# Carta ventures

> Carta ventures is a VC fund in Toranomon backing Art and Content. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toranomon, Japan
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://cartaventures.jp

Carta Ventures is an investment firm that provides growth to businesses.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Carta ventures. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Carta ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/carta-ventures-1c34?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$2.1M |
| Series A | $2.1M–$4.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Art | 1 | 14% |
| Content | 1 | 14% |
| FinTech | 1 | 14% |
| Finance | 1 | 14% |
| Logistics | 1 | 14% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Series A | 3 | 43% |
| Series C | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nagaoka Hidenori | Founder and CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nagaoka-hidenori |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Blueprint | The Blueprint develops immersive video and marketing promotion businesses, creating engaging digital content and innovative marketing solutions that help brands enhance audience engagement, strengthen their online presence, and deliver impactful promotional campaigns. |  | Seed | Jul 15, 2026 |  |
| Ukka | Ukka is a Creating the ideal form of food and agriculture. | $2.1M | Series A | Feb 04, 2025 |  |
| Xenodata lab | xenodata lab., In the mission "Technology proposal suggests naturally after five years", in order to make the shape of the future financial industry with novel technology, ideas February 2016 It was founded in. xenodata is a coined word that spells the idea of ​​creating heterogeneous creatures according to data, and by means of thee intelligence created by the data, the meaning to pursue the substitution of human actions to the utmost is put in the meaning. | $2.1M | Series C | Oct 09, 2024 |  |
| Univearth | Univearth is a tech company that specializes in developing a logistics digital transformation platform to modernize the logistics industry. | $1.1M | Seed | Jul 25, 2024 |  |
| Ascenders | Ascenders is a sports human resources business platform. |  | Series A | May 30, 2024 |  |
| Anique | Anique is a service that utilizes blockchain technology to make artworks. | $4.3M | Series A | Jun 19, 2023 |  |
| Ukka | Ukka is a Creating the ideal form of food and agriculture. | $2.1M | Seed | Nov 15, 2022 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Chiba Dojo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chiba-dojo) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Agribusiness Investment Development](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agribusiness-investment-consultation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Amuse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amuse) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aqua Clara Lemon Gas Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aqua-clara-lemon-gas-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fukui Office Equipment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fukui-office-equipment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GREE Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gree-ventures-e73a) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Carta ventures invest in?

Carta ventures invests primarily in Art, Content and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Carta ventures's check size?

Carta ventures typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$2.1M at Seed and $2.1M–$4.3M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Carta ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Carta ventures?

Public channels for Carta ventures include 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 Carta ventures?

The team at Carta ventures includes Nagaoka Hidenori (Founder and CEO). 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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