# Chatwork

> Chatwork is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Content and Finance. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Dec 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/chatwork
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/chatwork_en
- Website: https://go.chatwork.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chatwork

Chatwork is a group chat app designed to help global teams communicate, collaborate and increase productivity. The platform includes secure messaging, video chat, task management and file sharing functionality. Chatwork, available in five languages, is used by more than 200,000 companies from a diverse range of industries. Founded in 2011, Chatworkis Asia’s No. 1 business chat app with headquarters in Osaka, Japan and has 89 employees based in Tokyo, Osaka and Taipei.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Chatwork. Shizune tracks 9 team members at Chatwork. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/chatwork?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Content | 1 | 20% |
| Finance | 1 | 20% |
| Payments | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |
| Accounting | 1 | 20% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 3 | 60% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hiroyuki Yamada | External Part-time Auditor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroyuki-yamada-3bf0 |
| Katsuyuki Yamaguchi | Director and Executive Vice President COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katsuyuki-yamaguchi-80f4 |
| Masayoshi Yamamoto | Representative Director, CEO and CTO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masayoshi-yamamoto |
| Murata Masayuki | External Part-time Auditor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/murata-masayuki |
| Naoki Inoue | Director, Executive Officer, and CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/naoki-inoue |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Utill | Utill is anything that expands the possibilities of not only production but also our own services | $76.5M |  | Dec 15, 2023 |  |
| Utill | Utill is anything that expands the possibilities of not only production but also our own services | $3.8M | Series B | Dec 15, 2023 |  |
| Newond | Newond's goal is to make administrative work easier after layoffs.Newond will use the cash earned through this third-party allotment to grow customers in the United States, where layoff volumes in the IT industry are particularly high. | $258.2K | Pre-Seed | Dec 05, 2023 |  |
| Paytner | Paytner is providing services to support freelance people's funding. The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation whereproblems such as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated. | $13.8M | Series B | Dec 15, 2022 |  |
| Better Place | Better place vision is to create a world in which kind people can continue to be kind, as well as a society in which people can work in their own way without worrying about money. | $4.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 22, 2021 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Kusabi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kusabi) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Atoj](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atoj) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BOOT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boot-a13b) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Coconala](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coconala) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Coconala Skill Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coconala-skill-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FFG Venture Business Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ffg-venture-business-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Chatwork invest in?

Chatwork invests primarily in Content, Finance and Payments startups, most often at Series B and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 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 Chatwork?

Public channels for Chatwork include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and 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 Chatwork?

The team at Chatwork includes Hiroyuki Yamada (External Part-time Auditor), Katsuyuki Yamaguchi (Director and Executive Vice President COO) and Masayoshi Yamamoto (Representative Director, CEO and CTO), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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