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Top 50 Enterprise Angel Investors in Japan in May 2026

A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Enterprise startups based in Japan. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Enterprise companies from Japan. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Enterprise Angel Investors in Japan in May 2026

Investor Enterprise Japan investments
Ayataro Nakagawa 20
Hidetoshi Takano 19
Kotaro Chiba 17
Kotaro Chiba 17
Yusuke Sato 14
Yu Akasaka 14
Nobuhiro Ariyasu 14
Masao Ito 14
Kensuke Furukawa 13
Hirofumi Miki 12
Yoshinori Fukushima 9
Tatsuo Sakamoto 9
Fumiaki Koizumi 8
Noguchi Keito 7
Masanori Sugiyama 7
Toru Shimada 7
Shogo Kawada 7
Yasuyuki Kin 6
Narita Shuzo 6
Mamoru Taniya 6
Kazuhiro Ishikura 6
Shunsuke Oyu 5
Takaya Shinozuka 5
Jun Nishikawa 5
Chikako Morimoto 5
Hironao Kunimitsu 5
Yuki Naito 5
Soichiro Kawai 5
Suzuki Tatsuya 5
Shintaro Yamada 5
Kazuhiko Ishikura 5
Kenji Kasahara 4
Ryosuke Matsumoto 4
Takao Ozawa 4
Nishio Kentaro 4
Yusuke Mitsumoto 4
Tomohito Ebine 4
Yuichi Kawasaki 4
Shigeru Urushibara 4
Kazuma Ieiri 4
Naoki Aoyagi 4
Yuto Nagatomo 4
Shuichi Takenaga 4
Shota Horii 4
Kiyoshi Nishikawa 4
Minoru Moriya 3
Oki Matsumoto 3
Kunihiro Tanaka 3
Cheng Tao 3
Mizuki Inoue 3

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Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel

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

  • Internet, Software, Content
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Japan, Hong Kong, United States

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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Hidetoshi Takano
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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

  • Internet, Information Technology, Content
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Cocoach — Cocoach provides online education service.
  • Data Viz Lab — Data Viz Lab is a platform that offers data analysis, visualization consulting, and data human resource development support.
  • ElevationSpace — ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment .
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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

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Investment focus

  • Internet, Drones, Travel
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
  • ELESTYLE — ELESTYLE are promoting mobile payments and providing high value-added services for users to realize a cashless society.
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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

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Investment focus

  • Content, Information Technology, Travel
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
  • ELESTYLE — ELESTYLE are promoting mobile payments and providing high value-added services for users to realize a cashless society.
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
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Yusuke Sato
Angel

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

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Investment focus

  • Content, Internet, Food and Beverage
  • Seed, Funding Round, Angel
  • Japan, Indonesia, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
  • Meetscare — Meetscare provides correct information and supports the self-awareness of all people involved in care. The company provides a wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Users can make a telephone consultation and web diagnosis and search for free information using the system.Meetscare was founded on2016 and is headquartered in Arakawa, Tokyo.
  • Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.
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Yu Akasaka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

During Hosei University student, and intern at Hakuhodo C & D. After joining the Image-net, I do media monetization of EC site as a media planner. Then, new business, engaged in Alliance. Launched a crowdsourcing site "MILLION DESIGNS" of design in the individual, sold to Ransazu Corporation. Established the Eureka Co., Ltd., wasappointed Representative Director CEO.

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Investment focus

  • Content, Food and Beverage, Apps
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Japan, Australia, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • RE — RE specializes in smartphone application design and development.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health offers Canvas, a home-based hormone testing service for women.
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Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.

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Investment focus

  • Finance, Content, Internet
  • Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Japan, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

  • Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
  • Finovo — Finovo specializes in the research, development, operation, and maintenance of cutting-edge accounting and financial software solutions.
  • Tsunagari AI — Tsunagari specializes in developing and providing AI-powered consultation services tailored for local governments, aiming to enhance administrative efficiency, support citizen engagement, and streamline public service delivery.
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Masao Ito
Angel

Masao Ito is a Founder & CEO at User Local.

