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Top 50 EdTech Angel Investors in Japan (October 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Japan EdTech startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan EdTech startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Angel round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Hidetoshi Takano
Angel
4 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Internet, Information Technology, Content $255k–$30M
Robert Huang
Angel
3 Japan Series A Education, E-Learning, Language Learning $79k–$585k
Yuzuru Honda
Angel
3 Japan, Nigeria, Singapore Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, SNS, Internet $19k–$5.7M
Kotaro Chiba
Angel
3 Japan, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Apps, Internet, Information Technology $195k–$14M
Mitsuo Aikawa
Angel
2 Japan Angel, Pre-Seed Education, EdTech, Infrastructure
Tatsuo Sakamoto
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Content, Education $90k–$14M
Kiyoshi Ayabe
Angel
2 Japan Content, Education, E-Learning
Taisuke Morimoto
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Education, E-Learning, Language Learning
Kensuke Furukawa
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment $63k–$36M
Shintaro Yamada
Angel
2 Japan, United States, Kenya Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Internet, Finance, Content $251k–$5M
Narita Shuzo
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Task Management, Content, Internet $151k–$1.2M
Mamoru Taniya
Angel
2 Japan, Singapore, Spain Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Content, FinTech $134k–$10M
Shogo Kawada
Angel
2 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Software, SaaS, Mobile $182k–$14M
Kazuki Moribe
Angel
1 Japan Seed Video, Training, Web Design
Hiroaki Kitano
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Debt Financing Health Care, Information Technology, Fitness
Gaku Nakamura
Angel
1 Japan Pre-Seed Sports, Education, Information Technology
Kenji Niwa
Angel
1 United States, Japan, Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Marketplace, Software, Information Technology
Hikaru Kashida
Angel
1 Japan Seed Consulting, E-Learning, Communities
Musashi Suzuki
Angel
1 Japan Seed Education, Employment, Human Resources
Kato Yorihiko
Angel
1 Japan, Hong Kong Seed Internet, Education, Agriculture
Ken Fuse
Angel
1 Japan Seed Education, Employment, Human Resources
Yasumasa Manabe
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series A Information Technology, Cloud Computing, Consumer Electronics
Hideto Fujino
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Reservations, Travel, Real Estate
Takahito Tsukagoshi
Angel
1 Japan Seed Education, Employment, Human Resources
Kitamura Yota
Angel
1 Japan Seed Education, E-Learning
Miko Matsumura
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom, Japan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
Hanafusa Hiroya
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, AgTech, Internet
Mitsuru Nakayama
Angel
1 Brazil, United States, Peru Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel Software, FinTech, Financial Services $191k–$1M
Shinji Yamamoto
Angel
1 Japan Seed Mobile, Software, Logistics $89k–$28M
Naoya Yasuda
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel Content, Internet, Training $178k–$726k
Mitch Kapor
Angel
1 United States, Japan, Singapore Seed, Series A, Angel Mobile, Software, Education $300k–$27M
Junshin Kawasaki
Angel
1 Japan Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Education, EdTech, Infrastructure
Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel
1 Japan, Hong Kong, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Software, Content $425k–$28M
Kenji Takada
Angel
1 Japan Series A EdTech, Education, E-Learning
Cheng Tao
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Telecommunications, Content, Internet
Keisuke Honda
Angel
1 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Seed, Series B FinTech, Software, Financial Services $1M–$100M
Suzuki Yuto
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown SaaS, Social, Content
Ryuji Terada
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Education, Consulting, Human Resources $411k–$479k
Naruhisa Nakagawa
Angel
1 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Agriculture, AgTech, Beauty $1M–$4.5M
Alex Zubillaga
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom, Israel Seed, Series B, Series A E-Commerce, Apps, Mobile Apps $745k–$100M
Ryosuke Matsumoto
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Art, Software, Reservations $182k–$5.5M
Daisuke Takanashi
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel Content, SNS, Adult $222k–$8.7M
Masahiro Kotosaka
Angel
1 Japan Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Education, EdTech, Fashion
Masao Ito
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series A, Angel Content, Social Media, Information Technology $147k–$9.2M
Yoshitsune Ido
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Robotics, Information Technology, B2C $353k–$1.4M
Yuichi Tanaka
Angel
1 Japan Seed E-Learning, Communities, Graphic Design
Kazuhito Shima
Angel
1 Japan Seed Education, Employment, Human Resources
Tetsuro Kouda
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel Media and Entertainment, Food and Beverage, Soccer
Joshua Schachter
Angel
1 United States, Japan, Canada Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Mobile, Internet $635k–$15M
Shuichi Takenaga
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Marketing, Financial Services, Management Consulting $706k–$15M
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Hidetoshi Takano
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan EdTech 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 andstartups.

