Top 40 Energy Angel Investors in Japan (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Nobuaki Chonan
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Apps, Social, E-Commerce | $645k–$1M |
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Taizo Son
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Angel | Financial Services, Information Technology, Apps | $737k–$30M |
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Yasumasa Manabe
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Angel | Information Technology, Drones, EdTech | $194k–$30M |
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Shohei Yamada
Angel
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1 | United States, Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series B | Comics, FinTech, Hardware | $13M–$20M |
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Yagi Toshiyuki
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Energy, Outsourcing, Electrical Distribution | |
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Suzuki Yuto
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | SaaS, Social, Content | |
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Suzuki Tatsuya
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | AgTech, Agriculture, Internet | $367k–$4.7M |
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Yoshihiro Yamauchi
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability | |
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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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Tetsuya Nagashima
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability | |
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Shoji Miyata
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Travel, Organic, Software | $764k–$11M |
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Akira Nagao
Angel
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1 | Seed | |||
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Yoichi Aso
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Apparel, Content | $726k–$1.7M |
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Takiguchi Kohei
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Apps, Consulting, Sustainability | |
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Kohei Terada
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Information Technology, Energy | |
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Koike Masahide
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Social, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps | $645k–$3.4M |
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Asako Nagano
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Forestry, Environmental Consulting, Environmental Engineering | |
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Hiroshi Nakamura
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Forestry, Environmental Consulting, Environmental Engineering | |
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Seio Nagami
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Angel | Task Management, SaaS, Legal | $934k–$14M |
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Naoki Aoyagi
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Fashion, Internet, Software | $1.3M–$74M |
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Katsunori Sago
Angel
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1 | Japan, Hong Kong | Seed, Series C | Robotics, Aerospace, Navigation | $3.6M–$6.4M |
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Yusaku Maezawa
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series C, Series A | Aerospace, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency | $500k–$15M |
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Kei Tanaka
Angel
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1 | Japan | Angel, Series A, Series D | Beauty, Energy, Cosmetics | |
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Shunsuke Masaki
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability | |
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Toyokazu Ichise
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability | |
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Kyohei Miyanishi
Angel
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1 | Japan | Pre-Seed | Energy, Recruiting, Digital Media | |
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Takuma Iwasa
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Water, Beauty, IT Management | |
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Aso Kaname
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Organic, Residential, Waste Management | |
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Takagi Masahiro
Angel
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1 | Japan | Series A | Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy | |
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Yoshinori Fukushima
Angel
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1 | Japan, Singapore | Seed, Angel, Series A | Internet, Software, Marketing | $2.5M–$41M |
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Ogawa Ryo
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Apps, Social, Finance | $420k–$6.8M |
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Nobuyuki Sato
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Forestry, Environmental Consulting, Environmental Engineering | |
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Shinji Senba
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability | |
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Cheng Tao
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Telecommunications, Content, Internet | |
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Mr Maru
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Organic, Residential, Waste Management | |
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Ren Uechi
Angel
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1 | Seed | |||
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Jin Uehara
Angel
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1 | Seed | |||
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Hibiki Nishikawa
Angel
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1 | Seed | |||
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Matsuoka Tsuyoshi
Angel
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1 | Japan, Singapore | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Water, Sensor, Banking | |
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Sotaro Karasawa
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Blockchain, Art | $948k–$14M |
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Nobuaki Chonan - Outside Director @ Gumi
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- Industry: Apps, Social, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $645k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
- Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
Taizo Son is the Co-Founder of VIVITA. Taizo Son attended the University of Tokyo.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$14M; Angel $737k–$2.2M; Series A $1.8M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Favolist5 — Favolist5 is a software company that develops an abbreviated voice SNS based on web3 for personal media.
- Smartround — Smartround is a specialized finance management platform for startups and their investors. For start-ups, for entrepreneurs who are not familiar with finance, simply enter the necessary information according to the guide, prepare appropriate financing round, and prepare a function that can simulate and execute a capital increase. Support informationsharing and communication with shareholders even after the capital increase.
- AnotherBall — AnotherBall is a blockchain startup that combines entertainment and blockchain.
Yasumasa Manabe
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- Industry: Information Technology, Drones, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $194k–$700k; Series A $1.7M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
- 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.
