# Branding Engineer

> Branding Engineer is a VC fund in Shibuya backing Shopping, Marketing and Consulting. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shibuya, Japan
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BE_official_GG
- Website: https://b-engineer.co.jp/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/branding.engineer/

Branding Engineer is a VC fund in Shibuya focused on Shopping and Marketing. Engineering is the pursuit of "how can we (desirably) realize a state or thing that does not yet exist" when we face a certain phenomenon. Alternatively, it is to pursue the purpose of being used by human beings and society, such as "how can it be linked to the desired results".

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shopping | 1 | 50% |
| Marketing | 1 | 50% |
| Consulting | 1 | 50% |
| Recruiting | 1 | 50% |
| Brand Marketing | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Douzo | Douzo is a purchase agency platform. They develop and operate cross-border e-commerce. They provide overseas export support, EC construction support, and EC d2c which includes agency services and support for overseas exports for client companies. | $900.8K | Seed | Jun 23, 2021 |  |
| Oceangate | OCEAN GATE develops 1katsu, a job-hunting platform for university students and new graduates. The company also provides recruitment consulting services. |  |  | Oct 25, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [B Dash Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-dash-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Branding Enginner](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brandingenginner) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Enigmo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enigmo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lifetime Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lifetime-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Branding Engineer invest in?

Branding Engineer invests primarily in Shopping, Marketing and Consulting startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round 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 Branding Engineer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Branding Engineer closed in Jun 2021. 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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