Apricot Ventures
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Apricot Ventures is a seed venture capital that mainly supports those who start businesses independently from large companies.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 21%
- Fund size:
- $6.3M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Apricot Ventures invests in
Stages Apricot Ventures invests in
Countries Apricot Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $135k–$2.6M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $273k–$4.5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Food and Beverage 4 (29%)
- Internet 3 (21%)
- Fashion 2 (14%)
- Software 2 (14%)
- Task Management 2 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (57%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (21%)
- Funding Round 2 (14%)
- Series A 1 (7%)
Country
- Japan 12 (86%)
- United States 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Tomoki Shirakawa
Founder, General Partner & Chief Executive Officer
|
Founder, General Partner & Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogetic Lab specialize in DCaaS, AI development, and Data human resources training. | $450.4K / Seed / Jun 23, 2021 | ||
| Provider of financial planning platform designed to create a financial institution with new values and behaviors from scratch. The company's platform has been strengthening its team, developing the first service, and preparing for the necessary financial license acquisition, enabling users to secure their future financially. | Seed / Feb 15, 2021 | ||
| YAGO operates in the IT field and provides internet and software services. | $956.2K / Seed / Feb 09, 2021 | ||
| AoyamaLab is a food and beverage EC venture that provides a welfare shopping site exclusively for employees. | $578.6K / Series A / Dec 28, 2020 | ||
| Onebox provides a cloud-based email service for companies. | $191.7K / Seed / Oct 28, 2020 | ||
| NOCO revolutionized battery industry with the introduction of battery corrosion preventative in 1914. Today, they design and creates innovative brands of NOCO Genius, NOCO Boost, and NOCO Accessories. With these world-class offerings, NOCO has effectively set the new standard in design, performance, and safety and has introduced an entirely newgeneration of products. The NOCO Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. They also take affirmative action to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. | $707.3K / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 08, 2020 | ||
| Robes, Inc. is a provider of planning, development and operation of Internet services. | Seed / Oct 16, 2019 | ||
| DINETTE is a cosmetics manufacturing company that engages in the advertising, marketing, and production of beauty and skin care products. | $18M / Jul 16, 2019 | ||
| Biophilia is a company specializing in pet-related, consulting business, internet service business, and consignment development business. The company was established in August 2017 and is based in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan. | $2.6M / Seed / Jun 03, 2019 | ||
| Rehasaku is a service that uses technology to support both medical professionals, such as physiotherapists and judo rehabilitation practitioners, and patients. | $134.5K / Seed / Apr 25, 2019 | ||
| See all 14 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Apricot Ventures invest in?
Apricot Ventures invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Internet and Fashion startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Apricot Ventures invest in?
Apricot Ventures typically joins rounds of $135k–$2.6M at Seed and $273k–$4.5M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Apricot Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Apricot Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Apricot Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Apricot Ventures?
The team at Apricot Ventures includes Tomoki Shirakawa (Founder, General Partner & Chief Executive Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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