# Ask Capital

> Ask Capital is a VC fund in Nagano backing Nutrition, Health Care and Food Processing. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nagano, Japan
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://askcapital.co.jp

Ask Capital is a corporate venture capital firm that supports startup companies from the pre-seed to the seed stage.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nutrition | 1 | 100% |
| Health Care | 1 | 100% |
| Food Processing | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LacuS | LacuS is a food technology company, develops and sells complete nutrition ice cream, provides nutritious food option for people of all ages. | $652.5K | Seed | Oct 29, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canon-marketing-japan-mirai-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Future Food Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-food-fund-0851) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KEPPLE Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kepple-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ask Capital invest in?

Ask Capital invests primarily in Nutrition, Health Care and Food Processing startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ask Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ask Capital closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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