Shohei Yamada
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- Industry: Comics, FinTech, Hardware
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $13M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LOOPARTS — LOOPARTS focuses on high-purity metal resource recycling through molten salt electrolysis technology.
- Edgecortix — At Edgecortix, we automate the design of AI accelerators for on-device deep learning. Our Dynamic Neural Accelerator IP, and performance optimized AI Software & Hardware Co-exploration framework, reduces time to market and brings massive cost savings across multiple industry verticals.
- GlobalComix — GlobalComix provides world class publishing and translation solutions for comics publishers, professionals, and indie creators.
Yagi Toshiyuki is the Representative Director of Power Next Inc.
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- Industry: Energy, Outsourcing, Electrical Distribution
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- POWERNEXT — POWERNEXT provides electric power supply & demand management, rate calculation, customer management & environmental value trading services.
Suzuki Yuto
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- Industry: SaaS, Social, Content
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
- Aidemy — Aidemy is a web service where you can learn AI programming online.
- Bizibl Technologies — Bizibl Technologies provides SaaS services for recruitment events.
1985. Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University. In 2008, he engaged in new business support and venture support for large companies at Inspire Co., Ltd. In 2011, he was appointed director of UXConsulting company wacul. In 2012, he was appointed director of giftee.
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- Industry: AgTech, Agriculture, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $367k–$4.7M; Series A $1.5M–$2.9M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pleap — Pleap is a medical engineering company specializing in the development of AI and IoT-based technology solutions tailored for medical institutions. The company's product offerings include "medimo" which is an AI tool that automatically creates medical record manuscripts from medical audio.
- Terrafarm — Terrafarm is a Tokyo-based agritech and aerospace start-up that develops fully automated, space-ready plant factory modules designed to operate in extreme environments.
- Conoris Technologies — Conoris Technologies is a staffing agency that offers security check support services for companies.
Yoshihiro Yamauchi is a individual investor.
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- Industry: Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- 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.
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.
Tetsuya Nagashima - Director COO @ Gunosy
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- Industry: Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- 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.
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- Industry: Travel, Organic, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $764k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Morus — Morus is a university-based biotech startup developing functional food ingredients from silkworms to address global health and nutrition challenges.
- Epicbase — Epicbase is an AI-based automatic voice transcription service based on voice recognition technology.
- Somewhere — Somewhere is engaged in the travel and transportation business.
Akira Nagao is the co-founder of Kyoto Fusioneering.
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- Stage:Seed
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- LOOPARTS — LOOPARTS focuses on high-purity metal resource recycling through molten salt electrolysis technology.
Yoichi Aso is the President and CEO at Alpha Drive.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Apparel, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $726k–$1.7M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AlgaleX — AlgaleX is a food technology and biotechnology company that develops AI-powered algae fermentation technology to produce sustainable food ingredients, nutritional compounds, and bioproducts. The company leverages proprietary AI-driven cultivation and fermentation systems to convert underutilized food byproducts into high-value microalgae rich innutrients such as DHA, umami compounds, and other functional ingredients. Its mission is to build a circular bioeconomy by reducing food waste while providing sustainable alternatives to marine- and animal-derived ingredients.The company's core technology is Touji-24, an AI-powered algae cultivation and fermentation control system that automates and optimizes microalgae production. Using proprietary fermentation processes and food byproducts such as awamori lees, AlgaleX cultivates algae that can be used to produce Umamo, a plant-based ingredient combining seafood-like umami flavor with high concentrations of DHA. This approach reduces reliance on wild-caught fish as a source of omega-3 fatty acids while upcycling food industry byproducts into valuable nutritional ingredients.
- HANAMII — HANAMII is a creative and marketing company that offers digital marketing, branding, business support services, and social media marketing.
- Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
Established Medley by strengthening awareness of challenges from personal medical experience to healthcare. He is CEO of Medley and is responsible for M&A and new business development and supervising the Internal Audit Department. Prior to the establishment of Medley, he founded Gemeinschaft, Inc., at the age of 17, and engaged in domestic andinternational markets such as Chosa/Statistics Chosa.
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- Industry: Apps, Consulting, Sustainability
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pirika — Pirika creates technology that enables the provision of garbage investigation and collection services. Their technology uses science and technology to solve environmental issues, allowing nations all around the world to use technology to eradicate litter from the planet. They remove the trash and offer assistance in investigating littering. Theirservice includes investigation and study to address environmental issues.
