# Akihiko Nagata

> Akihiko Nagata is a seed investor at Kakaxi, Inc. backing Health Care and Artificial Intelligence. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kakaxi, Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kakaxi--inc-)
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akihiko-nagata-7033bb103
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1016399552

Akihiko Nagata is a seed investor at Kakaxi, Inc. focused on Health Care and Artificial Intelligence. Akihiko Nagata is the President and CEO at UntroD Capital Japan,Inc.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 22% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 22% |
| Environmental Engineering | 2 | 22% |
| Gift | 1 | 11% |
| AgTech | 1 | 11% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 22% |
| Series B | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 7 | 78% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CULTA | CULTA uses technology to increase the efficiency and speed of breeding and improve productivity and profitability in agriculture. | $4.5M | Seed | Mar 02, 2026 |  |
| UMIAILE | UMIAILE is a marine robotics startup spun out of Honda. | $10.5M | Seed | Oct 16, 2025 |  |
| Revorf | Revorf analyzes data and develops AI-related to infectious diseases and healthcare. | $42.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 26, 2024 |  |
| Emulsion Flow Technologies | Emulsion Flow Technologies offers rare metal recycling, utilizing emulsion flow technology, emulsion. | $9.2M | Series B | Mar 08, 2024 |  |
| Misaky Tokyo | MisakyTokyo provides food and beverage services. | $3.7M | Seed | Nov 21, 2023 |  |
| MiCAN Technologies | MiCAN Technologies medical and nursing Care company we will provide the enabling tools to eliminate Malaria and other infectious diseases by the use of pluripotent stem cell. MiCAN Technologies through the provision of “blood cell-like cell products” produced using regenerative medicine technology,They will help you research malaria and otherinfectious and immune system diseases. | $1.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 07, 2023 |  |
| Metro Weather | Metroweather is a venture from Kyoto University that develops a high-performance Doppler lidar that measures the direction and speed of wind several tens of kilometers away from minute movements of fine particles in the atmosphere. We aim to contribute to the safety of the sky by completing a three-dimensional wind map, which has never beenrealized,based on years of research at the Kyoto University Research Institute for Sustainable Areas. | $5.6M | Series A | Apr 08, 2022 |  |
| KAICO | KAICO is a pharmaceuticals, diagnostic drugs production company. | $2.3M | Series A | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| Metro Weather | Metroweather is a venture from Kyoto University that develops a high-performance Doppler lidar that measures the direction and speed of wind several tens of kilometers away from minute movements of fine particles in the atmosphere. We aim to contribute to the safety of the sky by completing a three-dimensional wind map, which has never beenrealized,based on years of research at the Kyoto University Research Institute for Sustainable Areas. | $30.4M | Series A | Nov 19, 2018 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Drone Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drone-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ZACROS Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fujimori-kogyo) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Honda Motor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/honda-automobiles) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Incubate Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/incubate-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Kakaxi, Inc.

VC Fund · Campbell, United States

At Kakaxi, we are developing high-tech, affordable farm monitoring devices that collect robust weather data with matching time lapse video to tell the story behind food. The Kakaxi platform services both sides of the supply chain, from producer to consumer. The device provides farmers with actionable insights, while creating value throughtransparency for foodservice distributors, certifiers, CPG brands, online grocery, restaurants, and farmers markets.

4 contacts available at Kakaxi, Inc..

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Smith | Director of Partnerships | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-smith-12 |
| Akihiko Nagata | Director and CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akihiko-nagata |
| Koki Terui | Secretary | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koki-terui-2 |
| Taizo Otsuka | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taizo-otsuka |

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## FAQ

### What does Akihiko Nagata invest in?

Akihiko Nagata invests primarily in Health Care, Artificial Intelligence and Environmental Engineering startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Akihiko Nagata last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Akihiko Nagata closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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