# Ayataro Nakagawa

> Ayataro Nakagawa is a seed investor at FIREBUG backing Internet, Software and Content. See 43 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [FIREBUG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firebug)
- Total investments: 43
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://jp.linkedin.com/in/ayataro-nakagawa-5545b241/en
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ayatan48
- Website: https://x.com/ayatan48
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ayataro48

Ayataro Nakagawa is a seed investor at FIREBUG focused on Internet and Software. 2011 At university, participated in the founding period as a director of Atcole Co., Ltd., and started the web service experience.2012 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd., which operates a curation platform for women "MERY" .2014 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd. Sold to DeNA 2015 Jointly established Tokyo Founders Fund as an angel investor and startedinvesting in startups in Japan and overseas 2019 Appointed outside director of FIREBUG Co., Ltd.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.5M–$24M |
| Angel | $425k–$26M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 12 | 28% |
| Software | 8 | 19% |
| Content | 7 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 7 | 16% |
| Fashion | 5 | 12% |

68 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 20 | 47% |
| Angel | 10 | 23% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 14% |
| Series A | 4 | 9% |
| Series B | 1 | 2% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 40 | 93% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| For you | For you is a comprehensive Advertising agency business specializing in SNS. | $669.9K | Series A | Mar 06, 2024 |  |
| Mepple | Mepple is planning, developing, and operating internet services. | $1.3M | Series A | Nov 14, 2023 |  |
| SPORTS CROWN | SPORTS CROWN engages in the development and operation of fantasy sports. | $26.3M | Angel | Oct 07, 2020 |  |
| Meetscare | Meetscare provides correct information and supports the self-awareness of all people involved in care. The company provides a wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Users can make a telephone consultation and web diagnosis and search for free information using the system.Meetscare was founded on2016 and is headquartered in Arakawa, Tokyo. | $2.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 06, 2020 |  |
| Recipio | Recipio is an receipt management platform specialized in providing digital receipt solution. Their innovative digital receipt solution and breakthrough receipt-scanning technology. | $1.6M | Seed | Sep 16, 2020 |  |
| Recipio Japan | Recipio is a service that can suggest recipes just by entering ingredients the user already has at home. The app can also refine suggestions based on the user's mood, the occasion, and how many people the user is eating with, and more. | $1.6M | Seed | Sep 16, 2020 |  |
| Fools | Fools is a footwear manufacturing company. | $7.7M | Seed | Aug 31, 2020 |  |
| Luup | Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets. | $3.3M | Seed | Mar 01, 2020 |  |
| Osiro | Osiro is a community management firm. |  | Seed | Feb 27, 2020 |  |
| Now Do | Now Do provides online growth revolution platform. | $7.1M | Angel | Dec 13, 2019 |  |

10 of 43 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ANRI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anri) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Monex Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monex-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Skyland Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/skyland-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Akatsuki Games Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akatsuki-3) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Globis Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/globis-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About FIREBUG

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

FIREBUG enables comedians, actresses, models, artists, managers, and creators to develop their skills. They arrange production plans for numerous talents and create IP and advertising items based on the social networking sites of the talents. Additionally, they offer marketing solutions built around a range of talent-focused content. They offerbasic marketing assistance and advertising for businesses.

5 contacts available at FIREBUG.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ayataro Nakagawa | Outside Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ayataro-nakagawa |
| Masaya Ishii | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masaya-ishii |
| Mr. Satoshi Miyazaki | Representative Director and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mr-satoshi-miyazaki |
| Nakai Hidenori | Outside Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nakai-hidenori |
| Satoshi Miyazaki | Representative Director and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/satoshi-miyazaki |

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## FAQ

### What does Ayataro Nakagawa invest in?

Ayataro Nakagawa invests primarily in Internet, Software and Content startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 43 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ayataro Nakagawa's check size?

Ayataro Nakagawa typically joins rounds of $2.5M–$24M at Seed and $425k–$26M at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ayataro Nakagawa participates in.

### When did Ayataro Nakagawa last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ayataro Nakagawa closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 43 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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