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Top 50 Financial Services Angel Investors in Japan in May 2025

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

Top 50 Financial Services Angel Investors in Japan in May 2025

Investor Financial Services Japan investments
Nobuhiro Ariyasu 7
Kotaro Chiba 7
Kotaro Chiba 7
Yusuke Sato 5
Shintaro Yamada 4
Yu Akasaka 4
Kensuke Furukawa 4
Ayataro Nakagawa 4
Fumiaki Koizumi 3
Yoshinori Fukushima 3
Kazuma Ieiri 3
Masaru Sunagawa 3
Hidetoshi Takano 3
Masao Ito 3
Shunsuke Oyu 3
Komura Fujio 2
Shuichi Takenaga 2
Osamu Ogasawara 2
Yosuke Tsuji 2
Yuzuru Honda 2
Daisuke Yanagisawa 2
Daisaku Harada 2
Yuichi Kawasaki 2
Jun Nishikawa 2
Chihiro Asano 2
Sagehashi Yuki 2
Yusuke Tanaka 2
Yusuke Asakura 2
Ryota Matsuzaki 2
Hirofumi Miki 2
Takeshi Natsuno 2
Yusuke Mitsumoto 2
Jay Zaveri 1
Yusuke Narita 1
Takanori Katagiri 1
Shintaro Tabata 1
Naoki Aoyagi 1
Mamoru Taniya 1
Richard Chen 1
Kashimura Yu 1
Gaku Saito 1
Shinichi Iwata 1
Tomohiro Kinoshita 1
Mera Kosuke 1
Nishiki Takashi 1
Kazuhiko Ishikura 1
Myung Won Raymond Jung 1
Tomoyuki Kizaki 1
Masahiro Suda 1
Ogawa Ryo 1
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Nobuhiro Ariyasu Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.
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Investment focus
  • Finance, Internet, Content
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Japan, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
  • PICK — PICK is a startup that provides a digital transformation platform for the real estate and construction industries.
  • Conoris Technologies — Conoris Technologies is a staffing agency that offers security check support services for companies.
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
  • Information Technology, Content, Internet
  • 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.
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
  • Information Technology, Drones, Software
  • 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.
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.
Shintaro Yamada Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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, Information Technology
  • Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Japan, United States, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
  • Autify — AI software testing company aimed at solving the challenges associated with automation testing. We are passionate about making software testing faster and easier, empowering companies to release faster and keep their applications stable.
  • 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.
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
  • Food and Beverage, Content, Internet
  • 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.
Kensuke Furukawa Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months
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, Social Media, Media and Entertainment
  • Seed, Funding Round, Angel
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
  • Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services.
  • Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
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.
Fumiaki Koizumi Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Fumiaki Koizumi - Executive Director @ Mercari
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Investment focus
  • Internet, E-Commerce, Content
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
  • 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.
Yoshinori Fukushima Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Yoshinori Fukushima - CEO @ LayerX
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Investment focus
  • Internet, Marketing, Media and Entertainment
  • Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Japan, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • 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.
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, Recruiting
  • 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.
Masaru Sunagawa Angel
After joining Mitsubishi Corporation, he studied at Harvard Business School. After graduating, he joined Globespan Capital Partners, an independent United States VC, and worked as a director of investment. He started LocationValue after the company's representative in Japan. Joined Google after selling the company to NTT DOCOMO. He served asDirector of Product Development for Google Maps and General Manager for Android. He left Google in February 2018 and started Smartround Co., Ltd. in May.
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Investment focus
  • Artificial Intelligence, SNS, Music
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Flyle — Flyle provides a cloud based platform for product management helping customers to improve productivity & creativity in product development.
  • Sustainable Lab — SusLab is a data bank that uses AI technology to support SDG and ESG development goals and investments.
  • Paytner — yup is providing services to support freelance people's funding.The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation where problemssuch as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated.
Hidetoshi Takano Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months
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, Human Resources
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
  • D-Chain — D-Chain offers services related to IT development and production in the Web3 and Web2 fields.
  • Rayout — Rayout is a business consulting company that provides creative content development, recruitment videos, and web production services.