- Owner's — Owner's is a group of professionals who are close to the wishes of corporate owners and support their realization.
Currently, Kohei Terada holds the position of Chairman of CO-WELL Co., Ltd., Chairman at Terra Power Co., Ltd. and Chief Operating Officer & Director at Equinix Japan KK. In 2015, he sold Bit-isle to Equinix for $280 million creating the largest data center in Japan.He is also on the board of eBOOK Initiative Japan Co., Ltd., MarketEnterprise Co., Ltd., Adval KK and Equinix (Japan) Enterprises KK. In his past career Kohei Terada was Director & Vice President at Warehouse TERRADA Co., Ltd.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Enechange — Tokyo-based Enechange, the company offering an energy price comparison site under the same name .They are disseminating information on electricity and energy, useful electricity savings and savings right now, in order to liberalize the electricity in 2016.Enechange.Jp/try/detail Let's now begin the power company to choose in! Themiddle person is a graduate student intern! I am studying every day.
- PowerBuy — PowerBuy helps you unlock bulk discounts by combining your purchase with other buyers. Save money with zero effort.
- MarketEnterprise — Market Enterprise is a online second hand distributor under the C to B to C model. For the C to B, it has approximately 40 online sites and for the B to C portion, it sells their product through online marketplace such as Yahoo Auction, Amazon and Rakuten.
Graduated from Hosei University Department of Business Administration. In 1998, he joined Ogishima Shoji (currently Aia). Joined CyberAgent in 2001. 2011 Appointed President of AMoAd. In 2012, he became a director. Appointed as Managing Director in 2014. Appointed Director of AbemaTV in 2016.
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- Industry: Social, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $645k–$3.4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sinumy — Sinumy develops touchless identity authentication technology and high-speed, high-precision position measurement technology.
- Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
Asako Nagano is the CEO of Moriage Co., Ltd.
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- Industry: Forestry, Environmental Consulting, Environmental Engineering
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RINDO — RINDO is a hiring service that connects people interested in or looking to work in forestry with forestry companies across the country.
Hiroshi Nakamura is the President and CEO of Yamatowa Co., Ltd.
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- Industry: Forestry, Environmental Consulting, Environmental Engineering
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- RINDO — RINDO is a hiring service that connects people interested in or looking to work in forestry with forestry companies across the country.
Seio Nagami
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- Industry: Task Management, SaaS, Legal
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $934k–$14M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Enechain — enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy.
- Stock — Stock develops products that relieve the stress of sharing information from teams around the world.
- Overflow — OVERFLOW provides consulting and recruitment services.
Naoki Aoyagi is a Senior Vice President at GREE, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of GREE International, Inc. He joined GREE, Inc. in March 2006 from Deutsche Bank, where he had specialized in tech and media sector IPOs and M&A advisory work. At GREE, Aoyagi oversaw the Company's partnership with KDDI and its IPO before leading thedevelopment of GREE’s global operations, a role he continues today. Aoyagi earned a bachelor's degree in policy management from Keio University in 2002.
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- Industry: Fashion, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$11M; Series A $1.3M–$74M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Enechain — enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy.
- Parallel — Parallel is the hangout app where you can enjoy games, videos, music, and more with friends.
- Holmes — Holmesis a cloud contract system to consistently carry out the creation, conclusion and management of contracts in the cloud.
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- Industry: Robotics, Aerospace, Navigation
- Stage:Seed, Series C
- Geography: Japan, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $3.6M–$6.4M
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kollektion — KLKTN is a curated music, manga and art NFT platform connecting creators with fans through special experiences. The platform allows fans to access special edition digital art and behind-the-scenes moments of artists' creative process. In collaboration with top creators and artists and powered by blockchain technology, KLKTN is takingartist-fan engagement and the best of creative experiential culture into the digital world. Artworks are available as a limited supply of authenticated digital products or NFTs, for purchase via credit card, with a fixed cost per item. KLKTN's co-founders are Jeff Miyahara, Chief Creative Officer and a renowned record producer and songwriter who has produced over 260 international artists; Fabiano Soriani, Chief Technology Officer and former lead blockchain engineer for Dapper Labs; and Daisuke Iwase, Chief Executive Officer, Harvard Business School graduate, former World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and a digital pioneer known for co-founding Lifenet, a disruptive fintech venture, which he took to IPO. Built on the Flow blockchain to achieve affordable and environmentally-sustainable minting, KLKTN leaves more for artists, fans, and the planet.
