# Apricot Ventures

> Apricot Ventures is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Food and Beverage and Internet. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 23%
- Fund size: $99M
- Last fund: Jun 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/shirakawa_t?lang=en
- Website: https://apricot.vc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ApricotVentures/

Apricot Ventures is a seed venture capital that mainly supports those who start businesses independently from large companies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $450k–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 4 | 31% |
| Internet | 3 | 23% |
| Fashion | 2 | 15% |
| Task Management | 2 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 15% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 62% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 15% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 11 | 85% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tomoki Shirakawa | Founder, General Partner & Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tomoki-shirakawa-b181 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hogetic Lab | Hogetic Lab specialize in DCaaS, AI development, and Data human resources training. | $450.4K | Seed | Jun 23, 2021 |  |
| Nudge | 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 | YAGO operates in the IT field and provides internet and software services. | $956.2K | Seed | Feb 09, 2021 |  |
| AoyamaLab | AoyamaLab is a food and beverage EC venture that provides a welfare shopping site exclusively for employees. | $8.5M | Series A | Dec 28, 2020 |  |
| Onebox | Onebox provides a cloud-based email service for companies. | $191.7K | Seed | Oct 28, 2020 |  |
| NOCO | 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. | Robes, Inc. is a provider of planning, development and operation of Internet services. |  | Seed | Oct 16, 2019 |  |
| DINETTE | 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 | 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 | Rehasaku is a service that uses technology to support both medical professionals, such as physiotherapists and judo rehabilitation practitioners, and patients. | $2.1M | Seed | Apr 25, 2019 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [STRIVE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gree-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Japan Finance Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japan-finance-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AG Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ag-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Asahi Media Lab Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asahi-medialab-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ceres](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ceres-inc-) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [D4V](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/d4v) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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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 Funding Round stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Apricot Ventures's check size?

Apricot Ventures typically joins rounds of $450k–$14M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Apricot Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Apricot Ventures?

Public channels for Apricot Ventures include X (Twitter), the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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 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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