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.
Shunsuke Oyu Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months
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
  • Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation 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.
  • Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
Komura Fujio Angel
Komura Fujio
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Investment focus
  • Content, Ethereum, Marketing
  • Seed, Angel
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Ginkan — GINKAN is the managing company of SynchroLife, the world's first restaurant recommendation platform where users and can earn cryptocurrency token rewards for dining out and posting restaurant reviews. GINKAN was selected for Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 in the fintech category and we won for best domestic fintech company and won the audienceaward at the Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 EXPO (Demo Day) in September 2018.GINKAN was also selected for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s MUFG Digital Accelerator’s Batch 4 and won the Grand Prix, Audience Award, and AWS Award in a triple win on their demo day on July 26, 2019.
Shuichi Takenaga Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Takenaga Shuuichi is an individual investor.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Management Consulting, Marketing
  • 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.
Osamu Ogasawara Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Osamu Ogasahara is the founder, CEO, and president of FGN ABBA Lab.
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Investment focus
  • SNS, Content, Fashion
  • Angel, Funding Round
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • CAMPFIRE — Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over700,000 people.
Yosuke Tsuji Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Yosuke Tsuji is Founder & CEO at Money Forward
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Accounting
  • Seed, Angel, Series E
  • Japan, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
  • Tebiki — Tebiki is a company which is Development of on-site support system for industries.
  • Money Forward — Money Forward provides online personal accounting for individuals, allowing them to easily manage their daily expenses by integrating with their bank passbooks and credit purchase history with information scraped from their web bank and credit accounts. The service is also available for desktop, as well as iOS and Android platforms. The companyalso announced that it will launch a cloud-based accounting service for individual and corporate users, and it will also start publishing an online newsletter.
  • onlyone travel — Only One is a travel agency specialized in Latin American destinations run by Japanese managers.
Yuzuru Honda Angel
Yuzuru Honda is a Founder & Global CEO of FreakOut.
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Investment focus
  • SNS, Internet, Software
  • Seed, Funding Round, Angel
  • Japan, Nigeria, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • NodeFlair — NodeFlair aims to help tech talents make better career decisions through jobs, salaries, reviews, company insights, and more
  • AGRI SMILE — AGRI SMILE is a platform that focuses on sharing agricultural technology.
  • Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
Daisuke Yanagisawa Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Daisuke Yanagisawa - Founder & CEO @ KAYAC
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Investment focus
  • Finance, Financial Services, Small and Medium Businesses
  • Seed, Angel
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Hakki Africa — HAKKI AFRICA provides microfinance services for SMEs.
Daisaku Harada Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Daisaku Harada is the Director of Management Strategy at Mercari. Daisaku attended Chuo University.
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Investment focus
  • Finance, Tourism, Automotive
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Carstay — Carstay Comfortable Overnight in car or tentdo itCar tripWith guests who want to enjoy.
Yuichi Kawasaki Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in the past 12 months
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.
Jun Nishikawa Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Jun Nishikawa - Co-founder, Executive Vice President, COO @ Eureka
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Investment focus
  • Food and Beverage, Media and Entertainment, Mobile
  • 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.
Chihiro Asano Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Chief Technology Officer at Money Forward.
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Investment focus
  • Content, Legal, FinTech
  • Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • HERP — HERP is a recruitment management platform.
  • Issues — Issues provides development and management of web service issues that solve the problems.
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
Sagehashi Yuki Angel
Sagehashi Yuki
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Investment focus
  • Content, FinTech, Finance
  • Angel, Seed
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • DariaMe — DariaMe is a web media planning, development and operation, planning and production of various contents, online consultation service.
  • BrainCat — BrainCat is a Japanese company that specializes in developing FinTech platforms. It has developed a social fund service “Gojo”. BrainCat was established on June 29, 2016.
  • Kepple — Kepple Accounting is a start-up accounting and tax services.
