# Cookpad

> Cookpad is a VC fund in Tokyo backing E-Commerce, Apps and Grocery. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cookpad-japan
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/cookpad_jp
- Website: https://cookpad.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cookpad.jp/

Cookpad is a recipe site that allows visitors to upload and search through original, user-created recipes. The service is currently available in Japanese, English, Spanish, and Indonesian. Cookpad was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan with overseas offices located in California U.S.; Alicante, Spain; and Jakarta, Indonesia.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Cookpad. Shizune tracks 10 team members at Cookpad. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/cookpad?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 67% |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| Grocery | 1 | 33% |
| E-Learning | 1 | 33% |
| Communities | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 2 | 67% |
| France | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Akihisa Kaneko | Product Management | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akihisa-kaneko |
| Daisuke Yanagisawa | Outside Director | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daisuke-yanagisawa |
| Dilla Anindita Purnawan | Lead Product Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dilla-anindita-purnawan |
| Hiroaki Miyoshi | Officer | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroaki-miyoshi |
| Hiroaki Nakiri | Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroaki-nakiri |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Omie & Cie | Omie & Cie is an online grocery platform. They offers goods with fewer middlemen and simpler packaging. Their products include cooked jars, tomato sauce, pesto, pasta, soups, and purees. They access to the production process behind the scenes, allowing them to get all the information they need about the product they are eating from the comfortof their home. | $16.1M | Series A | Feb 09, 2023 | https://www.omie.fr |
| WILLFU | WILLFU is an Education based platform. | $5.7M | Seed | Oct 24, 2014 | http://willfu.jp |
| Fablic | Fablic is the maker of women-focused flea-market app Fril allowing females to verify their identity on the app through Facebook. Once verified, female users can upload photos and buy and sell clothing items with fixed prices using the application. Fablic was launched in 2012. | $9.2M |  | Sep 25, 2014 | http://fablic.co.jp/ |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [2050](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2050) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [50 Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/50-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Colopl Next](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colopl-next) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Crédit Agricole](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/credit-agricole) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DG VENTURES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dg-incubation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Cookpad invest in?

Cookpad invests primarily in E-Commerce, Apps and Grocery startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 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 Cookpad?

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### Who are the partners at Cookpad?

The team at Cookpad includes Akihisa Kaneko (Product Management), Daisuke Yanagisawa (Outside Director) and Dilla Anindita Purnawan (Lead Product Manager), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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