# Candee

> Candee is a VC fund in Minato backing Content and Media and Entertainment. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Minato, Japan
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Candee_JP
- Website: http://candee.co.jp/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CandeeJP/

Candee is a PR and digital video marketing company that provides marketing services.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Candee. Shizune tracks 8 team members at Candee. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/candee?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Content | 2 | 100% |
| Media and Entertainment | 2 | 100% |
| Music | 1 | 50% |
| Video | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arai Takuro | CCO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arai-takuro |
| Asada Toshiyuki | President & CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asada-toshiyuki |
| Kazuki Furugishi | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kazuki-furugishi |
| Kazuki Koshibe | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kazuki-koshibe |
| Kogishi Kazuki | President and CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kogishi-kazuki |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| vivito | Vivito provides a shooting location search platform for video production companies and creators. | $7.8M |  | Sep 19, 2018 |  |
| Lute | Lute is an Instagram Stories media that produce and deliver video content specialized for mobile to deliver edgy content to the digital native generation worldwide. In order to realize the above, lute pays tribute to the historical backgrounds and past works that have had a great influence on the artists and their works that are currently active,their appearance and development, cultural We will produce video works with value and contextual appeal.The vision of lute like this is to protect the rights of authors, etc. while keeping in mind the fair use of cultural property (= content), contributing to the development of culture ", the 1st Copyright Law No. 1 It is in keeping with the objectives stipulated by the Article.Therefore, lute will actively use / quote contents such as voice, images including pictures, video etc. | $11.3M | Seed | Nov 28, 2017 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gumi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gumi-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Allfuz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allfuz) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Candee invest in?

Candee invests primarily in Content, Media and Entertainment and Music 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.

### How do I contact Candee?

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### Who are the partners at Candee?

The team at Candee includes Arai Takuro (CCO), Asada Toshiyuki (President & CEO) and Kazuki Furugishi (Founder), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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