# Akigin Capital Partners

> Akigin Capital Partners is a VC fund backing Medical, Health Care and Beauty. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Akigin Capital Partners is a Akita Bank's investment specialist subsidiary.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 2 | 29% |
| Health Care | 2 | 29% |
| Beauty | 1 | 14% |
| Energy | 1 | 14% |
| Brewing | 1 | 14% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 29% |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Series D | 1 | 14% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 14% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KAERU | KAERU offers financial and payment services to make shopping more convenient. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 22, 2026 |  |
| Cykinso | Cykinso is a developer of a home-testing kit designed to tell people the state of their intestinal bacteria. The company provides a testing service to clarify the state of the intestinal environment by using a sequencer that reads a large number of DNA sequences at high speed, enabling users to investigate the relationship with lifestyle-relateddiseases and digestive diseases based on changes in intestinal bacteria. |  | Series D | Apr 22, 2026 |  |
| INE to Agave | Ine to Agave is a craft sake brewery company that offers breweries with new genre of sake brewing techniques. |  | Debt Financing | Feb 27, 2026 |  |
| INE to Agave | Ine to Agave is a craft sake brewery company that offers breweries with new genre of sake brewing techniques. |  | Seed | Feb 27, 2026 |  |
| ATOMica | ATOMica is a co-working space and business management company for conference rooms, event venues, circles, and schools. The company uses coworking spaces as HUBs to provide services that maximize individuals' power. It can be used for a variety of purposes, including coworking space, shared office space, meetings, events, and web seminars. Itis also possible to use it only once. They plan and run local communities that bring together a diverse range of people, including students, workers, businesses, universities, and governments. |  | Series B | Aug 11, 2025 |  |
| Enerbank Japan | Enerbank is a development and operation of electric power auction system. | $3.9M | Series B | Dec 02, 2024 |  |
| Cranebio | Cranebio specializes in development of a wearable health care kit, device-free genetic test kit, and rapid environmental test kit. | $35.4M | Series A | Oct 04, 2023 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Nippon Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nippon-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [NOBUNAGA Capital Village](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nobunaga-capital-village) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Axil Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axil-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Brand New Retail Initiative Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brand-new-retail-initiative-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Green House — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Japan Finance Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japan-finance-corporation-54d8) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Akigin Capital Partners invest in?

Akigin Capital Partners invests primarily in Medical, Health Care and Beauty startups, most often at Series B and Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Akigin Capital Partners last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Akigin Capital Partners closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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