# Colopl Next

> Colopl Next is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Virtual Reality and Software. See 118 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 118
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last fund: Oct 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coloplnext
- Website: https://coloplnext.co.jp/en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coloplnext/

Colopl Next is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Virtual Reality and Software. Colopl Next is the corporate venture capital of is Colopl, Inc, which is a leading Japanese gaming company. Colopl, Inc. is founded with the mission of “Entertainment in Real Life”, and constantly put its customer as first priority.Colopl Next is headquartered in Japan, but invests globally in a variety of internet businesses, with the commitmentto support innovative entrepreneurs.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $900k–$8.5M |
| Series A | $2M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Virtual Reality | 23 | 19% |
| Software | 21 | 18% |
| E-Commerce | 12 | 10% |
| Information Technology | 11 | 9% |
| Augmented Reality | 10 | 8% |

151 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 49 | 42% |
| Series A | 20 | 17% |
| Series B | 10 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 10 | 8% |
| Corporate Round | 7 | 6% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 48 | 41% |
| United States | 32 | 27% |
| South Korea | 10 | 8% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |

12 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jun Hasebe | CFO, CSO, General Manage, Corporate Department | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jun-hasebe |
| Naruatsu Baba | Founder, President, CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/naruatsu-baba |
| Se Hong Jang | Manager | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/se-hong-jang |
| Sejung Yun | Investment Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sejung-yun |
| Shintaro Yamakami | CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shintaro-yamakami |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Return Helper | Return Helper makes cross border ecommerce return easy - for both seller and buyer. We enable ecommerce merchants in APAC to offer the most cost-effective return solution in US, UK, Europe and Australia. Return Helper is a data-driven platform that connect shipping carriers, 3rd party warehouses, sales channels and aftermarket services. Weoptimise not only the return process & the aftermarket activity for online retailers, thus reducing cost, maximising sales and saving environmental resources but also the buyer return experience which boosts customer loyalty | $4M | Series A | May 29, 2026 |  |
| AccordX | Cookpy operates a ghost restaurant service for individuals, allowing anyone to open a virtual restaurant, prepare food at cloud kitchens, and sell food via online delivery platforms. | $1.4M | Seed | Jul 16, 2025 |  |
| Wunderbar | Wunderbar provides intellectual property along with branding and marketing services. | $3.5M | Series A | Jun 25, 2025 |  |
| Urth | Urth is an IT company that specializes in architectural design by providing corporations with a metaverse for architects' business models. | $210.2K | Seed | Apr 09, 2025 |  |
| CaseBlink | CaseBlink builds end-to-end workflows with generative AI, processing complex, writing-intensive applications for immigration lawyers. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Mar 19, 2025 |  |
| SALOWIN | SALOWIN is a shared salon where freelance hairdressers can freely provide customer service and service. | $16.4M | Series D | Feb 14, 2025 |  |
| Preplocal | Preplocal is a B2B food distribution platform that specializes in the distribution of both dry and temperature-controlled goods. |  | Seed | Nov 20, 2024 |  |
| Levellr | Levellr software helps creators & brands to build, manage and monetise messaging communities within existing apps, including Discord & Telegram. Our tools, which sit on top of Discord & Telegram, help our customers to acquire powerful-first party data on superfans, build highly engaged communities & generate tangible revenueopportunities, whilst also providing our customers with community strategy & on-going moderation services to ensure their communities thrive. | $1.8M | Seed | Nov 01, 2024 |  |
| Coopel | Coopel is an RPA that allows beginners to easily automate daily tasks and make work efficient. | $938.8K | Seed | Oct 11, 2024 |  |
| ChillStack | ChillStack is a AI security platform. They offer services that include fraud detection, anomaly detection ai, security diagnosis, fraudulent expense automatic detection cloud, anomaly detection ai platform, and protecting web applications, ai systems, and networks from cyberattacks. |  | Series A | Sep 12, 2024 |  |

10 of 118 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [The Venture Reality Fund/VRF](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venture-reality-fund) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Presence Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/presence-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Sparkland Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sparkland-cap) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Dt& Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dt-investment) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Colopl Next invest in?

Colopl Next invests primarily in Virtual Reality, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 118 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Colopl Next's check size?

Colopl Next typically joins rounds of $900k–$8.5M at Seed and $2M–$30M 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 Colopl Next participates in.

### How do I contact Colopl Next?

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### Who are the partners at Colopl Next?

The team at Colopl Next includes Jun Hasebe (CFO, CSO, General Manage, Corporate Department), Naruatsu Baba (Founder, President, CEO) and Se Hong Jang (Manager), among 6 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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