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Top 50 FinTech Angel Investors in Japan (June 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Japan FinTech startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan FinTech startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Angel round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel
8 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Finance, Content, Internet $420k–$354M
Kotaro Chiba
Angel
7 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Internet, Drones, Travel $700k–$213M
Yusuke Sato
Angel
5 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Angel Content, Internet, Food and Beverage $320k–$43M
Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel
5 Japan, Hong Kong, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Software, Content $425k–$28M
Yu Akasaka
Angel
4 Japan, Australia, Hong Kong Seed, Angel Content, Food and Beverage, Apps $425k–$68M
Kensuke Furukawa
Angel
4 Japan Seed, Angel Content, SNS, Software $497k–$41M
Yoshinori Fukushima
Angel
3 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Internet, Software, Marketing $2.5M–$1B
Masao Ito
Angel
3 Japan Seed, Series A, Angel Content, Social Media, Information Technology $1.4M–$18M
Kazuma Ieiri
Angel
3 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Content, Fashion, FinTech $380k–$47M
Shintaro Yamada
Angel
3 Japan, United States, Kenya Seed, Angel Internet, Finance, Content $320k–$28M
Shunsuke Oyu
Angel
3 Japan, Singapore, United States Seed, Angel Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment $320k–$33M
Fumiaki Koizumi
Angel
3 Japan Seed, Series A Internet, E-Commerce, Information Technology $6.9M–$73M
Hidetoshi Takano
Angel
3 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Information Technology, Content $4.3M–$30M
Masaru Sunagawa
Angel
3 Japan Seed, Angel Artificial Intelligence, SNS, Music $9.2M–$18M
Hirofumi Miki
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Content, Internet, Software $2.8M–$16M
Jun Nishikawa
Angel
2 Japan, United States Seed, Series A, Angel Food and Beverage, Mobile, Content $968k–$326M
Takeshi Natsuno
Angel
2 Japan, United States Angel, Series A Financial Services, Music, Events $1.7M–$15M
Komura Fujio
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Content, Ethereum, Marketing
Yuichi Kawasaki
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Apps, Finance, Internet $1.4M–$45M
Yosuke Tsuji
Angel
2 Japan, Indonesia Seed, Angel Software, Accounting, Information Technology $14M–$43M
Ryota Matsuzaki
Angel
2 Japan, France, United States Seed, Angel Marketing, Finance, Internet $1.3M–$14M
Kazutaka Muraguchi
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Blockchain, Financial Services
Yuji Akaba
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Financial Services, Finance, Automotive
Naoki Aoyagi
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Fashion, Internet, Software $1.3M–$74M
Yusuke Tanaka
Angel
2 Japan Seed Tourism, Consulting, E-Commerce $16M–$18M
Yusuke Asakura
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Series A Information Technology, Medical, Software $389k–$68M
Daisaku Harada
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed Finance, Tourism, Automotive
Yusuke Mitsumoto
Angel
2 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Series C Internet, Consulting, Financial Services $7.1M–$326M
Daisuke Yanagisawa
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Finance, Financial Services, Small and Medium Businesses
Shuichi Takenaga
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Marketing, Financial Services, Management Consulting $1.2M–$62M
Osamu Ogasawara
Angel
2 Japan Angel SNS, Content, Fashion
Kazumasa Tomita
Angel
2 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech $750k–$11M
Sagehashi Yuki
Angel
2 Japan Angel, Seed Content, FinTech, Finance
Chihiro Asano
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Content, Legal, FinTech $733k–$48M
Takanori Katagiri
Angel
1 Japan Seed SNS, SaaS, Billing
Kota Higashihata
Angel
1 Japan Series A Advertising, Local Advertising, Affiliate Marketing
Shinichi Iwata
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series A Apps, Events, Finance
Amin Azumude
Angel
1 Japan Seed Finance, Cryptocurrency, Asset Management
Toshiro Wakimaru
Angel
1 Japan, India Seed Task Management, Food and Beverage, SNS
Tomohiro Kinoshita
Angel
1 Japan Seed Finance, Asset Management, Financial Services
Koki Yabu
Angel
1 Japan Angel, Pre-Seed Content, Finance, Data Mining
Fuyuki Fujiwara
Angel
1 Japan FinTech, Trading Platform, Financial Services
Mamoru Taniya
Angel
1 Japan, Singapore, Spain Seed, Series A Apps, Content, FinTech
Kevin Ryan
Angel
1 United States, Japan, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Real Estate, Software, Health Care
Yuzuru Honda
Angel
1 Japan, Nigeria, Singapore Seed, Angel Information Technology, SNS, Internet
Hironari Umino
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series A Apps, Beauty, Incubators
John Tan
Angel
1 Singapore, United States, Japan Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Internet, Travel
Ryan Collins
Angel
1 Singapore, United Kingdom, India Series A, Seed, Series B Financial Services, FinTech, Health Care $2.2M–$65M
Teruhide Sato
Angel
1 India, Japan, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Internet, Apps $360k–$17M
Daisuke Takanashi
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel SNS, Content, Finance $3.4M–$9.7M
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Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 8 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 51
  • Round size: Seed $973k–$70M; Angel $420k–$7.1M; Series A $1.3M–$354M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Grafto
  • 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.
  • OPERA TECH
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan FinTech startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Drones, Travel
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 65
  • Round size: Seed $700k–$43M; Series A $13M–$213M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
  • ELESTYLE — ELESTYLE are promoting mobile payments and providing high value-added services for users to realize a cashless society.
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
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Yusuke Sato
Angel · 5 investments in Japan FinTech startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Internet, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 59
  • Round size: Seed $3.6M–$43M; Angel $320k–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
  • 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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Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel · 5 investments in Japan FinTech startups