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Investment focus

  • Content, Social Media, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Japan

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.
  • Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.
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Kensuke Furukawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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

  • Content, SNS, Software
  • Seed, Funding Round, Angel
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
  • Plott — Plott producing youtube animation platform under Vision “Become a Content holder from YouTube”. In August 2019, the company name was changed from Fabo to Plott. Plott, the new company name, is derived from the plot that you make before writing novels, etc., and the idea that “I want to make content all the time” is put in the company name.
  • Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
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Hirofumi Miki
Angel · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan

After JTB Co., Ltd. and CYBIRD Co., Ltd. as an initial member of Glee Co., Ltd. is responsible for business development. Currently, he is mainly engaged in venture support in the Internet area, investing in venture and venture capital, and served as management advisor for dozens of companies. Hands-on business development, growth strategydevelopment, financing advice, HR organization design support, partner referral and Recruit Support. He is also engaged in business support for ventures in the healthcare and university venture fields. He served as Digital Health Meetup Advisor, NEDOTCP Mentor and Future 2016 Mentor.

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Investment focus

  • Content, Internet, Marketing
  • Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • Epicbase — Epicbase is an AI-based automatic voice transcription service based on voice recognition technology.
  • Go Visions — Go Visions engages in the edutainment tech for children and human resources services.
  • Ai-Dounyu.com — Ai-Dounyu.com is a platform that helps organizations looking to integrate AI choose their ideal AI implementation partner for free.
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Yoshinori Fukushima
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshinori Fukushima - CEO @ LayerX

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Investment focus

  • Internet, Software, Marketing
  • Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Japan, Singapore

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.
  • PeopleX — PeopleX encourages and assists employees in their professional development.
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Tatsuo Sakamoto
Angel

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

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Investment focus

  • Information Technology, Content, Education
  • Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
  • Cloudbase — Cloudbase is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of cloud services and management.
  • 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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Fumiaki Koizumi
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Fumiaki Koizumi - Executive Director @ Mercari

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Investment focus

  • Internet, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • FiT — FiT encourages the use of information technology in fitness to address industrial concerns. We will build a highly sustainable fitness facility using a business model that allows consumers to easily use the gym without being burdened by price or procedures, while also allowing owners to build a very successful business with low running costs.
  • Aoyama Arts — Aoyama Arts is an architecture and consulting company that develops design offices and supports land search and financing plans.
  • Fabric Tokyo — FABRIC TOKYO is a Japanese startup provides a direct-to-consumer custom-made apparel brand. (former-company name Lifestyle Design Co., Ltd.). It enables customers to save their sizes, idea fabrics, and favorite designs, allowing them to make their original clothing later.FABRIC TOKYO was founded in 2012 by Yuichiro Mori and is based in Tokyo,Japan.
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Noguchi Keito
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Noguchi Keito - Founder @ Vapes

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Investment focus

  • Marketing, Media and Entertainment, Content
  • Seed, Angel
  • Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Dofa — Dofa aims to develop services that enrich the way of life and work of human resources that are active mainly in sales.
  • Alliance Cloud — Alliance Cloud primarily engages in the Sales Tech and BtoB Sales Outsourcing Business.
  • Cloud Franchise — Cloud Franchise is a cloud kitchen model that aims to maximize the kitchen occupancy rate of restaurants.
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Masanori Sugiyama
Angel

He graduated from Kansai University in 1988. He was enrolled in Ljoma while he was in college. 2002 Vice President of Practice (now index lights). In 2004, he became president of zappallas. Listed on the TSE Mothers in the second year of his appointment, and in 2010 he was listed in part of the TSE. In 2011 he became the CEO of enish. Listed on apart of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Thereafter, he served as outside directors such as Nikkatsu and JibannetHD.

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Investment focus

  • Internet, Software, Web Design
  • Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Japan

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 .
  • STUDIO — The easiest and quickest way to build your beautiful portfolio website, landing page or anything. No code. All creative freedom.
  • STUDIO Japan — STUDIO is a development and operation of the next-generation design tool.
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Toru Shimada
Angel

Toru Shimada is a Senior Executive Officer and Director of Rakuten. Mr. Shimada is a Director of Rakuten Baseball, Inc., and Head of Asia Regional Headquarters Office of the Company.Mr. Shimada joined Rakuten in 2004. Prior to joining Rakuten, Mr. Shimada was founder and Director of INTELLIGENCE, LTD from 1989 to 2004. Prior to INTELLIGENCE, LTD.Mr. Shimada worked at RECRUIT CO., LTD. from 1987 to 1989.

