# Bando Ryo

> Bando Ryo is a seed investor at Delight Ventures backing Artificial Intelligence and SaaS. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Delight Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delight-ventures)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryo-bando-2b9942b9

Bando Ryo is a seed investor at Delight Ventures focused on Artificial Intelligence and SaaS. Ryo Bando is the Managing Partner at Delight Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 100% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 50% |
| Digital Entertainment | 1 | 50% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Asterminds | Asterminds has created the AI listening agent "InTake" to address the structural problem of "information intake." | $696.9K | Seed | Mar 10, 2026 |  |
| OSHIAI | OSHIAI is an AI chat software that lets you communicate with your favorite idol's "Ai" avatar, which represents their hobbies, preferences, and speaking style. | $473.2K | Seed | Mar 13, 2025 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DNX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dnx-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Delight Ventures

VC Fund · Shibuya, Japan

Delight Ventures is a venture capital firm that thoroughly reduces the hurdles of entrepreneurship in Japan and supports entrepreneurs in the world. Entrepreneurship is taken as a natural career path, and we aim to be a society where both successful and unsuccessful people can continue to take on challenges.

3 contacts available at Delight Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bando Ryo | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bando-ryo |
| Tomoko Namba | Managing Partners | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tomoko-namba |
| Watanabe Dai | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/watanabe-dai |

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## FAQ

### What does Bando Ryo invest in?

Bando Ryo invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, SaaS and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Bando Ryo last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bando Ryo closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 2 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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