2011 At university, participated in the founding period as a director of Atcole Co., Ltd., and started the web service experience.2012 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd., which operates a curation platform for women "MERY" .2014 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd. Sold to DeNA 2015 Jointly established Tokyo Founders Fund as an angel investor and startedinvesting in startups in Japan and overseas 2019 Appointed outside director of FIREBUG Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$28M; Angel $425k–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mepple — Mepple is planning, developing, and operating internet services.
  • For you — For you is a comprehensive Advertising agency business specializing in SNS.
  • SPORTS CROWN — SPORTS CROWN engages in the development and operation of fantasy sports.
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Yu Akasaka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan FinTech startups

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

  • Industry: Content, Food and Beverage, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Australia, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $4.3M–$68M; Angel $425k–$7.4M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

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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Kensuke Furukawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan FinTech startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $497k–$41M; Angel $1M–$7.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
  • 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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Yoshinori Fukushima
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Yoshinori Fukushima - CEO @ LayerX

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $3.5M–$225M; Angel $7.1M–$11M; Series A $2.5M–$1B
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Manabie — Manabie is an Education Technology start-up company on a mission to provide a new style of online & offline merged learning around the world. We provide students with everything they need for efficient learning; high-quality learning materials, great learning environments, personal coaches and more! We believe that our new method of learning,integrating online and offline will dramatically innovate the way students learn.
  • Enechain — enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy.
  • Media Aid — Media Aid is an advertising agency that provides recruitment, marketing, web creation, and SNS management services
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Masao Ito
Angel · 3 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Masao Ito is a Founder & CEO at User Local.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Social Media, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$18M; Series A $12M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Illusil — Illusil is a service that makes it easier for anyone to generate slide materials and reduces the amount of time needed to do it. Additionally, presentations can be automatically generated from text input by AI, and over 1,000 design templates can be used to build original slides.
  • Alyaum — Aryaum supports "regional revitalization through NFT" by offering local governments all around the nation hometown tax and tourism NFT solutions.
  • 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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Kazuma Ieiri
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan FinTech startups

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

  • Industry: Content, Fashion, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $380k–$41M; Angel $1M–$7.4M; Series A $3.5M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