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Investment focus

  • Internet, Task Management, Content
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • Ixyas — Ixyas offers internet service planning, operation, marketing support, and sales services.
  • Neith — Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women.
  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
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Shogo Kawada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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

  • Software, SaaS, Apps
  • Seed, Funding Round, Angel
  • Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Voicy — Voicy is a mobile platform that recruits both media personalities and news organizations; the entertainers read the news so users can get the latest info from their favorite voices.
  • 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.
  • Spider Labs — Spider Labs offers solutions to help fight ad fraud and ensure data security.
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Yasuyuki Kin
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yasuyuki Kin

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Investment focus

  • Media and Entertainment, Recruiting, Career Planning
  • Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • Onepair — Onepair is a job consulting and recruiting company. Onepair is to co-creating careers by talking about real-world ace with active ace.
  • Strainer Co., Ltd. — Strainer Co., Ltd. is an information distribution platform that conveys corporate information centered on financial data. Although there are not a few media to deliver financial information, the company's strengths are strong to be easily viewed, including financial information of overseas companies.
  • LAMILA — LAMILA develops system that improves the creation of retail stores.
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Narita Shuzo
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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

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Investment focus

  • Task Management, Content, Internet
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Japan

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

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

  • Apps, Content, FinTech
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Japan, Singapore, Spain

Portfolio highlights

  • Revorf — Revorf analyzes data and develops AI-related to infectious diseases and healthcare.
  • abillion — Find tips for plant-based food & products near you. Join the community to share reviews of restaurants & brands. Raise funds & drive sustainability!
  • 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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Kazuhiro Ishikura
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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

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Investment focus

  • Beauty, Content, Fashion
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • Neith — Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women.
  • WARC — WARC provides hands-on support for business management departments as well as mergers and acquisition advisory services.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health offers Canvas, a home-based hormone testing service for women.
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Shunsuke Oyu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Shunsuke Oyu is the co-founder of Connehito Inc. Started an online Q&A platform “mamari” which is the largest platform for moms in Japan. Connehito was acquired by one of the telecom giant KDDI in 2016. Selected as a “Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia” at consumer technology department. Angel-investing 50+ companies globally.

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Investment focus

  • Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Japan, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Lecto — Lecto provides Saas solutions to eliminate the tedious practices behind financial services
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
  • Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
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Takaya Shinozuka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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

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Investment focus

  • Internet, Local, Sports
  • Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • KAUCHE — X Asia creates enjoyable shopping experience.
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
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Jun Nishikawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Jun Nishikawa - Co-founder, Executive Vice President, COO @ Eureka

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Investment focus

  • Food and Beverage, Mobile, Content
  • Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • FamiOne — FamiOne is creating a society that will support the future of couples who want to receive children.
  • Misaky Tokyo — Marine plant-based, handmade Japanese sweets. These crystal treats are individually handcrafted, the perfect gift idea! Vegan, gluten-free, and additive-free confectionery, with stunning flavors such as Yuzu, Matcha, and Rose. Supporting artisans in their craft. Japanese luxury sweets with a surprise inside.
  • Reiwa Travel — Reiwa Trave is a digital travel agency intended that optimizes overseas travel. The company's platform uses online travel booking tools that provide digitalized contracts along with trip management, thereby enabling its customers' vacation and leisure experiences.
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Chikako Morimoto
Angel

Chikako Morimoto - External Counsel @ Traimmu

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Investment focus

  • Employment, Human Resources, Marketing
  • Seed, Funding Round
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • Dofa — Dofa aims to develop services that enrich the way of life and work of human resources that are active mainly in sales.
  • Best Beer Japan — Best Beer Japan provides a barrel tracking software for craft beer and barrel sharing. The company was founded in 2018.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health offers Canvas, a home-based hormone testing service for women.
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Hironao Kunimitsu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Hironao Kunimitsu was born in Hyogo, Japan. After graduating from Okayama High School, he spent several years traveling around the world. He visited over 30 countries including the US, China, India, Canada, and others in Central and South America.In 1996 he entered Fudan University in China, and then later went on to study at Santa MonicaCollege in the US. In 2004 he entered Atmovie Inc. where he produced movies and televised dramas, and was appointed company director in the same year. In 2007 he founded gumi Inc., and it started listing on first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in December, 2014.