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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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Robert Huang
Angel · San Diego, California, United States · 3 investments in Japan EdTech 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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Yuzuru Honda
Angel · 3 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Yuzuru Honda is a Founder & Global CEO of FreakOut.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, SNS, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Nigeria, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $182k–$5.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $19k–$184k
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • IVA — IVA ensures the safety of the market towards the threat of counterfeit goods.
  • Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
  • ForCreators — ForCreators is a company operating the virtual talent agency ‘NEXAS', with the goal of globalizing Japan's world-class culture such as anime and VTubers.
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan EdTech 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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Mitsuo Aikawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Mitsuo Aikawa

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, EdTech, Infrastructure
  • Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vitabi — Vitabi is a company that offers a healthcare app for overseas travelers.
  • Kakedas — Kakedas specializes in the development and operation of web services.
  • noFRAME schools — noFRAME schools is an EdTech startup is a mission to reinvent a textbook.
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Tatsuo Sakamoto
Angel · 2 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Tatsuo Sakamoto is a Head of Sales, Japan at MOLOCO. He Attended The University of Tokyo.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Content, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $90k–$14M; Pre-Seed $272k–$622k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
  • Kids Snack Lab — Kids Snack Lab is a food manufacturing firm that produces and sells nutritional sweets for children.
  • Metaverse Creators — Metaverse Creators is a feature-rich virtual platform providing gamers with a wide range of games, creation tools, and avatar editing tools.
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Kiyoshi Ayabe
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Kiyoshi Ayabe is the President and Founder of KIYO Learning.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Education, E-Learning
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • KIYO Learning — KIYO Learning offers a commuting course, an online course to acquire qualifications for business people.
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Taisuke Morimoto
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan EdTech 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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Kensuke Furukawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Kensuke Furukawa was born in June 2, 1981. He graduated Waseda University majoring Political Science and Economics, and in 2000, he launched "Milkcafe", a student community, which has grown to a site with 10 million PV per month. In 2004, he became the CEO of Media Clip, which operates a rental bulletin board service "ShitarabaBBS". After that year, he had transfer "Shitaraba BBS" to Livedoor, and took charge of starting up the Consumer Generated Media sector. In 2006, he joined Recruit, and took charge of starting up a new business at Business development sector. In June of 2009, he left Recruit, and became the CEO of nanapi (formerly Rocket Start), which operates the How-to Site "nanapi".

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $63k–$2.6M; Angel $64k–$457k; Venture - Series Unknown $537k–$36M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
  • Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services.
  • Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
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Shintaro Yamada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan EdTech startups

