aucfan
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
aucfan is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on E-Commerce and Marketing. Aucfan is the only company in Japan that provides all the eCommerce price data across the big three market, America, China and Japan. The data Aucfan aggregates has reached more than 800millions with last 8 years coverage and Aucfan provides these data through its website Aucfan.com. (www.aucfan.com). The data Aucfan provides both to the consumers and the retailers include the the price across the major global EC and Auction sites such as Rakuten, the No1 shopping site in Japan, Yahoo! Auction, the No1 Auction site in Japan, and Amazon Japan as well as eBay.com, the No1 EC site in US, and Taobao, the No1 Auction site in China. By visiting the Aucfan.com, buyers and sellers can easily find the price and the value of the product globally. Aucfan currently focuses on the consumer buesinss but Aucfan's next strategy is to expand its business to the BtoB by providing the price data to the EC and retail markets and helping them make the critical judgement for the price setting and purchsing just like the Bloomberg providing the financial information to the financial brokers and helping them make the business judgement. Aucfan's next ambition is to expand its business globally and as the part of that strategy, Aucfan has already launched the Chinese website in JULY/2010 and plans to open the US site in SEP/2010.
- Total investments:
- 35
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 26%
- Fund size:
- $2.8M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries aucfan invests in
Stages aucfan invests in
Countries aucfan invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 6 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $1.3M–$11M
- Corporate Round
- $903k–$2.5M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $446k–$8.1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 9 (26%)
- Marketing 6 (17%)
- Internet 4 (11%)
- Software 4 (11%)
- Advertising 4 (11%)
Stage
- Series A 9 (26%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 8 (23%)
- Corporate Round 7 (20%)
- Seed 6 (17%)
- Funding Round 3 (9%)
Country
- Japan 26 (74%)
- Indonesia 2 (6%)
- France 1 (3%)
- Turkey 1 (3%)
- Finland 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Chosa Yushi
Vice President
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Vice President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Naoto Kaji
Full-time Auditor
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Full-time Auditor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Nishiki Takashi
Outside Director
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Outside Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
|
Nobuaki Ishizaki
Auditor
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Auditor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Watanabe Kiyoshi
Auditor
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Auditor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| GINKAN is the managing company of SynchroLife, the world's first restaurant recommendation platform where users and can earn cryptocurrency token rewards for dining out and posting restaurant reviews. GINKAN was selected for Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 in the fintech category and we won for best domestic fintech company and won the audienceaward at the Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 EXPO (Demo Day) in September 2018.GINKAN was also selected for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s MUFG Digital Accelerator’s Batch 4 and won the Grand Prix, Audience Award, and AWS Award in a triple win on their demo day on July 26, 2019. | $2.6M / Series A / Jun 02, 2020 | ||
| nextProtein develops a new large-scale technology that produces a sustainable source of protein. Founded in 2015 by couple Syrine Chaalala and Mohamed Gastli, nextProtein was launched to help tackle land and resource scarcity using insect protein as feedstock.Like most start-ups, nextProtein began in a garage back in 2014. It was born from thepersonal and professional ambitions of its founders, who were searching for solutions to change agricultural food production while being able to work and live together. Syrine, an Emergency Operations Specialist at the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN, and Mohamed, a Grammy-nominated chemical engineer, identified that they could combine organic cycles of nature with the scalable efficiency of technology, to produce an alternative to wasteful and unsustainable agricultural systems. | $11.2M / Series A / May 27, 2020 | ||
| Yuwaeru's'modern brown rice lifestyle' aims to change the world's eating habits, lifestyles, and sense of values. It sells "Nekase Genmai" via D2C (Direct-to-Consumer), which means that everything from manufacturing to sales is done in-house. Customers are able to experience the deliciousness of "NekaseGenmai" at nine physical stores nationwide, including the "Yuwaeru Main Store" in Kuramae, and by offering "Nekase Genmai" rice packs on its own EC site. | $8.1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 23, 2020 | ||
| Fuzu is a mobile-first career development platform for users in emerging economies, from Africa and Middle East to Asia and Latin America.Fuzu takes a fresh approach to job-seeking, recruitment and learning - with focus on testing and developing one’s skills and competencies.Fuzu keeps the users engaged by continuously offering high qualitycontent and news and by maximizing the power of social networks in career management. | $3.9M / Series A / Mar 10, 2020 | ||
| Elaly Technology makes life better for people around the world.We aim to make the value of money and the experience gained from it flatter.As many people as possible will use technology to realize a happier life, independent of the money economy. | $13.8M / Seed / Jul 24, 2019 | ||
| Waqoo is a producer and supplier of cosmetics products. They provide products that include health food, skin care products, and supplements. They offer products that are available for shopping online. | Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 29, 2019 | ||
| Cross C offers support services for expanding markets and inbound consumption. They provide support, from brand incubation for the market to content that resonates with Chinese consumers, and realise marketing that promotes purchases. An online inquiry form is available on their website. | Corporate Round / Feb 28, 2019 | ||
| Wodca is the developer of a Token Wallet service that can distribute virtual currency in real time. | Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 08, 2019 | ||
| All Personal is a human resource company that provides high-quality opportunities for human relationships in various fields. The company helps match human resources scientifically and supports the creation of relationships and environments where people can play an active role. It also helps analyze human issues and problems in the organization andsupports improvement. | $2.7M / Series A / Dec 20, 2018 | ||
| With over 10 years of experience in web and digital marketing in Japan, f-code is a marketing solution consultancy specialized in providing digital solutions with our self-developed marketing technology, namely f-tra EFO, CTA and Push. More than 2000 websites have implemented the tools to enhance user engagement and significantly improve conversionrate. From the initial analyzing to holistic consulting, f-code offers an one-stop, full array of services to enhance the performance of your websites. | $2.5M / Corporate Round / Sep 27, 2018 | ||
| See all 35 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does aucfan invest in?
aucfan invests primarily in E-Commerce, Marketing and Internet startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 35 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 aucfan invest in?
aucfan typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$11M at Series A, $903k–$2.5M at Corporate Round and $446k–$8.1M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not aucfan's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds aucfan took part in.
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Who are the partners at aucfan?
The team at aucfan includes Chosa Yushi (Vice President), Naoto Kaji (Full-time Auditor) and Nishiki Takashi (Outside Director), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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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