Anis Uzzaman
Founder, CEO and Partner @ Pegasus Tech Ventures
San Jose, United States
Anis Uzzaman is a venture - series unknown investor at Pegasus Tech Ventures in San Jose focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Anis Uzzaman, Ph.D is the General Partner and founding member of Pegasus Tech Ventures. He serves as the Chief Executive of the company, overlooking overall management and operations.Located in Silicon Valley, USA, Pegasus Tech Ventures provides early stage and final round funding. With several multi-million dollar funds under management, PegasusTech Ventures focuses its investment in IT, Health IT, Consumer Internet, Cloud, Big Data, Mobile, Social, Payment Systems and Next Generation Technologies.As a leader of the IBM and Cadence Management Teams, Anis led numerous strategic investments in the software development, microelectronics, and e-commerce space. A serial entrepreneur in the retail and technological sectors, Anis provides mentorship in fundraising, operations, and exit strategy to entrepreneurs.Anis has invested in over 140 startups in the United States, Japan, and South East Asia. Some of the prominent USA startups include Vicarious, Color Genomics, Genius, Rigetti, Affectiva, Afero, LARK and ShareThis. Anis is also an investor and board member of Tech in Asia, the largest tech media blog in Southeast Asia. Anis also sits on the board of directors of Affectiva, Lark, Blue Frog Robotics, Infoteria, and IACC.He holds a B.Eng. degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan, an M.S. in Engineering from Oklahoma State University, and a Ph.D in Computer Engineering from Tokyo Metropolitan University in Tokyo, Japan. Anis is an honored guest speaker in international conferences, workshops and seminars, has published more than 30 technical papers, and is the author of the “Startup Bible – The Silicon Valley Way of Developing Success” that launched in Japan; "Startup Success - The Six Steps To Building A Successful Startup" that launched in Korea; and "Startuppedia - Guide To Build Startup - Silicon Valley Way" that launched in Indonesia.
- Total investments:
- 38
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 29%
Last updated:
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Industries Anis Uzzaman invests in
Stages Anis Uzzaman invests in
Countries Anis Uzzaman invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 10 (26%)
- Artificial Intelligence 9 (24%)
- Machine Learning 5 (13%)
- Information Technology 5 (13%)
- Robotics 4 (11%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 7 (18%)
- Seed 6 (16%)
- Series B 6 (16%)
- Series C 4 (11%)
- Funding Round 4 (11%)
Country
- Japan 18 (47%)
- United States 8 (21%)
- Indonesia 2 (5%)
- Singapore 2 (5%)
- Canada 1 (3%)
Investments
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AZUL Energy
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AZUL Energy is a next-generation energy device that improves air battery performance, develops air battery-related products, and proposes eco-friendly and comfortable new lifestyles. They discovered that a catalyst electrode containing one of these pigments performed better than platinum carbon or existing catalyst electrode materials. | Series A / Jul 30, 2026 | |
LINK-US
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LINK-US focuses on the contract sales of various devices applying ultrasonic combined vibration and powerful ultrasonic technology. LINK-US designs and manufactures bonding equipment for a wide range of similar and dissimilar metal materials related to room temperature bonding technology using ultrasonic compound vibration and various equipmentthat employs these technologies. | $3.9M / Series C / Mar 18, 2026 | |
HiJoJo Partners
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HiJoJo Partners sells "funds incorporating high-quality middle and late-stage private companies in Japan and overseas, including unicorn companies," to domestic investors. | $6.4M / Series B / Feb 26, 2026 | |
Anthropic
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Anthropic conducts AI research and develops AI products, including the Claude AI model family. The company focuses on building AI for human well-being, emphasizing safety in its research, policy work, and product design. Anthropic offers various Claude models, such as Opus and Sonnet, for AI-powered applications and custom experiences, supportingcoding and AI agents. | $30B / Series G / Feb 12, 2026 | |
Japan Agriculture
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Exportation of Japanese agricultural products is currently small in volume. While Japanese farmers aspire to export their products to foreign countries for more people to enjoy and local consumers universally share the positive perception of the quality of Japanese agricultural products, issues such as price, communication, and logistics hinder theexpansion of exportation.They aim to solve these issues and satisfy the needs of both Japanese farmers and global consumers which are so clearly evident but devastatingly unmet. | $8.3M / Series C / Feb 05, 2026 | |
Manpuku Holdings
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Manpuku Holdings is a food and beverage company that specializes in sushi, yakiniku, fried chicken, bento, and rice balls. | $2M / Series B / Mar 12, 2025 | |
AirX
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AirX is a management service company specializing in air transportation agency business and travel arrangement business. The company leverages technology to transform the notion of mobility into an unprecedented experience. It also provides services such as CodeShare, AIROS Skyview, and AIROS Air Loss. AirX will create the movement of the futuresociety, sightseeing and the way of life of helicopter, Empty MaaS, Flying taxi, eVTOL, and Next-generation traffic.AirX was established on February 23, 2015, and is based in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan. | $8.4M / Series B / Mar 05, 2025 | |
Aillis
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Aillis specializes in the development of testing methods for Influenza using artificial intelligence technology. The company mainly focuses on new methods of diagnosing influenza. The company was founded in 2017. | $3.3M / Series D / Nov 29, 2024 | |
Openrec
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Openrec is a live-streaming platform that focuses on game commentary and online event business. | $340.2M / May 08, 2024 | |
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Openrec
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Openrec is a live-streaming platform that focuses on game commentary and online event business. | $15.4M / Seed / May 08, 2024 | |
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Co-Investors
About Pegasus Tech Ventures
Pegasus Tech Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm working with emerging technology companies across the world, and specialize in helping entrepreneurs achieve global expansion into North America, Asia, and Europe. Our 100+ person team operates out of offices across 7 different countries and offers a wide range of domainexpertise.Pegasus Tech Ventures currently has several multi-million dollar funds under management. We seek to work with world-class management and technical teams that are targeting disruptive opportunities in IT, Health IT, Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Robotics, Big Data, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Quantum Computing, FinTech, and Next Generation Technologies.
Pegasus Tech Ventures Contacts
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Anis Uzzaman
Founder, CEO and Partner
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Bill Reichert
Partner & Chief Evangelist
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Harumi Akimoto
Partner and COO
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Jeff Wu
Pegasus China Partner
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Justin Jackson
Partner
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What does Anis Uzzaman invest in?
Anis Uzzaman invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 38 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Anis Uzzaman closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 38 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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