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Investment focus

  • Content, Virtual Reality, Gaming
  • Funding Round, Seed, Angel
  • Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Gatari — Gatari is developing an AR audio platform, including the AR camera app Vismuth, which can call avatars in reality.
  • Graffity — Graffity to provide AR experiences globally and enrich life more conveniently and invent the AR entertainment experience and provide it globally.
  • Thirdverse — Thirdverse (formerly known as Yomuneco Inc) is engaged in Virtual Reality content and services planning, development, sales and management.
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Yuki Naito
Angel

Yuki Naito - CEO,President @ Drecom

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Investment focus

  • Internet, Manufacturing, SNS
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • 1SEC — 1sec is a virtual influencers in Japan,develop in-house and management. IMPACT to CEKAI in 1 second. Based on the concept of making CEKAI happy in one second, US based in Los Angeles and Japan, based in Tokyo, virtual influencers × AI, fashion & music & The company will develop a number of CEKAI's first and first projects in Japan inthe field of enter teignment.
  • Fools — Fools is a footwear manufacturing company.
  • Interstellar Technologies — Interstellar Technologies is a rocket development, manufacturing and launch service.
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Soichiro Kawai
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Soichiro Kawai - CEO @ ReBoost

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Investment focus

  • Internet, Mobile Apps, Human Resources
  • Seed, Funding Round, Angel
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • Villio — Villio provides talent experience SaaS which helps companies with human resource development and recruitment of talented engineers.
  • Back Dooor — Back Dooor is an app that provides 1on1 chatting services with favorite player of the users.
  • SPeak — SPeak Corporation operates JPort Match that is involved in direct recruiting service. It is a global career platform for budding new talents.
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Suzuki Tatsuya
Angel

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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Investment focus

  • Internet, Agriculture, Information Technology
  • Seed, Funding Round, Angel
  • Japan

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.
  • AGRI SMILE — AGRI SMILE is a platform that focuses on sharing agricultural technology.
  • Conoris Technologies — Conoris Technologies is a staffing agency that offers security check support services for companies.
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Shintaro Yamada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investment in the past 12 months

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

  • Internet, Finance, Content
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Japan, United States, Kenya

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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Kazuhiko Ishikura
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuhiko Ishikura is based out of Tokyo, Tokyo and is the Co-Founder and Director of SDF Capital. Kazuhiko previously worked at 3minute Inc. as a Director. Kazuhiko Ishikura attended Aoyama Gakuin University.

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Investment focus

  • Beauty, Content, Fashion
  • Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • Neith — Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women.
  • WARC — WARC provides hands-on support for business management departments as well as mergers and acquisition advisory services.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health offers Canvas, a home-based hormone testing service for women.
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Kenji Kasahara
Angel · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan

Born in 1975, Kenji Kasahara grew up in Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from the Department of Economics at the University of Tokyo. Inspired by the case studies of IT business he studied in a university seminar on management strategy and by the rapid rise of Internet business in Silicon Valley in the USA, he started up “Find Job !”, an online jobinformation site, in 1997. In 1999 Kasahara established eMercury, Inc. (mixi, Inc.) and assumed the post of representative director.

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Investment focus

  • Aerospace, Information Technology, Travel
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.
  • ONE — One is a Japanese startup. It primarily creates and operates consumer apps, some of which have been sold to publicly traded Japanese corporations.This runs the BeReal exchange application "BeMatch."
  • Nicoli — Nicoli is a company that creates content and advertisements that increase happy time for parents and children .
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Ryosuke Matsumoto
Angel · Minato, Chiba, Japan

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

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Investment focus

  • Art, Software, Reservations
  • Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Japan

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 is a contemporary art global platform management company.
  • Vivid Garden — vivid garden is an Agriculture company.
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Takao Ozawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Takao is the former CEO of YJ Capital. He is also the President of Shopping Company at Yahoo Japan. Prior to Yahoo, he founded Bizseek, Inc. in 1999 which was acquired by Rakuten, Inc. in 2001. He joined Rakuten after the acquisition and was the Corporate Officer in charge of auctions. During his career in Rakuten, he was engaged in projects suchas formation of Rakuten Eagles. He left Rakuten in 2006 and founded Ozawa Research Institute where he enhanced business in areas such as investments to start-up companies and consulting. In 2011, he founded Crocos, Inc. which was sold to Yahoo Japan in 2012. As an angel investor, he invested/founded companies like nanapi, Appgrooves, STARFESTIVAL, Crocos, Netage and many others.

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Investment focus

  • Real Estate, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Japan

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!
  • Astroscale — Astroscale is one of the few companies in the world proposing to aid in the removal of orbital debris through the provision of End of Life (EOL) and Active Debris Removal (ADR) services. In addition to providing a technical solution, Astroscale is helping to define the business case for this service and are working with national space agencies,international institutions, non-profit organizations, insurance companies and satellite operators to develop norms, regulations and incentives that contribute to the responsible use of space.
  • Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.
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Nishio Kentaro
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Nishio Kentaro is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer & President at Game8.