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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Shintaro Yamada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan FinTech startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$28M; Angel $320k–$3.7M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AssetHub — AssetHub is an AI-powered 3D modeling tool that enables game developers to create and edit 3D assets 100 times faster, enabling mass production of content and combining AI with manual work, enabling faster prototyping and editing.
  • Peach Cars — Buy or sell your car in Nairobi-Kenya with ease. Browse a wide range of vehicles, connect with trusted sellers, and find the perfect car today. Simple, fast, and secure transactions.
  • AnotherBall — AnotherBall is a blockchain startup that combines entertainment and blockchain.
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Shunsuke Oyu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan FinTech startups

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

  • Industry: Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $320k–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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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Fumiaki Koizumi
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Fumiaki Koizumi - Executive Director @ Mercari

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $6.9M–$68M; Series A $62M–$73M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

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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Hidetoshi Takano
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Joined Intelligence in 1999. Established Key Players Inc. in 2005. Consultation with more than 3,000 managers and career counseling for more than 10,000 individuals. In addition, we have invested in more than 55 outside directors, advisors and angels in Silicon Valley and Bangladesh in Japan. Over 100 lectures on careers, entrepreneurship andstartups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $5.7M–$21M; Angel $4.3M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

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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Masaru Sunagawa
Angel · 3 investments in Japan FinTech startups

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

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, SNS, Music
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $9.2M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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.
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Hirofumi Miki
Angel · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 2 investments in Japan FinTech startups

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

  • Industry: Content, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $2.8M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AceRNA Technologies — AceRNA contributes to regenerative medicine and drug discovery through the discovery of novel miRNA functions. It began operation in April 2018, with its headquarters in Kyoto in Japan.
  • Epicbase — Epicbase is an AI-based automatic voice transcription service based on voice recognition technology.
  • Flagellin — Flagellin is a pharmaceutical and medical industry.Development and sales of SaaS that supports sales and marketing of database and analysis services in the pharmaceutical and medical industries
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Jun Nishikawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan FinTech startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Mobile, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $968k–$326M; Angel $2.8M–$8.5M; Series A $15M–$71M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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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Takeshi Natsuno
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan FinTech startups

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

  • Industry: Financial Services, Music, Events
  • Stage:Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Angel $1.7M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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.
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Komura Fujio
Angel · 2 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Komura Fujio

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Ethereum, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ginkan — GINKAN is the managing company of SynchroLife, the world's first restaurant recommendation platform where users and can earn cryptocurrency token rewards for dining out and posting restaurant reviews. GINKAN was selected for Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 in the fintech category and we won for best domestic fintech company and won the audienceaward at the Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 EXPO (Demo Day) in September 2018.GINKAN was also selected for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s MUFG Digital Accelerator’s Batch 4 and won the Grand Prix, Audience Award, and AWS Award in a triple win on their demo day on July 26, 2019.
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Yuichi Kawasaki
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan FinTech startups

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

  • Industry: Apps, Finance, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $21M–$45M; Angel $1.4M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Blankr — Blankr inc has developed an application called Raidli. Using the app, Vtubers can hold a virtual handshake event.
  • G-Next — G NEXT is an Information Technology based company.
  • Perpetuals.com (Formerly Earlyworks) — Earlyworks Co., Ltd. provides blockchain technology solutions. The Company develops hybrid blockchain product that is fast and secure. Earlyworks offers software and system development, consulting, and security solution services.
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Yosuke Tsuji
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Yosuke Tsuji is Founder & CEO at Money Forward

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Accounting, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $14M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

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.
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Ryota Matsuzaki
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Ryota Matsuzaki - CEO and Founder @ Kibidango, Inc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Marketing, Finance, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, France, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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.
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Kazutaka Muraguchi
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Kazutaka Muraguchi

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • warashibe — warashibe engages in the development and operation of blockchain-related products.
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  • Crypto asset market — Crypto asset market engages in the development of a trading market for settlement of trading value with crypto assets.
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Yuji Akaba
Angel · 2 investments in Japan FinTech startups

