# COLOPL

> COLOPL is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Mobile and Crowdsourcing. See 7 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/colopl-inc-
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/colopl_pr
- Website: http://colopl.co.jp/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coloplinc/

COLOPL is a company that operates mobile network games and location information service platform CoroPla, specializing in smartphones.

## Contacts

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

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 2 | 29% |
| Crowdsourcing | 2 | 29% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| Beauty | 1 | 14% |
| Big Data | 1 | 14% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 14% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 6 | 86% |
| France | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Baba Naruatsu | President and CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baba-naruatsu |
| Kenta Sugai | Director CTO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenta-sugai |
| Koichiro Iida | Audit and Supervisory Committee Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koichiro-iida |
| Tsukioka Ryogo | Audit & Supervisory Committee | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tsukioka-ryogo |
| Yuta Inoue | Business development | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yuta-inoue-21c5 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Crypto Blockchain Industries | CBI is a French company that develops, operates, and invests in video games, business applications, and selected projects relating to the blockchain, non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”), and cryptocurrencies. It is a renowned gaming industry entrepreneur and blockchain pioneer, CBI aims to develop and unlock value from a portfolio of blockchain activitiesacross multiple industries (video games, finance, logistics, etc.) | $13.5M | Post-IPO Equity | Jun 07, 2024 | https://cbicorp.io/ |
| Requpo | Requpo is a brand-new salon reservation app that allows you to book a beauty salon without having to search. | $701K | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 15, 2017 | http://requpo.jp/company.html |
| YAMAP | YAMAP is born to make your outdoors, such as hike or ski, more safety, and more enjoyable with your iPhone. YAMAP App can track and log your outdoors, view elevation info, and build an online outdoor journal. 
Love & share the outdoors with YAMAP ! ■■ Three Main Features of YAMAP ■■ 1) Safe ◆YAMAP App makes your iPhone a special GPSdevice for the outdoors. YAMAP App could provide accurate positioning information with YAMAP's maps in Japan and your iPhone's GPS, even if you are in places not reached by mobile phone signals, such as in mountainous regions. 2) Convenience ◆ YAMAP Hybrid Maps YAMAP's maps are used as digital ones with your iPhone, and as ones on paper by downloading them to your PC (or tablet PC). 3) Share ◆You can easily share your outdoor data with your family and friends through YAMAP Web service. Once you finish your outdoor and save your data, YAMAP App automatically uploads to your online 'ACTIVITY REPORT' on YAMAP Web service (http://yamap.co.jp) where you can view your route, outdoor data, and a comprehensive workout history. In addition, YAMAP gives you the ability to easily share your outdoor data with friends and family. | $1.5M | Series A | Mar 14, 2016 | http://yamap.co.jp/top |
| Fove | FOVE offers an eye tracking head mount display. Dive into virtual worlds that know where you are looking, what you are looking at and react to it. Think Iron Man meets Oculus. By tracking gaze position in real time it is possible to interact with and control objects on the screen in new ways. | $11M | Series A | Mar 07, 2016 | https://fove-inc.com |
| Kaizen Platform | Kaizen is the full-service platform that enables marketing professionals to optimize digital customer experiences at scale without utilizing expensive internal resources. With a curated network of professionals and a technology-managed approach, Kaizen connects fragmented marketing tools and talent into one optimization ecosystem. | $8M | Series B | Feb 01, 2016 | http://kaizenplatform.com/ |
| Fuller | Fuller is a software development company that builds mobile phone applications and provides internet media services. The company’s products include App Ape Analytics and App Ape Lab.App Ape Analytics is a trend research and analysis app that investigates the usage of Android terminal, and offers the viewing rate data; the number of active usersof the application; and user attribute information such as the user’s age gender, the user who is in possession of the application, and more.App Ape Lab analyzes the trends and offers real-time information of the app market.Fuller was founded in 2011 and is based in Chiba, Japan. | $1.9M | Seed | Feb 27, 2015 | https://www.fuller-inc.com |
| lancers | LANCERS Inc. provides crowdsourcing services. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Kamakura, Japan. | $141.7M |  | Dec 02, 2014 | http://lancers.jp |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Daiwa Corporate Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daiwa-corporate-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GMO VenturePartners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gmo-venturepartners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [STRIVE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gree-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [YJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yj-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [2020 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2020-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Asteria](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asteria-japan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does COLOPL invest in?

COLOPL invests primarily in Mobile, Crowdsourcing and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Seed 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.

### How do I contact COLOPL?

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### Who are the partners at COLOPL?

The team at COLOPL includes Baba Naruatsu (President and CEO), Kenta Sugai (Director CTO) and Koichiro Iida (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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