# aucfan

> aucfan is a VC fund in Tokyo backing E-Commerce and Marketing. See 35 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 35
- Last investment: Jun 2020
- Lead investor: 26%
- Fund size: $44M
- Last fund: Jan 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aucfan/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Aucfan
- Website: http://aucfan.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/aucfan

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 theconsumers 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 informationto 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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $1.5M–$43M |
| Corporate Round | $1.4M–$40M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 9 | 26% |
| Marketing | 6 | 17% |
| Internet | 4 | 11% |
| Software | 4 | 11% |
| Advertising | 4 | 11% |

73 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 10 | 29% |
| Series A | 9 | 26% |
| Corporate Round | 7 | 20% |
| Seed | 6 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 26 | 74% |
| Indonesia | 2 | 6% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Turkey | 1 | 3% |
| Finland | 1 | 3% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chosa Yushi | Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chosa-yushi |
| Naoto Kaji | Full-time Auditor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/naoto-kaji |
| Nishiki Takashi | Outside Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nishiki-takashi |
| Nobuaki Ishizaki | Auditor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nobuaki-ishizaki |
| Watanabe Kiyoshi | Auditor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/watanabe-kiyoshi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ginkan | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Waqoo is a Professional Services. |  |  | Mar 29, 2019 |  |
| Cross C | It is a company that optimizes the use of Chinese communication infrastructure based on social media. |  | Corporate Round | Feb 28, 2019 |  |
| Wodca | Wodca is the developer of a Token Wallet service that can distribute virtual currency in real time. |  |  | Feb 08, 2019 |  |
| All Personal | 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. | $42.5M | Series A | Dec 20, 2018 |  |
| F-Code | 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. | $39.7M | Corporate Round | Sep 27, 2018 |  |

10 of 35 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Vector](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vector-inc-) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [AirTrip](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/airtrip) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Evolable Asia Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evolable-asia-japan) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [GMO VenturePartners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gmo-venturepartners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ceres](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ceres-inc-) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does aucfan invest in?

aucfan invests primarily in E-Commerce, Marketing and Internet startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A 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 is aucfan's check size?

aucfan typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$43M at Series A and $1.4M–$40M at Corporate Round. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds aucfan participates in.

### How do I contact aucfan?

Public channels for aucfan include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. 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 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.

### 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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