He was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Joined Komatsu after graduating from Tokyo University. He joined McKinsey after studying at Stanford University. Establishment of offices in Korea, management support of Zaibatsu, government support during financial crisis, etc. Established a breakthrough PARTNERS after McKinsey retirement to support thefounding of many ventures (current position). He participated in the founding of ZUU Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Automotive
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

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
  • Terra Motors — Terra Motors is an electric car manufacturing company that utilizes IoT and digitally connecting EV mobility. They develop the global enterprise for global warming. SEED48 is the first electronic motorcycles that have brilliant functionality such as the highest speed(40km/h)and practicality(40km/1charge) Their products are provided at thefamous electronic retail stores, do-it-yourself stores, bicycle stores, car stores, and gas stations. They achieve a dominant share of the electronic motorcycles market.In 2011, They would mainly focus on the south east Asian market.
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Naoki Aoyagi
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Japan FinTech startups

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

  • Industry: Fashion, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$11M; Series A $1.3M–$74M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Enechain — enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy.
  • Parallel — Parallel is the hangout app where you can enjoy games, videos, music, and more with friends.
  • Holmes — Holmesis a cloud contract system to consistently carry out the creation, conclusion and management of contracts in the cloud.
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Yusuke Tanaka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan FinTech startups

"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

  • Industry: Tourism, Consulting, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $16M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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.
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Yusuke Asakura
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan FinTech startups

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

  • Industry: Information Technology, Medical, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $389k–$50M; Series A $28M–$68M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

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.
  • Asobica — Play is enthusiasm.At one time, card games and Pokemon, which were addicted to childhood, were just enthusiasm for us.It's fun and exciting to forget the time when you're crazy.Let's make a sigh that can be such an enthusiasm. Create a product that produces enthusiasm. Enthusiasm to the world."Asobica Innovation to theworld"Asobica is a company that evolves boring things and old industries using technology and the power of the Internet (Asobica).
  • Overflow — OVERFLOW provides consulting and recruitment services.
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Daisaku Harada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Daisaku Harada is the Director of Management Strategy at Mercari. Daisaku attended Chuo University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Tourism, Automotive
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Carstay — Carstay Comfortable Overnight in car or tentdo itCar tripWith guests who want to enjoy.
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Yusuke Mitsumoto
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Yusuke Mitsumoto is the founder of Cash.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Consulting, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series C
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $7.1M–$48M; Series C $33M–$326M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

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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Daisuke Yanagisawa
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 2 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Daisuke Yanagisawa - Founder & CEO @ KAYAC

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Financial Services, Small and Medium Businesses
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Hakki Africa — HAKKI AFRICA provides microfinance services for SMEs.
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Shuichi Takenaga
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Takenaga Shuuichi is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$62M; Angel $14M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
  • Tagpic — Tagpic offers influencer marketing targeting services such as influencer casting, SNS branding, and talent production.
  • H&H Group Japan — H&H Holdingsis a Professional Services company.
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Osamu Ogasawara
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Osamu Ogasahara is the founder, CEO, and president of FGN ABBA Lab.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SNS, Content, Fashion
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

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.
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Kazumasa Tomita
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Kazumasa Tomita Started a social networking company in university, Kazumasa Tomita, a Japanese entrepreneur, is the founder and CEO of ZUU Co. Ltd.Upon graduation in 2006 from Hitotsubashi University.Tomita joined the business expansion department at Nomura Securities, one of the best financial institutions in Japan. He was a two times winner ofTop sales executive award within two years (2008 & 2009) and was also the youngest honoree in Nomura history.Thereupon he joined the private banking department and moved to Singapore and Thailand a year later. While in charge of asset management (10 billion yen) consultancy for ultra-high net worth individuals, Tomita also obtained a Master Science degree in Wealth Management at Singapore Management University in June 2011.In March 2013,Tomita resigned from Nomura Securities and started running ZUU Co. Ltd until now.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Flyle — Flyle provides a cloud based platform for product management helping customers to improve productivity & creativity in product development.
  • 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.
  • Spiking — Spiking, founded by Dr. Clemen Chiang, PhD. is the No. 1 stock market trading, cryptocurrency, options trading AI data platform for legal insider trading.
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Sagehashi Yuki
Angel · 2 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Sagehashi Yuki

