# Asahi Media Lab Ventures

> Asahi Media Lab Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Food and Beverage. See 38 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 38
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 5%
- Fund size: $339M
- Last fund: Jul 2017
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://asahimedialab.vc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asahimedialabvc/

Asahi Media Lab Ventures is a Tokyo and Silicon Valley-based Corporate Venture Capital arm of the Asahi Media Group, one of the world's leading media conglomerates. It invests in early-stage technology startups changing digital media, entertainment, and way of life.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 16% |
| Food and Beverage | 5 | 13% |
| Content | 4 | 11% |
| Marketing | 4 | 11% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 11% |

93 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 37% |
| Series A | 10 | 26% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 16% |
| Series B | 4 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 22 | 58% |
| United States | 10 | 26% |
| Israel | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Atsushi Sano | Financial Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atsushi-sano |
| Hiro Nozawa | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiro-nozawa |
| Kentaro Shiraishi | Investment Manager | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kentaro-shiraishi |
| Masami Yamada | Investment Manager | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masami-yamada |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rayout | Rayout is a business consulting company that provides creative content development, recruitment videos, and web production services. | $961.4K | Series A | Oct 20, 2025 |  |
| Waku | Waku is a manufacturing company that specializes in the research and development of organic fertilizers for the agriculture industry. | $1.2M | Seed | Jul 31, 2025 |  |
| Anaguma | Anaguma handles business development based on the philosophy of helping people with a sustainable structure. The company's business objective is to eliminate concerns about purchases and reservations, and it delivers before-sales social networks. It also provides matching services exclusively for housekeepers' personal contracts. Thecompany also offers influencer marketing services with a focus on removing waste completely from advertising and realizing a world in which good products can be sold regardless of advertising costs.Anaguma was founded in January 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. |  | Series A | Jul 08, 2025 |  |
| Nagaku | Nagaku is a web magazine that publishes about culture along with web development, PR, marketing, and consulting services. | $932.8K | Seed | Feb 27, 2025 |  |
| Philduct | Philduct accelerates oral health with technology. | $2M | Series A | Oct 02, 2024 |  |
| Swell | Swell is an information technology company that specializes in providing web and digital platforms. | $600.1K | Seed | Feb 20, 2024 |  |
| .sfty | Teatis is a plant-based sugar-blocking superfood powder for diabetic consumers. | $1.4M | Seed | Apr 01, 2023 |  |
| Petokoto | Petokoto is a pet wellness company that creates and sells fresh food, runs pet media, and keeps pets happy. It is suitable to become an information source that combines accuracy, completeness, and updateability by utilizing the collective knowledge of experts both inside and outside the company and demonstrating their respective expertise. Thecompany aims to develop a world where pets can be loved as family members. |  | Seed | Mar 09, 2021 |  |
| Oxygen | Oxygen is a digital banking platform. It is the first and only challenger in the US that offers both personal and business banking. The bank of the 21st-century economy, serving consumers, small businesses, and freelancers.Available on iOS and Android, Oxygen users enjoy no monthly fees, no paperwork, early direct deposit, simple transfers,cashback rewards, savings accounts, as well as retail and travel benefits. Businesses can easily control their finances with solutions that are elegant, simple, and secure. | $17M | Series A | Dec 21, 2020 |  |
| minacolor | minacolor is a medical IT venture company aiming for innovation of health care lifestyle. minacolor provides health care more familiar and impressive in the field of further active in the aspiring medical personnel continue to be the growth opportunities of human resources for the next generation. | $2.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 24, 2020 |  |

10 of 38 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [ANOBAKA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kvp) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [STRIVE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gree-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Spiral Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/imj-fenox-pte-ltd) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Asahi Media Lab Ventures invest in?

Asahi Media Lab Ventures invests primarily in Software, Food and Beverage and Content startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.

### How do I contact Asahi Media Lab Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Asahi Media Lab Ventures?

The team at Asahi Media Lab Ventures includes Atsushi Sano (Financial Manager), Hiro Nozawa (CEO) and Kentaro Shiraishi (Investment Manager). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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