During his years at Waseda University, Shintaro worked at Japan’s biggest e-commerce mall, Rakuten, Inc. On August 1st 2001, Shintaro established “Unoh Inc.” after graduating university. At Unoh he was responsible for designing and developing several web services, one of which was the online magazine subscription . Services provided by Unohinclude planning, development and management of the film enthusiast community site “Movie Life” (acquired by PIA Corporation) as well as “Sugu.CC” , “NeoAd” (both acquired by GMOAP) and the photo sharing site “Photozou” (acquired by Digital Garage).In 2009 Unoh entered into social gaming, creating multiple successful social games. Among these games, “Machitsuku!” has been its biggest hit with over 5 million users. On August 3rd 2010, Unoh joined Zynga and Shintaro became General Manager of Zynga Japan. He resigned on January 2012. After traveling around the world, He established the new company “Mercari, Inc.” on February 2013 and released the resale shopping app “Mercari” on July 2013 in Japan.He is a true Internet geek, spending a lot of time on the Internet and boasts around 180,000 followers on Twitter.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Finance, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $251k–$5M; Angel $320k–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $277k–$510k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AssetHub — AssetHub is an AI-powered 3D modeling tool that enables game developers to create and edit 3D assets 100 times faster, enabling mass production of content and combining AI with manual work, enabling faster prototyping and editing.
  • Peach Cars — Buy or sell your car in Nairobi-Kenya with ease. Browse a wide range of vehicles, connect with trusted sellers, and find the perfect car today. Simple, fast, and secure transactions.
  • AnotherBall — AnotherBall is a blockchain startup that combines entertainment and blockchain.
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Narita Shuzo
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan EdTech 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 $151k–$1.2M
  • 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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Mamoru Taniya
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 2 investments in Japan EdTech 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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Shogo Kawada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan EdTech 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
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $182k–$14M; Angel $254k–$709k
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sunblaze — sunblaze is a android-based smartphone users begin to experience stability issues after one to two years of use. For example, their device may get slower or they encounter unexpected app crashes. These stability issues also lead to security vulnerabilities.SUNBLAZE OS features essential functions only, meaning it does not have any unnecessaryfunctions. This allows the system to be more stable and secure, and users are able to use it for a longer period of time.
  • IVA — IVA ensures the safety of the market towards the threat of counterfeit goods.
  • Spider Labs — Spider AF is an ad fraud detection tool that detects, blocks, and protects web advertisements from fraudulent clicks and conversions. Advertisers can easily detect fraudulent activity across published ads using centralized fraud management and advanced automation. Spider AF provides complete transparency in digital advertising, allowing advertisersto track ad placement, identify fraudulent behaviors, and analyze clean - fraud-free data.The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
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Kazuki Moribe
Angel · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Kazuki Moribe is the CEO of Spider Initiative.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, Training, Web Design
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Rayout — Rayout is a business consulting company that provides creative content development, recruitment videos, and web production services.
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Hiroaki Kitano
Angel · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Hiroaki Kitano is the SVP at Softbank Mobile. He attended Waseda University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Fitness
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Debt Financing
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • GPx — GPx is a biotech company that revolutionizes remote chronic disease management with bloodless blood tests. It is dedicated to transforming the standard of care of cardiorenal diseases and enabling patients to better understand their condition, much like the continuous glucose monitor has transformed diabetes care.The company was founded in 2020and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Epistra — Epistra accelerates research and development in life sciences.
  • Activaid — 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.
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Gaku Nakamura
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Gaku Nakamura - Co-Founder and CEO @ RareJob

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Education, Information Technology
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • SPORNIA — SPORNIA is an editor of sports knowledge technology.We provide support for athletes using content and monetization using emerging media such as SNS and YouTube.
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Kenji Niwa
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Founder CEO at Firstcard. Entrepreneur and Investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Marketplace, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Cloosiv — Cloosiv is an ordering platform that allows users to order in advance from their favorite coffee shop, skip the queue, and get rewards from the platform to save time and money.
  • Firstcard — All-in-One Student Credit Builder. Build credit. Earn cashback. Grow your deposit.
  • Oxygen — Oxygen is a digital banking platform. It is the first and only challenger in the US that offers both personal and business banking. The bank of the 21st-century economy, serving consumers, small businesses, and freelancers.Available on iOS and Android, Oxygen users enjoy no monthly fees, no paperwork, early direct deposit, simple transfers,cashback rewards, savings accounts, as well as retail and travel benefits. Businesses can easily control their finances with solutions that are elegant, simple, and secure.
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Hikaru Kashida
Angel · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Hikaru Kashida is a data scientist and is currently working at Mercari Inc., Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Consulting, E-Learning, Communities
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • rocketa — Rocketa is a news curation and social media platform.
  • alma — alma is a community platform to learn design.
  • Meetcareer — Meetcareer provides online counseling services for career planning.
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Musashi Suzuki
Angel · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Musashi Suzuki is a professional soccer player for Consadole Sapporo.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Employment, Human Resources
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • LOGZ Group — LOGZ Group offers employment support for people with disabilities.
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Kato Yorihiko
Angel · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Kato Yorihiko is a Founder and Director at Bitbank.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Education, Agriculture
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Langrich — LangRich blends AI powered practice with real human coaching for multilingual communication skills. A global platform trusted by enterprises, offering personal guidance at scale.
  • Agribuddy — Management of agricultural support application "AGRIBUDDY".
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Ken Fuse
Angel · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Ken Fuse is a Representative Director at Letters Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Employment, Human Resources
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • LOGZ Group — LOGZ Group offers employment support for people with disabilities.
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Yasumasa Manabe
Angel · Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Yasumasa Manabe