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, FinTech, Finance
  • Stage:Angel, Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

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.
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Chihiro Asano
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Chief Technology Officer at Money Forward.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Legal, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $14M–$48M; Angel $733k–$3.2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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.
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Takanori Katagiri
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Takanori Katagiri is the CEO at Pixiv Technologies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SNS, SaaS, Billing
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

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.
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Kota Higashihata
Angel · 1 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Kota Higashihata is the member of Creative Director.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Advertising, Local Advertising, Affiliate Marketing
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • For you — For you is a comprehensive Advertising agency business specializing in SNS.
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Shinichi Iwata
Angel · 1 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Shinichi Iwata is a outside Director at SETE MARES.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Events, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • CareLink — CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare.
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Amin Azumude
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Amin Azumude is the Representative Director and Founder of Cryptact.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Cryptocurrency, Asset Management
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Gaia Japan — Gaia is a Financial based Company
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Toshiro Wakimaru
Angel · 1 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Toshiro “Tosh” Wakimaru is the Chief Operating Officer of MedPeer, Inc. , Tokyo, Japan since May 2010. Medpeer is the “Medical Doctor Exclusive” SNS in Japan that has just successfully gone to the market in 2014.Prior to the current job, Tosh had been actively working for Price Waterhouse Consulting, Japan LLP (now IBM Japan, Ltd.) aftergraduating from the Boston University School of Management in 1996. While there he completed numerous projects in corporate strategy, operation improvement, and new business development focusing on the retail, service, and healthcare industries with a secondment to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Task Management, Food and Beverage, SNS
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Clear — Clear, Inc. operates sake subscription service “SAKELIFE".
  • Cub McPaws — Buy comfortably fashionable kids clothes (4 - 12 years) online in India from Cub Mcpaws at best prices. Gorgeous dresses, jumpsuits, t-shirts, shirts & bottom wear for boys and girls | Free Shipping | COD
  • 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.
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Tomohiro Kinoshita
Angel · Suita, Osaka, Japan · 1 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Tomohiro Kinoshita - President @ Campanio

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Asset Management, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • WhatzMoney — WhatzMoney is to realize the best choice of money for everyone from his previous work experience in banking.
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Koki Yabu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Koki Yabu is Founder, President & CEO at Mobcast inc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Finance, Data Mining
  • Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Mobcast group — mobcast is a sports entertainment company that operates a mobile entertainment platform for smartphones and feature phones. It supports customers with social game and social media services. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. Currently, it operates as a subsidiary of mobcast Inc.
  • SmartApp Japan — Smart Apps is a developer of a blockchain services application designed for smartphones. The company's application uses cryptocurrency technology to offer token issuance, initial coin offering and dApps design support, providing a launchpad for start-up blockchain-related businesses.
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Fuyuki Fujiwara
Angel · 1 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Fuyuki Fujiwara is an angel Investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Trading Platform, Financial Services
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Woodstock — Woodstock is an investment app that allows to invest in US stocks.
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Mamoru Taniya
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 1 investments in Japan FinTech startups

After graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, he joined Solomon Brothers, where he became the youngest managing director in Asia, where he was in charge of Asian investment. After that, he created one of the largest independent Asuka assets. He also launched Japan's first independent online life insurance company,LifeNet Life Insurance, and inspired Japan's first International.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Content, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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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Kevin Ryan
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Kevin Ryan is the Founder and CEO of AlleyCorp. He previously worked at MongoDB as a Founder and Chairman. Kevin Ryan attended Yale University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Real Estate, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 36
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • OYE — From Latin America to the world, we’re building a community to make emotional wellness part of everyday life.
  • Everphone — Everphone is the clever way to equip your workforce with smartphones and tablets. It's flexible, safe and cost efficient. everphone reduces your costs while making employees happier and more productive.
  • Knock — Buy before you sell, for people who are buying and selling homes, we partner with their lenders and agents to provide cash flow and more certainty, convenience, and competitiveness. Partner with Knock Today!
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Yuzuru Honda
Angel · 1 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Yuzuru Honda is a Founder & Global CEO of FreakOut.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, SNS, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Nigeria, Singapore