Yusuke Tanaka Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
"Shin"ichiro joined Yahoo Japan in April 2013. From July 2013, he joined YJ Capital. He has served as COO of YJ Capital since January 2015. Prior to Yahoo! Japan, Shin was General Director of Dream Incubator Vietnam from 2007 to 2012, managing US$50 million private equity funds in Vietnam. He was formerly a Project Manager at DreamIncubator Japan. He started his career at Future Architect as a system engineer.Shin received his bachelor's degree in Policy Management from Keio University.
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Investment focus
  • Tourism, Consulting, E-Commerce
  • Seed
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • TakeMe Co., Ltd. — TakeMe aims to provide an “One-stop Inbound destination service” by enabling tourist to easily find, communicate with, and pay with smartphones via QR code at In-Travel destinations. TakeMe, is the country’s largest inbound service platform in Japan, which lets tourists find, communicate with, and pay with QR code at our affiliated shops,restaurants and tourist attractions. Since our launch in 2015 as JapanFoodie, we have expanded our merchant base to tens of thousands beyond food and restaurants, to include travel, lodging, shopping and events, providing every tourist with the best experience as your best local guide and friend.
Yusuke Asakura Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Yusuke Asakura is an entrepreneur, a businessman, a venture investor, a scholar and the co-founder of Signifiant Inc. At Signifiant, Yusuke manages a ¥20 billion growth fund “THE FUND” aimed at growth-stage startups.
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Investment focus
  • Finance, B2B, Health Care
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Siiibo — Siiibo is a developer of an information platform intended to help private investors and companies to issue and purchase private bonds easily. The company's platform is creating a free, transparent, and fair direct finance that provides opportunities for an advisory to companies, such as support for diversification of funding using smallprivate placement bonds, and for building relationships with investors, enabling the private investors to get familiar with the issuance of corporate bonds.
  • 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.
  • OVERFLOW — OVERFLOW provides consulting and recruitment services.
Ryota Matsuzaki Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Ryota Matsuzaki - CEO and Founder @ Kibidango, Inc.
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Investment focus
  • Marketing, Financial Services, Finance
  • Seed, Funding Round, Angel
  • Japan, France, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Skimlinks — Skimlinks is the leading commerce content monetization platform. Its technology automatically monetizes product links in commerce-related content.
  • MV.Health — MysteryVibe offers the most advanced & award winning smart sex toys for men, women & couples that elevates their sexual health and wellbeing.
  • HCVC — HCVC is an early-stage Venture Capital firm backing hardtech companies worldwide. Beyond its fund, HCVC supports hardtech founders through Hardware Club, a selective global community of 500+ startups with dedicated resources, partnerships and events.
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, Marketing, Internet
  • 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.
Takeshi Natsuno Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Mr. Takeshi Natsuno serves as the Chairman of Japan Operations at Great Wall Club. Mr. Natsuno is a Professor of KEIO University. He served as a General Manager of Consumer Services Division and Manager of Distribution Platform Business Development Division at Pia Corporation since April 2012 and served as its Chief of Sales Promotion Bureau sinceApril 2010. He joined DoCoMo in 1997. He served as the Managing Director of Multimedia Services, Products & Services Division for NTT DoCoMo Inc. until June 23, 2009 and served as its General Manager of i-Mode Planning Division since July 2001, Senior Vice President from June 21, 2005 to June 23, 2009, Executive Officer and General Manager Multimedia Service Division since June 2005. At NTT DoCoMo, he developed the business strategy of all of NTT DoCoMo’s multimedia-related services, including i-mode strategic alliances with global application/content providers and key Internet players. He served as Vice President of Hyper Net Co., Ltd. since June 1996. He started his career with Tokyo Gas. He held key executive positions with HyperNet. He has been a Director of Dwango Co. Ltd., since December 1, 2008. He has been a Outside Director at Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. since June 2008. He has been a Director at Pia Corporation since April 2010. He serves as a Director of D.L.E Co. Ltd. He has been a Director of Gree, Inc. since September 2009 and Trans Cosmos, Inc. since 2008. He serves as a Director of GREE Ventures, Inc. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Great Wall Club. He served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of SBI Holdings Inc. from June 27, 2008 to June 28, 2012. He served as a Director of Hyper Net Co., Ltd. since June 1996. He is the Author of i-mode Strategy, published in 2000, a la i-mode, published in 2002, Keitai-no-Mirai, published in 2006, Iccho-yen kaseida otokono shigotojutu, and Google ni izonshi Amazon wo maneru bakakigyou published in 2009. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Economics from Waseda University, Japan in 1988 and an Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1995.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, Music, Venture Capital
  • Angel, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • ZUU — ZUU is a Japan-based company that supports financial advisors with related consultancies and manages monetary websites. It also supports the asset management and asset advisor business of executives with finance and IT.
