# Aizawa Securities

> Aizawa Securities is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Finance and Task Management. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Aug 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/aizawa1918
- Website: http://aizawa.co.jp

Aizawa Securities is an independent securities company with a business history of over 90 years. It was founded in 1918 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 2 | 50% |
| Task Management | 2 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Robotics | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 3 | 75% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shoichiro Kusumoto | Executive Officer Investment Department General Manager | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shoichiro-kusumoto |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ispace Technologies | Ispace Technologies is a space resource exploration company founded in 2013 to develop micro-robots that will locate the resources necessary to extend human life into outer space. Their main focus is to locate, extract, and deliver lunar ice to customers in cis-lunar space.Ispace manages the technological and business development operations ofTeam HAKUTO in the Google Lunar XPRIZE Competition. Team Hakuto is a front runner in the $30M competition to land a privately funded robot on the Moon and was one of only three teams to win a $500,000 Milestone Prize in mobility.Ispace utilizes 3D printed and commercially off the shelf products (COTS) for rapid prototyping while maximizing structural mass efficiency and shortening the developmental life cycle. Their micro-robots are able to explore larger areas of the Moon faster, at a fraction of the cost of large robots. | $46M | Series C | Aug 04, 2021 |  |
| Cogent Labs | Cogent Labs, a Tokyo based AI company, bridges the gap between state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and real-world solutions with a mission to improve people’s quality of life. The company conducts advanced fundamental and applied AI research to create business solutions leveraging expertise across many fields, including time-seriesforecasting, information extraction, natural language and voice processing, and reinforcement learning. | $13M | Series C | Mar 31, 2020 |  |
| Gojo & Company | Gojo was founded to extend financial inclusion to everyone in the world beginning with the developing countries. Gojo encourages the formalization and growth of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises. Its long-term goal is to enable the provision of high-quality affordable financial services for 100+ million unserved and underserved people in50+ countries by 2030. Five and half years since their establishment, they work in Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and India with 3,400+ employees, serving more than 570,000 women who are also mothers. | $40M | Series C | Aug 29, 2019 |  |
| InterTrade | InterTrade offers securities dealing, foreign exchange margin trading, and exchange trading systems; and integrated management control platform, virtual engineering, and system integration/system engineering services. It also plans and sells health food and cosmetic products; and produces functional mushroom. | $114K |  | Feb 01, 2003 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SBI Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sbi-investment-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [15th Rock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/15th-rock) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aizawa Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aizawa-asset-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AKAKIYA HOLDINGS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akakiya-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [COMTURE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/comture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dai-ichi Life](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dai-ichi-life) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Aizawa Securities invest in?

Aizawa Securities invests primarily in Finance, Task Management and FinTech startups, most often at Series C and Funding Round stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Aizawa Securities?

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### Who are the partners at Aizawa Securities?

The team at Aizawa Securities includes Shoichiro Kusumoto (Executive Officer Investment Department General Manager). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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