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • IVA — IVA ensures the safety of the market towards the threat of counterfeit goods.
  • Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
  • ForCreators — ForCreators is a company operating the virtual talent agency ‘NEXAS', with the goal of globalizing Japan's world-class culture such as anime and VTubers.
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Hironari Umino
Angel · 1 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Hironari Umino - Chairman @ Increments

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Beauty, Incubators
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • emol — emol is an application that records emotions and talks with AI robots.emol provide personalized mental and productivity training based on mental data to promote employee well-being and increase employee engagement.
  • BoostIO — MAISIN&CO makes meetings efficient. MAISIN&CO was founded in 2014.
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John Tan
Angel · 1 investments in Japan FinTech startups

John Tan - Founder @ Controlled Commodity

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Travel
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Singapore, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Glints — Explore internships, graduate jobs & career development resources on Glints. Do what you love on our career discovery & development platform.
  • Voyagin — Voyagin is the tours and activities marketplace in Asia with a mission to help travelers discover and book the best travel experiences across Asia. Its website features over 1,800 things to do including tickets to museums and shows, cultural activities, romantic dinners, adventure experiences, and private guides bookable in English, Japanese, andChinese in over 50 destinations in Asia, in advance or in destination via its mobile optimized website. The Voyagin team believes that "travel in Asia is broken." Guests end up sightseeing because unique experiences are hard to find and insecure to book; hosts end up spending time and money on websites which are hard to update and mostly out of date. They also believe that an "experience is more than just an activity; it's about meeting people, trying something new and seeing the world from a different perspective." In hopes to differentiate themselves, they traveled around Asia to find and curate the best experiences and hosts.Launched in 2012, Voyagin provides a trusted platform for tours and activities providers (hosts) in Asia to list their experiences; its team of community managers work with each host to curate their activities both online and during the experience, ensuring their quality. Backed by its 100% satisfaction guarantee, multilingual customer support, and verified reviews from actual guests, Voyagin is the best place for travelers visiting Asia to discover and book their next local experience.Voyagin was founded in 2011 as FindJPN, a marketplace for authentic activities in Japan. FindJPN changed its name to Voyagin in December 2012 when they expanded into Asia.
  • Rocket Academy — Selective and comprehensive online software engineering bootcamp in Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia.
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Ryan Collins
Angel · 1 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Ryan Collins is the Founder & Managing Director of MassMutual Ventures Southeast Asia (MMV SEA) & he attended National University of Singapore in 2014.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Singapore, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$6.5M; Series A $3M–$25M; Series B $6M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 59% lead, 41% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Daye — Daye has set out to build a new brand for female health products “designed with women in mind.” The startup’s first product is a newly developed tampon that uses CBD to help tackle period cramps (or dysmenorrhea) as an alternative to traditional painkillers (CBD is the extract derived from the flower of the industrial hemp plant, a legal relativeto marijuana).
  • XUND — Answer the most important health questions with AI-powered technology from XUND. Medically certified and CE marked.
  • Paidy — Paidy is a software platform that allows consumers to buy online without a credit card or pre-registration. It is optimized for mobile and instant-checkout, Paidy allows consumers to buy online and does not require a credit card or pre-registration.Paidy's payment service allows users to make purchases online, and then pay for them eachmonth in a consolidated bill. The company uses proprietary technology to score creditworthiness, underwrite transactions and guarantee payment to merchants. Since many Japanese consumers prefer not to use credit cards for online payments, Paidy’s service can help vendors increase their conversion rates, average order values and repeat purchases.