- Sustech — Sustech is a technology company that develops platforms for decarbonization support and distributed power generation services.
- Ispace Technologies — ispace is a private lunar robotic exploration company that is developing micro-robotic technology to provide a low-cost and frequent transportation service to and on the Moon, conduct lunar surface exploration to map, process and deliver resources to our customers in cislunar space.
Yusaku Maezawa is based out of Tokyo and is the Art Collector Entrepreneur and Founder of Zozotown. Yusaku Maezawa attended Waseda Jitsugyo High School.
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- Industry: Aerospace, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed, Series C, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $500k–$11M; Series C $2.2M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- JOYCLE — JOYCLE is a waste management company that specializes in trash recycling, disposal, and environmental consulting services.
- HashPort — HashPort is a leading solution provider that strives to innovate Japan with block chain technology
- Olive Union — Introducing the Olive Smart Ear: A Cool, Affordable Wearable That Removes the Stigma from Impaired Hearing. Each Olive Smart Ear is a single-ear hearing amplifier that improves the sound of everyday life and is customized to your own hearing. When paired to smartphone with Bluetooth, each earbud can also amplify phone
Kei Tanaka is the Individual investor/Former Co-Head of Asset Management at Goldman Sachs Securities Co., Ltd.
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- Industry: Beauty, Energy, Cosmetics
- Stage:Angel, Series A, Series D
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- THE RICH — THE RICH is a hair care brand that contains silk regenerating and repairing ingredients.
- Helical Fusion — Helical Fusion is a startup company that aims to commercialize fusion energy using magnetic confinement of high-temperature plasmas. It is a spin-off startup from the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS) in Japan that provides a fusion reactor based on the stellarator design, a magnetic confinement approach that enables inherently stable,continuous plasma operation.
- One World Technology — One World Technology Co., Ltd. blends traditional Japanese culture with advanced technology to deliver a modern luxury lifestyle. It offers a shared ownership model for global clientele, allowing them to co-own culturally inspired villas featuring Japanese gardens, teahouses, and refined architectural design.
Mr. Masaki joined Mitsui Ventures in May 2008 as Venture Partner, and since has been focused on investments in retail and service sector. Previously, he worked at Fujita Corporation, a large operator of restaurants and retail chain, where he was responsible for store development and merchandising in Tokyo area. After several successfulyears at Fujita, he took a position with Service Business Division of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., in charge of developing new business utilizing the franchise method.
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- Industry: Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
Toyokazu Ichise is a Director of Peace Communication Foundation.
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- Industry: Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- 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.
Kyohei Miyanishi - CCO @ LUUP
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- Industry: Energy, Recruiting, Digital Media
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
- Japan Energy Agency — The Japan Energy Agency strives to make the future of energy easier and freer. It finances and develops renewable energy installations.
Takuma Iwasa is a Founder & CEO at Cerevo.
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- Industry: Water, Beauty, IT Management
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RABO — RABO is a Cat-Tech Company that "watches cat life with technology.
- nanoFreaks — nanoFreaks builds a rescue system on the sea, creating an environment where everyone can live with peace of mind.
Aso Kaname
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- Industry: Organic, Residential, Waste Management
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AlgaleX — AlgaleX is a food technology and biotechnology company that develops AI-powered algae fermentation technology to produce sustainable food ingredients, nutritional compounds, and bioproducts. The company leverages proprietary AI-driven cultivation and fermentation systems to convert underutilized food byproducts into high-value microalgae rich innutrients such as DHA, umami compounds, and other functional ingredients. Its mission is to build a circular bioeconomy by reducing food waste while providing sustainable alternatives to marine- and animal-derived ingredients.The company's core technology is Touji-24, an AI-powered algae cultivation and fermentation control system that automates and optimizes microalgae production. Using proprietary fermentation processes and food byproducts such as awamori lees, AlgaleX cultivates algae that can be used to produce Umamo, a plant-based ingredient combining seafood-like umami flavor with high concentrations of DHA. This approach reduces reliance on wild-caught fish as a source of omega-3 fatty acids while upcycling food industry byproducts into valuable nutritional ingredients.