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Cloud Computing, Consumer Electronics
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • For you — For you is a comprehensive Advertising agency business specializing in SNS.
  • MoonJapan — MoonJapan is an educational impact startup that offers a variety of programs and thorough assistance.
  • Metro Weather — Metroweather is a venture from Kyoto University that develops a high-performance Doppler lidar that measures the direction and speed of wind several tens of kilometers away from minute movements of fine particles in the atmosphere. We aim to contribute to the safety of the sky by completing a three-dimensional wind map, which has never beenrealized,based on years of research at the Kyoto University Research Institute for Sustainable Areas.
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Hideto Fujino
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Hideto Fujino - President, Cheif Investment Officer @ Rheos

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Reservations, Travel, Real Estate
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • HOMMA — Inspired Modern Living. Homes to elevate healthy urban lifestyles. Design. Build. Technology.
  • Address — ADDress is a provider of co-living spaces in both urban and rural areas, enabling people to live in a range of luxurious residences at fixed prices.
  • Unito — Unito offers people a friction-free lifestyle by pursuing optimization of living.
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Takahito Tsukagoshi
Angel · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Takahito Tsukagoshi is a Executive Vice President at Takeuchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Employment, Human Resources
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • LOGZ Group — LOGZ Group offers employment support for people with disabilities.
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Kitamura Yota
Angel · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Kitamura Yota

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, E-Learning
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Cocoach — Cocoach provides online education service.
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Miko Matsumura
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Miko Matsumura is a General Partner at gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC) a blockchain focused venture capital firm

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Cookie3 — Conversations, clicks, conversions. Every interaction and transaction, all in one platform. Track it all. From yaps to swaps, know what is driving results, which KOLs are pulling their weight, and activate your community. Data-driven insights, every step of the way.
  • Bling — Play Bling games to earn free cryptocurrency today! Download our free crypto game BTC Blast, Pop, Solitaire, and more. Win free cryptocurrency just by playing games!
  • Souq G-Commerce — Souq is lowering the barriers to access and participate in GameFi. We're building the infrastructure powering community-owned financial markets where players can thoughtfully invest in the games they love.
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Hanafusa Hiroya
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Established Goro in 2014 while studying at Yokohama National University. As a CEO and producer, he develops and operates various applications and web services. The Company became a group company by UNITED in September 2016, and became Executive Officer and Representative Director of ALAN and PRODUCTS in 2017 (current position).

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, AgTech, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Sagri — Sagri is developing agriculture software for experienced farmers.
  • SOELU — SOELU is an online yoga studio where you can take lessons from popular instructors at home for women only. Even if you can't attend yoga classes, the instructor will guide you through the screen, so you can continue online at home!
  • Syukatsu Labo — Syukatsu Labo is a leading company that solves various problems in an aging society.
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Mitsuru Nakayama
Angel · São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Mitsuru Nakayama is a Founder at BVC. He attended IE Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Brazil, United States, Peru

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $191k–$1M; Pre-Seed $243k–$500k
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% 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.
  • Octágora — Octagora is a SaaS company specialized in Remote Visual Assistance.
  • ConstructAI — ConstructAI turns PDF structural drawing sets into construction-ready LOD 350 Revit models, rebar modeled bar by bar. 5.8x faster than manual modeling, timed on camera and signed off by the client.
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Shinji Yamamoto
Angel · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Shinji Yamamoto - Strategic Advisor @ BLINCAM

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Software, Logistics
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $89k–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% 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.
  • New Revo — New Revo is a logistics start-up company that provides "strategic logistics".
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Naoya Yasuda
Angel · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Naoya Yasuda - Representative Director / Founder @ Canonica

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Internet, Training
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $178k–$726k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Elaly — Elaly Technology makes life better for people around the world.We aim to make the value of money and the experience gained from it flatter.As many people as possible will use technology to realize a happier life, independent of the money economy.
  • SOELU — SOELU is an online yoga studio where you can take lessons from popular instructors at home for women only. Even if you can't attend yoga classes, the instructor will guide you through the screen, so you can continue online at home!
  • DariaMe — DariaMe is a web media planning, development and operation, planning and production of various contents, online consultation service.
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Mitch Kapor
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Mitchell Kapor is the Partner of Kapor Capital. He previously worked at Generation Investment Management as an Advisory Board Member. Mitchell Kapor attended MIT Sloan School of Management.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Software, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 85
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$3.4M; Angel $300k–$1.3M; Series A $2M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Toybox Labs — Toybox is the ultimate 3d printing experience for kids. It enables children to print thousands of toys at the push of a button right at home.
  • Redcar — Scale your B2B sales with the most flexible AI Agent. Customize your GTM and outreach on Redcar, which qualifies, researches, personalizes, and follows up like your best reps.
  • Spreadsheet.com — The spreadsheet you know with the power of a database and project management system. Gantt, Kanban, Forms, and Automations. Get started free.
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Junshin Kawasaki
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Junshin Kawasaki - Director @ Levias