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Teruhide Sato
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Teruhide Sato is President and Group CEO of netprice.com, Ltd., a global internet and e-commerce business incubator group (Tokyo Stock Exchange 3328). Lead the group to deliver the latest experience in online shopping across Japan, US, Europe and Asia. Strongly believe in the power of entrepreneurship.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: India, Japan, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $360k–$1.7M; Series A $2M–$8.5M; Series B $5.5M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Zilingo — Zilingo was founded in 2015 by Ankiti Bose and Dhruv Kapoor with a vision to use technology to put fair and efficient business within everyone’s reach. Up until now, the fashion industry has favored a select few - if you had social, human and financial capital, you could get anything done. But we believe the future of fashion belongs to everyone.By using smart, technology-led solutions to bridge the gap between creators and producers, we’re re-imagining the fashion industry to make it accessible, connected and transparent for all. Find out more on business.zilingo.com.
  • InnerChef — InnerChef is an Indian food tech company that offers a mobile app for online food discovery and delivery. It allows users to order their favorite dishes which can be delivered within 20 minutes. The company offers ready-to-eat meals, gourmets do-it-yourself recipe kits (InnerChef DIY gourmet), detox cleanses, and healthy eats (InnerChef+) as wellas decadent desserts (Indulge by InnerChef). InnerChef has beverages ranging from cold coffees to thick shakes to fruit juices, all freshly prepared. The company also operates Indulge, a hyperlocal dessert marketplace where home bakers and neighborhood bakeries can offer their products to customers.
  • Pipa.Bella — Pipa.Bella currently offers custom-made and ready-made fashion jewelry at affordable prices to over 40,000 customers across India through an innovative online platform and aims to reach to 1.5 lakh customers over the next twelve months. With few branded players in the fashion jewelry segment, Pipa.Bella aims to solve a pain point that many womenface while shopping for jewelry - branded jewelry is either overpriced with high mark-ups, or unbranded jewelry is cluttered and lacks any proper curation or style guidance. Pipa.Bella launches approximately 100 new styles every week that are all priced well between INR 500 - 3000. The demand for fashion jewellery has grown significantly in the last few years due to high prices of gold and silver and is estimated to be a $6 billion market. The brand has hit operational profitability in FY 17-18 and is aiming to be cash flow positive in the next twelve months. Pipa.Bella targets the 22-35-year-old urban woman who is fashion-conscious, social media savvy and is quick to adapt to latest trends. Pipa.Bella derives its name from two European words that describe the company's range of products and customers. A typical "Pipa" woman is bold, edgy and always ready to experiment and a typical "Bella" woman is a classicist, graceful, more conservative. The brand celebrates the different styles that exemplify these two aesthetics through its product range, which consist of earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings, sterling silver jewelry, charms, personalized jewelry, wedding jewelry Pipa.Bella is a recipient of the Google SMB Heroes 2017 Award, Top 25 Startups by Singapore's Javelin Startup-O Victory Fund, and Digital Women in E-Commerce 2017 Award by Shethepeople.tv. The brand has been worn on top Bollywood celebrities and has been featured in International fashion and business publications such as Vogue, Harpers, Femina, Grazia, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Economic Times, and Wall Street Journal.
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Daisuke Takanashi
Angel · 1 investments in Japan FinTech startups

Daisuke Takanashi is an angel investor.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $7.6M–$9.7M; Angel $3.4M–$3.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • VCook — VCook is a website for posting recipes that offer vegan food. They give users the ability to search for and save vegan recipes on VCook. They post and share vegan recipes with everyone.
  • Abentry — Abentry is engaged in the SNS business and media advertising business.
  • alma — alma is a community platform to learn design.
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FinTech Angel investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 129 deals from 170 investors.

170
investors
in Japan FinTech startups
129
deals
in Japan FinTech startups
$11M
median round
in Japan FinTech startups
6%
lead investors
lead at least one round
40%
Seed
most common funding stage

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