Chiba Dojo
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Chiba Dojo is an entrepreneurial community that supports startup companies in various stages from seed to pre-IPO.
- Total investments:
- 67
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 12%
- Fund size:
- $23M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Chiba Dojo invests in
Stages Chiba Dojo invests in
Countries Chiba Dojo invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $689k–$20M
- Series A
- $1.9M–$32M
- Series B
- $2.3M–$24M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 10 (15%)
- Software 8 (12%)
- E-Commerce 7 (10%)
- Artificial Intelligence 7 (10%)
- Content 6 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 23 (34%)
- Series A 16 (24%)
- Series B 6 (9%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 6 (9%)
- Series C 3 (4%)
Country
- Japan 44 (66%)
- Singapore 2 (3%)
- United States 2 (3%)
- Thailand 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kotaro Chiba
Founder, General Partner & Chief Executive Officer
|
Founder, General Partner & Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 65 | Find email | |
Kotaro Chiba
Founder, General Partner & Chief Executive Officer
|
Founder, General Partner & Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 78 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prossel Holdings are a holding company based in Niigata, building the future of manufacturing and technology. | Seed / Aug 25, 2026 | ||
| AlgaleX is a food technology and biotechnology company that develops AI-powered algae fermentation technology to produce sustainable food ingredients, nutritional compounds, and bioproducts. The company leverages proprietary AI-driven cultivation and fermentation systems to convert underutilized food byproducts into high-value microalgae rich innutrients such as DHA, umami compounds, and other functional ingredients. Its mission is to build a circular bioeconomy by reducing food waste while providing sustainable alternatives to marine- and animal-derived ingredients.The company's core technology is Touji-24, an AI-powered algae cultivation and fermentation control system that automates and optimizes microalgae production. Using proprietary fermentation processes and food byproducts such as awamori lees, AlgaleX cultivates algae that can be used to produce Umamo, a plant-based ingredient combining seafood-like umami flavor with high concentrations of DHA. This approach reduces reliance on wild-caught fish as a source of omega-3 fatty acids while upcycling food industry byproducts into valuable nutritional ingredients. | $2.2M / Series A / Jul 10, 2026 | ||
| Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields. | $1.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 08, 2026 | ||
| Solafune provides satellite data analysis and software development services. | $31.7M / Series A / Mar 10, 2026 | ||
| Yuimedi acquires, investigate, analyze medical data and provides accurate solutions. | $2.6M / Seed / Feb 18, 2026 | ||
| InfiniMind enables enterprises to transform massive volumes of unstructured video into structured, searchable, and actionable intelligence by leveraging advanced computer vision, multimodal AI models, and scalable data processing architectures, empowering organizations to unlock insights, enhance security, optimize operations, and drivedata-informed decision-making across complex, real-world environments. | $5.8M / Seed / Feb 10, 2026 | ||
| Univearth is a tech company that specializes in developing a logistics digital transformation platform to modernize the logistics industry. | $2.4M / Seed / Oct 02, 2025 | ||
| FormX is a technology company that provides cutting-edge AI software and services for automated document data extraction. | $18.2M / Seed / Sep 24, 2025 | ||
| Paradigm AI is an entertainment firm that produces songs and creates virtual human idols using generative AI. | Seed / Jun 29, 2025 | ||
| Utoniq service allows them to collect the works of the artists they support digitally in the form of trading cards. Trading cards will be collected as proof of support for the creators. It is a brand-new trading card service that is both enjoyable to collect and enjoyable to exchange. They provide a service lineup in order to continually increasefan engagement. They can make flexible proposals based on the needs of artists, creators, influencers, anime characters, and so on. | $3.6M / Series A / May 15, 2025 | ||
| See all 67 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Chiba Dojo invest in?
Chiba Dojo invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 67 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Chiba Dojo invest in?
Chiba Dojo typically joins rounds of $689k–$20M at Seed, $1.9M–$32M at Series A and $2.3M–$24M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Chiba Dojo's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Chiba Dojo took part in.
How do I contact Chiba Dojo?
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Who are the partners at Chiba Dojo?
The team at Chiba Dojo includes Kotaro Chiba (Founder, General Partner & Chief Executive Officer) and Kotaro Chiba (Founder, General Partner & Chief Executive Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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