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, EdTech, Infrastructure
  • Stage:Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kakedas — Kakedas specializes in the development and operation of web services.
  • noFRAME schools — noFRAME schools is an EdTech startup is a mission to reinvent a textbook.
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Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel · 1 investments in Japan EdTech 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 startedinvesting 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
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$28M; Angel $425k–$26M
  • 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 engages in the development and operation of fantasy sports.
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Kenji Takada
Angel · Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Kenji Takada - CEO @ Konomichi

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Investment focus

  • Industry: EdTech, Education, E-Learning
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Viling — Viling is a provider of education services for children, including STEMON, a science-math programming school that utilizes building blocks and robot tools; BOKEN, an exploration-based learning school; and Afterschool LeaLea, a primary school that provides lessons for swimming, English, gymnastics and ballet, and more.
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Cheng Tao
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Tao Cheng currently works as Chief Executive Officer and Founder of popIn.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Tokyo — Tokyo provides consistently-designed signage and projector installation, as well as maintenance company support. All customers need is “product selection” considering installation. This is a service that does not take time and effort!
  • Aidemy — Aidemy is a web service where you can learn AI programming online.
  • Girasol Energy — Girasol Energy is an IoT Platform provides innovative PLC technologies that enable wiser PV Plants.
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Keisuke Honda
Angel · Chuo, Hokkaido, Japan · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Keisuke Honda is the Founder & CEO of Now Do.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 111
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$11M; Series A $5M–$35M; Series B $15M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% 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.
  • Unite — We started Unite because we saw a problem.Two problems, in fact. A problem faced by marketplace sellers like you, who see high- quality traffic on your pages but have no way of retargeting shoppers who don’t end up purchasing, leaving potential sales on the table. And a problem faced by the marketplaces where you sell, which win by helping youdrive sales but aren’t equipped to offer you the sorts of online advertising tools like retargeting pixels, audience creation, and campaign management platforms that big brands have been using for years.That’s where we come in. Understanding these constraints and sharing the frustration faced by both sellers and marketplaces over lost revenue and lost customers, we created the perfect platform to put the industry’s most powerful advertising technology capabilities in the hands of people like you, building them into the marketplaces where you already sell. The result? Higher traffic and higher conversion rates. In other words, higher sales.Today, thousands of sellers across the Internet are using Unite to advertise like a big brand and drive sales. It’s time to join them.
  • MainFunc — MainFunc is a technology company building AI‑driven productivity tools, with a focus on enabling users, including knowledge workers and teams, to get real work done via autonomous AI agents. The company’s flagship product is Genspark, an AI workspace that automates tasks by collecting information from web searches, emails, meetings, and calls,processing it through a “Super Agent” that orchestrates many specialized AI sub‑agents, and generating outputs like full reports, slide decks, spreadsheets, or even prototype applications.In addition to productivity automation, MainFunc markets Genspark as an enhanced search and research tool: when users query the web, Genspark generates consolidated, bias‑reduced summaries using multiple underlying large‑language or multimodal models rather than relying on traditional keyword‑based ranking.
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Suzuki Yuto
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan EdTech 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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Ryuji Terada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Ryuji Terada is the Partner at Persol Innovation Fund. Ryuji Terada attended Shimonoseki City University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Consulting, Human Resources
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $411k–$479k
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Funova — Fanova is a consulting company that provides OMO fitness gyms, direct management of fitness facilities, and media construction.
  • Meetcareer — Meetcareer offers a career programme. The users can understand their strengths and make use of them. The company identifies organizational issues for clients to investigate further, as well as issues based on hidden real intentions. The services help users consult with a professional career counsellor online and offer a text programme that isconducted by email, enabling clients to solve career development problems.
  • noFRAME schools — noFRAME schools is an EdTech startup is a mission to reinvent a textbook.
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Naruhisa Nakagawa
Angel · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Naruhisa Nakagawa is a Founder & Chief Investment Officer at Caygan Capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, AgTech, Beauty
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$4.5M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RootWave — RootWave is an electronics company that develops tools that kill weeds it enables farmers to control weeds on their farm. Its technology is an alternative substitute for herbicides and other weed control chemicals. The company was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Warwickshire, United Kingdom.
  • Ecolectro — Ecolectro is solving the biggest challenges in making Green Hydrogen. Our alkaline ion-exchange membranes and polymers make clean fuel and decarbonize industry.
  • Sniffer Robotics — Comprehensive methane emissions detection and quantification, advanced imagery and analytics; Sniffer Robotics provides advanced solutions that benefit the environment.