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Investment focus

  • Information Technology, Internet, Software
  • Seed
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
  • YOUTRUST — YOUTRUST is a startup to operate YOUTRUST a referral recruitment platform for side-job change.
  • Cloud Franchise — Cloud Franchise is a cloud kitchen model that aims to maximize the kitchen occupancy rate of restaurants.
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Yusuke Mitsumoto
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yusuke Mitsumoto is the founder of Cash.

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Investment focus

  • Internet, Consulting, Financial Services
  • Seed, Angel, Series C
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • UPWARDS — UPWARDS develop and operate the “cloud loan” loan platform for individuals.
  • CrowdLoan — CrowdLoan is a platform that connects financial institutions and individuals with smooth loans.
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
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Tomohito Ebine
Angel · Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

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

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Investment focus

  • Consulting, Home Services, Information Technology
  • Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
  • Smartround — Smartround is a specialized finance management platform for startups and their investors. For start-ups, for entrepreneurs who are not familiar with finance, simply enter the necessary information according to the guide, prepare appropriate financing round, and prepare a function that can simulate and execute a capital increase. Support informationsharing and communication with shareholders even after the capital increase.
  • CAREER BIJIN — Career bijin is a total support company.
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Yuichi Kawasaki
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yuichi Kawasaki Prior joining SmartNews, I was COO at mixi, Founder & CEO at kamado, Executive Vice President at Hatena. I started my career at Cisco Systems G.K.

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Investment focus

  • CRM, Finance, Security
  • Angel, Seed
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • Blankr — Blankr inc has developed an application called Raidli. Using the app, Vtubers can hold a virtual handshake event.
  • Givearth — Givearth app enable users to make donations just by carrying out their daily shopping and consumption activities.
  • AVA Intelligence — AVA Intelligence is a Internet service development company.
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Shigeru Urushibara
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Shigeru Urushibara - President & CEO @ UL Systems

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Investment focus

  • Task Management, Artificial Intelligence, Video
  • Series A, Seed, Angel
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • Ecbo cloak — Ecbo cloak is a sharing service that connects "persons who want to store luggage with shops with space to store luggage. Instead of coin lockers, you can pre-order places online online and store your luggage in the open space of stores of various types of business.
  • Space Walker — SPACE WALKER specializes in design, manufacture and sale of peripheral components.
  • SingulaNet — SingulaNet Ltd provides a total solution using cutting-edge blockchain services.
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Kazuma Ieiri
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Born in 1978 and raised in Fukuoka prefecture, Kazuma founded paperboy&co. inc. (currently GMO Pepabo) and went on to become the youngest CEO ever (at the time) to take a company public in Japan by taking paperboy&co. public on the JASDAQ Japanese stock exchange. After leaving paperboy&co, he continued his startup trail by foundingBASE, CAMPFIRE, and XIMERA. Kazuma also dabbled in the food services industry via the founding of On The Corner (a cafe) and is active in the startup investment scene. He also started the Liverty-house project which attempts to create shared housing for young people in need.

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Investment focus

  • Content, Fashion, FinTech
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • Taliki — Taliki is a Coworking Space Operates Social Entrepreneurs Development Support for Intrepreneur Development.
  • One Nova — One Nova (ワンノバ) is a lifestyle brand and online platform that offers a range of innerwear products, such as men's boxers.
  • Vivid Garden — vivid garden is an Agriculture company.
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Naoki Aoyagi
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States

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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Investment focus

  • Fashion, Internet, Software
  • Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Japan

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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Yuto Nagatomo
Angel

Yuto Nagatomo - President, CEO, and Founder @ Cuore Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • SNS, Video, Beauty
  • Funding Round, Seed, Angel
  • Japan

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.
  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • SAURUS JAPAN
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Shuichi Takenaga
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Takenaga Shuuichi is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • Marketing, Financial Services, Management Consulting
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Japan

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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Shota Horii
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Shota Horii

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Investment focus

  • Internet, Information Technology, Art
  • Seed, Funding Round
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • GMO Flatt Security — Flatt Security is a cyber security company for all developers.
  • Lecto — Lecto provides Saas solutions to eliminate the tedious practices behind financial services
  • Respo — Respo is a service that enables people to save money by buying things at a discount.
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Kiyoshi Nishikawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

After working at KDD Corporation (Currently known as KDDI Corporation), Kiyoshi Nishikawa next went to work at Arthur D. Little Inc. in the United States, where he became inspired to start his own company. After returning to Japan, he established a Japanese corporation of the world’s largest Internet company, America On Line, LLC. Later andbased on this experience and the relationships he developed, he founded the first Internet business incubator, NETAGE, Inc. After serving as the President and CEO of NETAGE Group, he later became and still serves as the Chairman of ngi group, inc. Kiyoshi was one of the main entrepreneurs responsible for proposing and realization of “Shibuya Bit Valley Concept” and is well known for his various speeches and writings. He is a graduate of the Department of Education at Tokyo University.

