# AG Capital

> AG Capital is a VC fund in Shiba backing Finance and Internet. See 49 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shiba, Japan
- Total investments: 49
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 2%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.nf-partners.co.jp/

AG Capital is an investment firm that provides investment and property management solutions for middle-size businesses. The company was founded on December 12, 1985 and its headquarters are located in Minato-ku, Tokyo.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$71M |
| Series A | $1.9M–$57M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 9 | 18% |
| Internet | 7 | 14% |
| Software | 7 | 14% |
| SaaS | 5 | 10% |
| FinTech | 5 | 10% |

89 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 11 | 22% |
| Funding Round | 9 | 18% |
| Seed | 8 | 16% |
| Series C | 7 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 6 | 12% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hiroshi Hanyu | Minister of Investment Management | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroshi-hanyu |
| Taku Sameshima | President & CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taku-sameshima |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KAUCHE | KAUCHE is a discovery-based e-commerce model where friends and family can “discover” and purchase daily sale items together. They provide services for online retail shops. KAUCHE is committed in creating an exciting shopping experience for both customers and partners who want to sell products. | $2.6M | Series C | Jun 24, 2025 |  |
| Mento | UGOKU is a provider of management of personal coaching service. | $11.3M | Series B | Apr 16, 2025 |  |
| Unito | Unito is a hospitality firm that offers lodging and accommodation facilities. | $7M | Series D | Apr 10, 2025 |  |
| Stack | Stack is the developer and provider of the SaaS-based retail mission-critical system. |  | Series A | Feb 07, 2025 |  |
| Chipee | Chipee is a social networking platform that enables its users to send digital gratitude in the form of chips. | $1M | Seed | Aug 29, 2024 |  |
| JPYC | JPYC is a financial institution that issues the community stablecoin JPYC, which is pegged to the yen of Japanese. They want to create a society where everyone can develop by fusing the real world with the world of cryptocurrencies and increasing the liquidity of capital to achieve their goal of overcoming the social conundrum. It will promotecapital's liquidity and create an environment that helps in development for all. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 23, 2024 |  |
| Sharing Energy | Sharing Energy is providing energy supply and energy management services. | $25.9M | Series B | Apr 18, 2024 |  |
| Social Interior | subsclife is a Furniture design platform. | $16.5M | Series D | Jan 11, 2024 |  |
| BitStar | BitStar is the EnterTech company that accelerates the growth of video creators and content with our proprietary data and technology. |  |  | Oct 25, 2023 |  |
| Alt | Alt is an AI technology company that develops “Personal Artificial Intelligence” systems. Their product suite includes AI GIJIROKU (automatic transcription), altBrain, CLONEdev, altTalk, and the EMETH GPU Pool infrastructure. They also offer enterprise AI solutions and cloud infrastructure for data storage and processing. | $269.3M |  | Sep 19, 2023 |  |

10 of 49 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does AG Capital invest in?

AG Capital invests primarily in Finance, Internet and Software startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 49 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is AG Capital's check size?

AG Capital typically joins rounds of $1M–$71M at Seed and $1.9M–$57M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds AG Capital participates in.

### How do I contact AG Capital?

Public channels for AG Capital include the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at AG Capital?

The team at AG Capital includes Hiroshi Hanyu (Minister of Investment Management) and Taku Sameshima (President & CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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