  • Zuu Online — ZUU online is a Tokyo-based financial media which provides original insights on financial market news,the latest business trend and personal finance advice
  • Confidence — Confidence ensures that the entertainment industry's cutting-edge manufacturers will be able to fulfil their objectives in the future.
Yusuke Mitsumoto Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Yusuke Mitsumoto is the founder of Cash.
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Investment focus
  • Internet, Consulting, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Angel, Series C
  • Japan, United States
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.
Jay Zaveri Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
Jay Zaveri has been serving Social Capital as a partner since November 2015. He also founded CloudOn and Future Thought Productions.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United States, Japan, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Cleerly — Cleerly is a healthcare company whose mission is to create digital care pathways to prevent heart attacks. The company develops a new standard for coronary artery disease by integrating quality clinical science with the latest-generation AI, in order to offer actionable clinical insights to every stakeholder in the heart care pathway.Throughthese data-driven solutions, the company aims to provide a comprehensive solution for cardiovascular disease evaluation that offers value to the healthcare system and improves heart health for patients at risk of heart attacks.
  • BitClout — BitClout is a platform owned by its users. Bitcoin is decentralizing money, BitClout is decentralizing social media.
  • Kingdom Supercultures — Kingdom Supercultures create microbial cultures that help food manufacturers to create new foods with boosted benefits. It re-assembles nature's microbes into new combinations, creating plant-based foods that taste like dairy, low-alcohol beverages with full flavor, and natural preservatives that work as well as artificial ones.They workwith clients across diverse industries including food, beverage, personal care, beauty, and more. Their technology comprises an expansive biobank of GRAS microbial strains, high-resolution strain characterization, and new algorithms for predicting and assembling microbial communities.
Yusuke Narita Angel
Yusuke Narita is the Assistant Professor/Representative Director of at Yale University/Half-Made Virtual.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Financial Services
  • Seed
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Trailblaze Asset Management — Trailblaze Asset Management is the Innovation-Fueled Alternative Asset Management Firm Specializing in Litigation Finance. We aim to pioneer a new form of asset management through the utilization of technology, working towards the realization of a society where all individuals have equal access to the legal system with a minimum level of risk.
Takanori Katagiri Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Takanori Katagiri is the CEO at Pixiv Technologies.
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Investment focus
  • SNS, SaaS, Billing
  • Seed
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Alp — Alp is a customer management and recurring billing system for all of subscription business.
  • alu Japan — alu is providing service to enjoy more manga.
Shintaro Tabata Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Shintaro Tabata - Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Sales @ Line
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Investment focus
  • Sharing Economy, Audio, Content
  • Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Japan
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.
  • Carstay — Carstay Comfortable Overnight in car or tentdo itCar tripWith guests who want to enjoy.
  • Telework — Telework is a multi-location workspace that utilizes vacant seats and rooms.
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
  • Internet, Fashion, 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.
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.
Richard Chen Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Richard Chen
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • United States, Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Farel — Say farewell to piecing together different vendors, integrations, and clunky software. Farel delivers one seamless, all-in-one, software platform engineered for growing airlines.
  • Maslo — We make companions that care about people.
  • Kinnek — Potential customers are looking for reasons to trust your company, and they want third-party sources to vouch for you. Kinnek helps suppliers like you build a world-class online reputation and easily share it. Because when you win more trust, more prospects become loyal customers.