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Investment focus

  • News, Social Media, Big Data
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • PoliPoli — PoliPoli is a next-generation politics co-creation platform where you can participate like a game. Politicians from all over Japan post their policies in an easy-to-understand manner, and those who sympathize can enjoy working on the "missions" necessary to realize the policies.
  • Astroscale — Astroscale is one of the few companies in the world proposing to aid in the removal of orbital debris through the provision of End of Life (EOL) and Active Debris Removal (ADR) services. In addition to providing a technical solution, Astroscale is helping to define the business case for this service and are working with national space agencies,international institutions, non-profit organizations, insurance companies and satellite operators to develop norms, regulations and incentives that contribute to the responsible use of space.
  • TECHFUND — TechFund is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation and seed stage investments. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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Minoru Moriya
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Minoru Moriya is a director at AuB.

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Investment focus

  • Health Care, Nursing and Residential Care, Internet
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • M-Box — M-Box provides IT solutions to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries and operates web services.
  • HANOWA — HANAWA is a matching platform between freelance dental hygienists and dental clinics.
  • Willbox — Willbox is an international logistics company providing an international logistics digital platform for shippers and logistics companies. The company's platform "Giho" connects shippers and logistics companies (transportation, packaging, warehousing, customs clearance, etc.) with a direct contract. It visualizes the three elements of[lead time, money, and safety], which have been regarded as a black box, and supports comparative examination and decision making. Willbox digitizes the packing technique of wooden boxes and steel, mandatory for international logistics, and incorporated them into their system. Their mission is to solve the logistics issues focusing on the large cargo of industrial products.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa.
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Oki Matsumoto
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Oki Matsumoto began his career at Salomon Brothers Asia Limited in April 1987. He then joined Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd. in April 1990 and was appointed General Partner of The Goldman Sachs Group, L.P. in November 1994. As a General Partner, he was Co-Head of its Tokyo Branch’s FX & Fixed Income Business and was in charge of FX and fixedincome products and the related risk management. It was in April 1999 that Matsumoto jointly established (the former) Monex, Inc. with Sony Corporation. In August 2004, Matsumoto become the Representative Director and CEO of the Company (former name: Monex Beans Holdings, Inc.) upon its formation through management integration of Monex, Inc. and Nikko Beans Inc. He was named the Representative Director, Chairman and CEO of the Company in February 2011 and then assumed his current position in June 2013.

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Investment focus

  • Information Technology, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Angel, Seed, Series A
  • Japan, Taiwan, Australia

Portfolio highlights

  • Toposware — From pioneering cryptographic research to engineering global-scale distributed systems technologies, Toposware is committed to solving the hardest problems to advance open internet standards.
  • WATASHIHA — WATASHIHA is a communication company.
  • Space Walker — SPACE WALKER specializes in design, manufacture and sale of peripheral components.
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Kunihiro Tanaka
Angel · Osaka, Osaka, Japan · 1 investment in the past 12 months

Kunihiro Tanaka is a President/CEO of Sakura Internet Inc.

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Investment focus

  • Art, Baby, Gaming
  • Seed, Funding Round, Angel
  • Japan

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.
  • Stayway — Stayway is operating the world's largest hotel and vacation facility search and comparison site.
  • Cloudbase — Cloudbase is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of cloud services and management.
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Cheng Tao
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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

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Investment focus

  • Telecommunications, Content, Internet
  • Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Japan

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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Mizuki Inoue
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Mizuki Inoue - Director @ Kudan

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Investment focus

  • CRM, Finance, Security
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • Kudan — Kudan has been providing proprietary Artificial Perception technologies based on SLAM to enable use cases with significant market potential and impact on our lives such as autonomous driving, robotics, AR/VR and smart cities
  • G-Next — G NEXT is an Information Technology based company.
  • earlyworks — Earlyworks Co., Ltd. provides blockchain technology solutions. The Company develops hybrid blockchain product that is fast and secure. Earlyworks offers software and system development, consulting, and security solution services.
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