crypto liquidity and digital assets market making, specializing in crypto options and futures trading.
Lanham Napier is Co-CEO at Build Acquisition Corp.
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- Industry: Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Private Equity
- Geography: United States, Canada, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Series A $4M–$36M; Private Equity $4M–$175M
- Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Amelia — Amelia is the enterprise's Trusted AI leader. Amelia has a proven track record of innovation in automation and Conversational AI as a pioneer in AI. Amelia's platform captures the rapid innovation of AI ecosystems and transforms them into enterprise-grade products that are ready for customer consumption. Amelia is used by businesses toincrease revenue through conversational experiences and increase productivity through operations automation.
- dcSpark — Take your first step into the ever-growing world of Blockchain. By focusing on interoperability and composability, we provide a seamless experience for end users.
- MinIO — MinIO's High Performance Object Storage is Open Source, Amazon S3 compatible, Kubernetes Native, and is designed for cloud native workloads like AI.
Bo Shen - Founding/Managing Partner @ Fenbushi Capital
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Switzerland, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hibit — Hibit is a Layer-1 blockchain that is specifically developed for AI agents and next-generation financial technology solutions.
- Web3Port — Web3port BUILDS tools CONNECTING Web3.0 startups and contributors to ACCELERATE innovation.
- Liquity — Liquity is a decentralized borrowing protocol that allows you to draw 0% interest loans against Ether used as collateral.
Mizuki Inoue - Director @ Kudan
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- Industry: CRM, Finance, Security
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $4.3M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kudan — Built on spatial perception technology, we seamlessly connect the physical and digital worlds in 3D, driving industrial transformation through robotics and digital twins.
- G-Next — G NEXT is an Information Technology based company.
- Perpetuals.com (Formerly Earlyworks) — Earlyworks Co., Ltd. provides blockchain technology solutions. The Company develops hybrid blockchain product that is fast and secure. Earlyworks offers software and system development, consulting, and security solution services.
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 $3.5M–$33M
- 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 design, manufacture and sale of peripheral components.
Justin Waldron is Co-Founder & President of Playco, and previously Co-Founder / EVP of Product of Zynga, the world's largest mobile game company. Zynga IPO'd in 2011 with a $10 billion valuation and over $1b in annual revenue. Justin is an angel investor in Lambda School, Substack, and 60+ other companies. He mentors youngentrepreneurs at The Thiel Foundation's Thiel Fellowship program.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Japan, Chile
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- Total investments: 57
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- AnotherBall — AnotherBall is a blockchain startup that combines entertainment and blockchain.
- Proof of Play — We are a team of veteran game developers and entrepreneurs creating onchain games and open source technology. Our vision is simple: to create generation-defining games that fundamentally grant power and ownership to the players who play them.
- Uncharted — Uncharted is a cryptocurrency-based gaming platform helps game developers and companies.
Ming Gong the Co-Founder of ChainB, is widely recognized on the internet under the pseudonym ""rage prince Gong."" Ming graduated with a degree in math and specializes in IT and financial securities analysis. He has many years of experience in IT and finance, and focused mainly on industry study and investment analysis whileserving at the Delong Group. In 2012, he began devoting his time to the development of digital currency and the blockchain industry. Additionally, he translated a large amount of relative materials and wrote the blockchain white paper. His publications includes ""Blockchain Society,"" ""Blockchain - A New Economic Blueprint,"" and ""Digital Currency"" etc. Ming participated in the development and investment of many blockchain and digital asset programs, and created the new media company ChainB, which has become influential in the blockchain industry.Currently Ming serves as Vice President of the Beijing Blockchain Technology Application Association. He is also a member of the Internet Finance Association - Blockchain Group, as well as Senior Researcher at China Blockchain Study Alliance. He is a member of the IT professional committee at the Chinese Securities Investment Fund Association, and member at the Policy Committee of the Quantchain Foundation, with several other positions.
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- Industry: FinTech, InsurTech, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Global Risk Exchange — Global Risk Exchange (or "GRE") is a blockchain based, decentralized and open global risk exchange market, with the purpose of helping individuals, companies and organizations to access and trade and manage their risks. GRE completely reconstructed traditional risk management tools(insurance and derivative contracts) in a decentralizedway, and will become the underlying operation system to support insurance and derivative transactions in the era of blockchain. GRE aims to build the infrastructure and trading platform for risk management industry in the blockchain driven world in the near future, by providing a fundamental protocol for the creation of risk events, pricing, trading, information collection and oracles to verdict specific risks. It will enable individuals and institutions around the globe to achieve risk and return equilibrium.
Fujiyo Ishiguro is a President & CEO at Netyear Group Corp. Fujiyo Ishiguro After working at Brother Industries and Swarovski Japan, Ms. Ishiguro founded a high-tech specialty consulting firm in Silicon Valley and advised clients such as Yahoo!, Netscape, Panasonic, and Sony on US-Japan alliances and technology transfers. She is a foundingmember of Netyear Group in US and Japan, devising comprehensive digital marketing solutions for corporate clients that resolve fundamental business issues as CEO. The company was listed on the Mothers section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2008. Ms. Ishiguro graduated the School of Economics at Nagoya University and received an MBA from Stanford University. She had been a member of the Government committee for the past several years, such as Cabinet Office “The future to choose” Committee, METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) “IoT” Committee, and so on.
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- Industry: Content, Marketing, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Netyear — Netyear offers a variety of strategic internet professional services that lead brands to their business innovation in the digital age. The company’s service portfolio includes strategic consulting, communication design, web development, data analysis, mobile application development, social media marketing, and more. Its clients include KDDI,Skyperfect TV, NHK Educational, and Recruit.Netyear was founded in 1999 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
- Cinnamon AI — Cinnamon AI develops AI-based business platforms to extend human potential by eliminating repetitive tasks. Cinnamon AI offers a computer system that has human intelligence such as academic, recognition, and judgment that helps to select appropriate and flexible correspondence according to the partner and circumstances, based on patternsaccumulated as data, allowing users to focus on creative work.
- SingulaNet — SingulaNet Ltd provides a total solution using cutting-edge blockchain services.
Tomokaz Saito - Corporate Legal Manager @ Mercari
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- Industry: Finance, Security, Blockchain
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Perpetuals.com (Formerly Earlyworks) — Earlyworks Co., Ltd. provides blockchain technology solutions. The Company develops hybrid blockchain product that is fast and secure. Earlyworks offers software and system development, consulting, and security solution services.
Kei Yoshikoshi is the Co-founder of DeForm.
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- Industry: Web3, Blockchain, Non-Fungible Token (NFT)
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Apas Port — A Tokyo-based creative direction & Commun(nity)cation company with the mission of "Deploying KANDO to the World." @HarvestHall_io @HarvestFlow_io
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