Kashimura Yu Angel
Kashimura Yu
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Investment focus
  • Real Estate, Asset Management, Internet of Things
  • Seed
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • TASUKI Corporation — TASUKI TECH is a SaaS-based real estate value distribution platform for real estate developers. It serves as a life platformer, connecting "people to people" and "people to the future" around the world. Tasuki IoT residence, Tasuki funds, Tasuki tech, DX consulting, and Tasuki incubation fund are some of their services.
Gaku Saito Angel
Graduated from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Engineering , Graduate School of Engineering 2007 Graduated from the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Engineering April 2007 Joined Goldman Sachs Securities. He is engaged in a variety of investments, from non-performing loan investment, private equity investment, real estate investment toship investment, in the strategic investment department, which is a proprietary investment team. May 2010 Moved to Goldman Sachs Investment Partners to become an investor at his own discretion. Participate in a global hedge fund with total assets of over 800 billion yen, and as a hedge fund manager, invest and manage up to 80 billion portfolios in stocks, bonds, foreign exchange, interest rates, CDS, derivatives, loans, etc. February 2019 Appointed Cryptact Co., Ltd.
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Investment focus
  • Finance, Cryptocurrency, Asset Management
  • Seed
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Gaia Japan — Gaia is a Financial based Company
Shinichi Iwata Angel
Shinichi Iwata is a outside Director at SETE MARES.
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Investment focus
  • Apps, Events, Finance
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • oVice — oVice is a virtual spatial platform that allows people to gather in one place, move, talk, and collaborate freely as avatars. With the mission of “maximizing effective online communication”, oVice develops and provides lifelike features that offer users a close-to-reality interactive online experience. Featuring customization, you can change thelayout to match the theme of your usage, build lockable rooms, place down static objects, and more!Use it as a remote office, an event venue, an academic conference hall, and even a space for parties!
  • Quatre — Quatre is a planning, operation and sales of all real promotion platform air catalog.
  • BoostIO — MAISIN&CO makes meetings efficient. MAISIN&CO was founded in 2014.
Tomohiro Kinoshita Angel · Suita, Osaka, Japan
Tomohiro Kinoshita - President @ Campanio
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Investment focus
  • Finance, Asset Management, Financial Services
  • Seed
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • WhatzMoney — WhatzMoney is to realize the best choice of money for everyone from his previous work experience in banking.
Mera Kosuke Angel
Mera Kosuke
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Investment focus
  • Real Estate, Asset Management, Internet of Things
  • Seed
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • TASUKI Corporation — TASUKI TECH is a SaaS-based real estate value distribution platform for real estate developers. It serves as a life platformer, connecting "people to people" and "people to the future" around the world. Tasuki IoT residence, Tasuki funds, Tasuki tech, DX consulting, and Tasuki incubation fund are some of their services.
Nishiki Takashi Angel
Nishiki Takashi - Outside Director @ aucfan Co.,Ltd.
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Investment focus
  • Content, Education, Social Media
  • Angel
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Kepple — Kepple Accounting is a start-up accounting and tax services.
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.
Myung Won Raymond Jung Angel
Myung Won Raymond Jung is an angel Investor.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Trading Platform, Financial Services
  • Funding Round
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Woodstock — Woodstock is an investment app that allows to invest in US stocks.
Tomoyuki Kizaki Angel
Mr. Tomoyuki Kizaki serves as Partner & Board Member at iUZ Investment.
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Investment focus
  • Apps, Finance, Personal Finance
  • Seed
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Givearth — Givearth app enable users to make donations just by carrying out their daily shopping and consumption activities.
Masahiro Suda Angel
Masahiro Suda - Chief Executive Officer @ Enigmo
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Investment focus
  • Parking, Automotive, Reservations
  • Corporate Round
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Akippa — Akippa is a Osaka based parking space reservation app company.
  • Givearth — Givearth app enable users to make donations just by carrying out their daily shopping and consumption activities.
Ogawa Ryo Angel · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Ogawa Ryo - CEO @ Timee
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Investment focus
  • Apps, Social, Finance
  • Seed
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
  • Givearth — Givearth app enable users to make donations just by carrying out their daily shopping and consumption activities.
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