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Alex Zubillaga
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Alex Zubillaga is the founder of 14W, a New York-based, venture capital firm focused on consumer Mobile, Web, E-commerce, CPG, and Media.Previously, Alex was Executive Vice President, Digital Strategy and Business Development at Warner Music Group (WMG). Prior to WMG, Alex founded Net Uno, a leading Venezuelan cable television and broadbandoperator where he served as CEO and Chairman.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Apps, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $745k–$8M; Series A $2M–$12M; Series B $12M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Reby — Reby is a European multinational company involved in the design, construction, financing, operation (DBFO) and maintenance of public sharing transport infrastructure. Today, Reby is the Southern Europe leader in the micromobility field, with over 15 agreements with public administrations. The company was founded by four entrepreneurs (Pep Gómez,Kiran Thomas, Cristina Castillo, and Guillem Pagès) in 2018 as a micromobility operator, winning the first public tender in Europe for kickscooters, in the city of Zaragoza (Spain). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company increased its R&D efforts, expanding into the MaaS (mobility-as-a-service) economy and the investment banking/franchising business for public administrations (through PPPs), public utility companies, as well as SMEs.
  • Refurbed — Refurbed operates as an online marketplace for refurbished products in the german-speaking world. It sells renewed phones, laptops and tablets which are up to 40% cheaper and 100% more environmentally friendly than their brand-new, store-bought counterparts. Refurbed devices are renewed through a 40-step process, making them look like new andfunction like new. On top of that, each device comes with at least a 12-month guarantee.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
  • Opal — Protect your focus time. Schedule your days, block distracting apps and focus fully, on your iPhone, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari browser. Try Opal for Free!
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Ryosuke Matsumoto
Angel · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Ryosuke Matsumoto is the Founder / CEO at Kankak. Ryosuke Matsumoto attended Chuo University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Art, Software, Reservations
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $182k–$5.5M; Series A $1M–$1.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 6curry — 6curry is a brand that creates a new community around “curry”, one of the world's best Japanese foods. The concept is to mix many people and ideas like curry made by mixing various ingredients and spices. Original menu development, weekly events are held in the central kitchen, open only to members. We design and produce communication bornfrom food, such as event catering for over 500 people and communication proposals within the company.
  • TRiCERA — TRiCERA provides a platform for artists to advance their careers. It breaks down the barriers of language and distance that artists from all over the world face. It fosters an environment in which participating artists can freely sell their works to collectors and art enthusiasts worldwide.
  • Vivid Garden — vivid garden is an Agriculture company.
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Daisuke Takanashi
Angel · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Daisuke Takanashi is an angel investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, SNS, Adult
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $493k–$8.7M; Angel $222k–$229k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RATEL — Since its establishment in 2018, the company has been operating and broadcasting esports tournaments with the mission of making esports the best entertainment in the universe. We mainly run official tournaments and large-scale tournaments for various titles such as CoD Mobile, CoDBOCW, ApexLegends, VALORANT, and Knives out. We are also developing avoice chat application called “VOLBOX” to solve the issues raised by many esports players.
  • VCook — VCook is a website for posting recipes that offer vegan food. They give users the ability to search for and save vegan recipes on VCook. They post and share vegan recipes with everyone.
  • Abentry — Abentry is engaged in the SNS business and media advertising business.
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Masahiro Kotosaka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Masahiro Kotosaka is an Associate Professor at Keio University and an Associate Fellow of The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. He is an expert in Internationalization strategy and early stage business development, and advisor to several global start-up companies. Before moving to Keio, he was an associate professor ofmultinational management at Ritsumeikan University, a teaching & research associate at the University of Oxford, and a consultant at McKinsey & Company based in Frankfurt and Tokyo. As a practitioner, he worked for strategy/marketing projects with sixteen client organizations across nine industries and nine countries and spent four years running three profitable IT/Retail businesses before joining McKinsey. He graduated from the University of Oxford with D.Phil. (Ph.D) in Management Studies and MSc in Management Research with Distinction.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, EdTech, Fashion
  • Stage:Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Kakedas — Kakedas specializes in the development and operation of web services.
  • One Nova — One Nova is a lifestyle brand and online platform that offers a range of innerwear products, such as men's boxers.
  • noFRAME schools — noFRAME schools is an EdTech startup is a mission to reinvent a textbook.
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Masao Ito
Angel · 1 investments in Japan EdTech 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: 22
  • Round size: Seed $147k–$9.2M; Series A $755k–$841k
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Illusil — Illusil is a service that makes it easier for anyone to generate slide materials and reduces the amount of time needed to do it. Additionally, presentations can be automatically generated from text input by AI, and over 1,000 design templates can be used to build original slides.
  • Alyaum — Aryaum supports "regional revitalization through NFT" by offering local governments all around the nation hometown tax and tourism NFT solutions.
  • FinT — FinT operates SNS marketing businesses and young women's media.
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Yoshitsune Ido
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Yoshitsune Ido

