Akatsuki Games Inc.
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Akatsuki Games Inc. is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Media and Entertainment and Content. Akatsuki offers MobileSocialGame services. They utilize cutting edge technology and ideas to realize and deliver their ambitions to their users. They provide new value to society through the services we manage daily. Providing services throughout the world that brighten up everyone's daily lives.
- Total investments:
- 69
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 16%
- Fund size:
- $824M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Akatsuki Games Inc. invests in
Stages Akatsuki Games Inc. invests in
Countries Akatsuki Games Inc. invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 9 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $2.2M–$23M
- Corporate Round
- $1.5M–$255M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Media and Entertainment 12 (17%)
- Content 11 (16%)
- Gaming 9 (13%)
- Information Technology 7 (10%)
- Apps 6 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 22 (32%)
- Corporate Round 11 (16%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 11 (16%)
- Funding Round 10 (14%)
- Series A 5 (7%)
Country
- Japan 41 (59%)
- India 6 (9%)
- United States 5 (7%)
- Switzerland 2 (3%)
- China 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Katsuya Hisashi
Outside director
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Outside director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Tetsuro Kouda
Co-Founder & COO
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Co-Founder & COO | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
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Toduka Yuki
Operating officer
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Operating officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Yoshihiro Yunomae
VP of Engineering
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VP of Engineering | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Genki Shiota
Co-Founder & CEO
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Co-Founder & CEO | Total investments: 9 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Hitcard
|
Hitcard is a trendy card culture brand that uses technology to upgrade card-like consumer products. | Corporate Round / Jul 25, 2024 | |
Stems Labs
|
community and platform for collaborative creativity | $4M / Pre-Seed / Oct 03, 2022 | |
MetaverseGo
|
MetaverseGo is a web 3.0 app that offers easy access to play and earn games, guilds, NFTs, and decentralized applications. MetaverseGo is a decentralized blockchain platform that provides gamers and newbie players easy access to play-and-earn games, guild participation, NFT collection, and access to other decentralized applications. The platformpromises fast and easy access through a user’s mobile number. | $4.2M / Seed / Aug 08, 2022 | |
Joyn
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Joyn is a collaborative platform designed to support the large-scale co-creation of Web3 media. | $3.5M / Seed / Apr 07, 2022 | |
PlayVerse
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PlayVerse is a technology-enabled entertainment company built on Web 3. PlayVerse plans to launch its own D2C brand, which will be focused on an interconnected universe of content and “play”. It aims to unlock the full potential of an IP with a 360-degree approach to content and merchandise. This merchandise would include both physical productssuch as toys as well as digital assets like avatars, emojis, and skins creating more interest among users. | $1.5M / Corporate Round / Apr 05, 2022 | |
Ignite Tournaments
|
esports, mobile games, streaming, crypto, blockchain, and tournament organization | $7M / Seed / Mar 03, 2022 | |
Shopkirana
|
Shopkirana is a B2B-commerce company that focuses on technology and supply chain innovation. It aims to encourage retailers to be competitive by delivering technology, operational expertise, and scale advantage.The company directly works with brands to boost them on the demand side and reach to masses with transparency and deep marketintelligence.Shopkirana was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in Indore, India. | $45.1M / Series C / Jan 26, 2022 | |
Lootex
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Lootex is a player-centric cross-chain NFT trading platform that shares the latest blockchain game info. We are devoted to building a gamer-centric game asset marketplace where gamers can easily browse, trade, and buy game assets across multiple blockchains. | $9M / Seed / Jan 11, 2022 | |
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Lootex
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Lootex is a player-centric cross-chain NFT trading platform that shares the latest blockchain game info. We are devoted to building a gamer-centric game asset marketplace where gamers can easily browse, trade, and buy game assets across multiple blockchains. | $9M / Seed / Jan 11, 2022 | |
Ex Populus
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Ex Populus was founded by some of the most notable executives in desktop gaming, mobile gaming, VR, blockchain, and esports to create a launchpad for ambitious studios to launch besto-of-class content in web3 and the Metaverse. Ex Populus is powered by people. “Ex Populus” is Latin and means “from people” to contrast the famous phrase “Ex Machina”which means “from the machine”. | $5.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 14, 2021 | |
| See all 69 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Akatsuki Games Inc. invest in?
Akatsuki Games Inc. invests primarily in Media and Entertainment, Content and Gaming startups, most often at Seed and Corporate Round stage. Most of the 69 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Akatsuki Games Inc.'s check size?
Akatsuki Games Inc. typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$23M at Seed and $1.5M–$255M at Corporate Round. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Akatsuki Games Inc. participates in.
How do I contact Akatsuki Games Inc.?
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Who are the partners at Akatsuki Games Inc.?
The team at Akatsuki Games Inc. includes Katsuya Hisashi (Outside director), Tetsuro Kouda (Co-Founder & COO) and Toduka Yuki (Operating officer), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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