Takagi Masahiro is a Director at AFPBB News.
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- Industry: Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- DG Capital Group — DG Capital Group is a firm that develops and manufactures devices to connect renewable energy distribution networks to conventional systems.
Yoshinori Fukushima - CEO @ LayerX
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- Industry: Internet, Software, Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $3.3M–$41M; Angel $7.1M–$11M; Series A $2.5M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% 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.
- Amptalk — Amptalk is a software development firm specializing in operating automatic transcription and analysis of online business negotiations.
- Media Aid — Media Aid is an advertising agency that provides recruitment, marketing, web creation, and SNS management services
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- Industry: Apps, Social, Finance
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $420k–$6.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LivCo — LivCo is a support service company that offers HR, life support, real estate rental brokerage, and media platform solutions for foreigners.
- Givearth — Givearth app enable users to make donations just by carrying out their daily shopping and consumption activities.
- Media Aid — Media Aid is an advertising agency that provides recruitment, marketing, web creation, and SNS management services
Mr Nobuyuki Sato is a Co-Founder/ CSO & Japan Representative of UniWorld Ecosystem, Former General Manager at Mitsubishi Corporation, former Managing Director of Japan Cash Machine (JCM) Europe GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany; Established various start-ups during his tenure at Mitsubishi, including J/V with Israeli high-tech up in IT area,incubation & corporate V/C.
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- Industry: Forestry, Environmental Consulting, Environmental Engineering
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RINDO — RINDO is a hiring service that connects people interested in or looking to work in forestry with forestry companies across the country.
Shinji Senba is a Director of Green Innovations Holdings.
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- Industry: Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
Tao Cheng currently works as Chief Executive Officer and Founder of popIn.
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- Industry: Telecommunications, Content, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 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.
Mr. Maru
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- Industry: Organic, Residential, Waste Management
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AlgaleX — AlgaleX is a food technology and biotechnology company that develops AI-powered algae fermentation technology to produce sustainable food ingredients, nutritional compounds, and bioproducts. The company leverages proprietary AI-driven cultivation and fermentation systems to convert underutilized food byproducts into high-value microalgae rich innutrients such as DHA, umami compounds, and other functional ingredients. Its mission is to build a circular bioeconomy by reducing food waste while providing sustainable alternatives to marine- and animal-derived ingredients.The company's core technology is Touji-24, an AI-powered algae cultivation and fermentation control system that automates and optimizes microalgae production. Using proprietary fermentation processes and food byproducts such as awamori lees, AlgaleX cultivates algae that can be used to produce Umamo, a plant-based ingredient combining seafood-like umami flavor with high concentrations of DHA. This approach reduces reliance on wild-caught fish as a source of omega-3 fatty acids while upcycling food industry byproducts into valuable nutritional ingredients.
Mr. Ren Uechi is the Representative Director of Solafune Co., Ltd.
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- Stage:Seed
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- LOOPARTS — LOOPARTS focuses on high-purity metal resource recycling through molten salt electrolysis technology.
Jin Uehara is the General Partner, at Coalis.
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- Stage:Seed
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- LOOPARTS — LOOPARTS focuses on high-purity metal resource recycling through molten salt electrolysis technology.
Hibiki Nishikawa is the CEO of Wanderlust Inc.
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- Stage:Seed
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- LOOPARTS — LOOPARTS focuses on high-purity metal resource recycling through molten salt electrolysis technology.
Matsuoka Tsuyoshi - Executive Officer @ Goodpatch
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- Industry: Water, Sensor, Banking
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Umitron — Umitron is a data company for aquaculture. We support fish farmers to increase productivity through data analytics. One of the biggest challenges in aquaculture is increasing feeding costs. We optimize feed amount and timing by using fish behavior analytics and water quality data. Our goal is to install Sustainable Aquaculture on Earth.
- nanoFreaks — nanoFreaks builds a rescue system on the sea, creating an environment where everyone can live with peace of mind.
- Bankers Holding — Bankers Holding controls the bankers group companies that provide financial services via internet.
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.
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