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Robotics, Information Technology, B2C
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $353k–$1.4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BionicM — BionicM develops high-performance robot prostheses that enhance mobility for people with disabilities.BionicM has been conducting research on innovative technologies since 2015 at the University of Tokyo's Information Systems Engineering Laboratory (JSK) under the guidance of Professor Inaba and utilizing the world's most advancedrobotics research. In 2016, we were adopted by the Japan Science and Technology Agency as part of "Program for Creating STart-ups from Advanced Research and Technology" (START), and in 2018, the company was established as a joint-stock company.
  • AndGAMER — AndGAMER is an eSports agency that develops custom controllers and gaming products for players.
  • Freecracy — FreeC a platform that connects millions of employers and job seekers by utilizing intelligent matching technology that is powered by AI.
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Yuichi Tanaka
Angel · Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Yuichi Tanaka - CDO @ Visional

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Learning, Communities, Graphic Design
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • alma — alma is a community platform to learn design.
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Kazuhito Shima
Angel · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Kazuhito Shima is a IsLand LLC Representative.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Employment, Human Resources
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • LOGZ Group — LOGZ Group offers employment support for people with disabilities.
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Tetsuro Kouda
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Tetsuro Kouda was born in Sasebo, Nagasaki prefecture in 1985.After graduating from Sasebo National College of Technology, Kouda was admitted to the University of Tsukuba for systems engineering.After graduation, Kouda was hired by Accenture to work in management consultation. Kouda worked with electrical manufacturing in major companies,high-tech business strategy, marketing, and IT consultation. Upon retirement, Kouda and Shiota co-founded Akatsuki.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Media and Entertainment, Food and Beverage, Soccer
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mento — UGOKU is a provider of management of personal coaching service.
  • Clear — Clear, Inc. operates sake subscription service “SAKELIFE".
  • Clear — Clear, Inc. operates sake subscription service “SAKELIFE".
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Joshua Schachter
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Joshua Schachter is an organizer at Self Racing Cars. He was the CEO of Tasty Labs and the founder of Joshua has also worked for directory, and was a co-creator of Memepool.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 74
  • Round size: Seed $635k–$5.5M; Angel $1M–$1.5M; Series A $1M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nozomio — An applied AI lab making developer tools and free tech courses. Nozomio: https://t.co/MtOENst8hj Nia AI: https://t.co/fYIuJn09Pv
  • Pilgrim — Pioneering a biologically enhanced future for humanity.
  • Urban Machine — Urban Machine pioneers sustainable wood reclamation. The Machine leverages robotics and AI technology to transform the construction industry by reducing wood waste and promoting circular practices.
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Shuichi Takenaga
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Takenaga Shuuichi is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Marketing, Financial Services, Management Consulting
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $706k–$14M; Angel $14M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
  • Tagpic — Tagpic offers influencer marketing targeting services such as influencer casting, SNS branding, and talent production.
  • H&H Group Japan — H&H Holdingsis a Professional Services company.
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EdTech Angel investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 104 deals from 193 investors.

193
investors
in Japan EdTech startups
104
deals
in Japan EdTech startups
$748k
median round
in Japan EdTech startups
4%
lead investors
lead at least one round
40%
Seed
most common funding stage

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