# Cool Japan Fund

> Cool Japan Fund is a VC fund in Tokyo backing E-Commerce and Content. See 39 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 39
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 59%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cool-japan-fund
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/CoolJapanFund
- Website: https://www.cj-fund.co.jp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoolJapanFund

Cool Japan Fund is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on E-Commerce and Content. Cool Japan Fund was founded in November 2013 as a public-private fund with the aim of supporting and promoting the development of demand overseas for excellent Japanese products and services.Cool Japan Fund aims to commercialize the “Cool Japan” and increase overseas demand by providing risk capital for businesses across a variety of areas,including media & content, food & services, and fashion & lifestyle.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series B | $7M–$213M |
| Series C | $10M–$75M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 8 | 21% |
| Content | 3 | 8% |
| Fashion | 3 | 8% |
| Education | 3 | 8% |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 8% |

64 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 12 | 31% |
| Series B | 7 | 18% |
| Series C | 7 | 18% |
| Seed | 2 | 5% |
| Series E | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 14 | 36% |
| United States | 3 | 8% |
| Taiwan | 2 | 5% |
| Singapore | 2 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kenichi Kawasaki | President, CEO and COO | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenichi-kawasaki |
| Nobuo Sugiuchi | Co-Chief Investment Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nobuo-sugiuchi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Konvy | Konvy.com is a beauty e-commerce platform that provides cosmetics and skincare products. Konvy.com products include skin creams, makeup accessories, perfume, food supplements, and many more. L'Oréal, Shiseido, Sulwhasoo, Eucerin, and La Roche-Posay are among its brands. | $22M | Series B | May 12, 2026 |  |
| Brave group | Brave group engages in IP development, marketing and support services. | $31.4M | Series E | Apr 22, 2026 |  |
| PolicyStreet | PolicyStreet is an insurance technology (insurtech) group of companies providing digital insurance solutions to businesses and consumers in Southeast Asia and Australia. They offer insurance, bespoke employee benefits, financial advice, insurance aggregation, and the development of digital technologies to make insurance meaningful and simple forbusinesses and people. | $21M | Series C | Apr 01, 2026 |  |
| Ecbo | Ecbo is an IT firm that provides the service of temporary luggage storage-sharing facilities for passengers and travellers. |  | Series B | Feb 13, 2026 |  |
| Buy&Ship | Buyandship provides cross-border eCommerce solution focusing on Marketing and Logistics. At Buyandship, is redefining the experience of E-Commerce without changing the sites, disrupting the underlying infrastructure, we provide consolidate, aggregate and load-balance shipments across the world to the consumer's doorstep. Our technologyfocuses on connecting the fragmented existing logistics infrastructure to create a seamless experience for both merchants and consumers, and the benefit is that they get a solution that is 30-50% less than other carriers. We also work with merchants, marketplaces, and platforms to create a channel to reach an audience across our geographies (9 Countries currently) and reaching over 1.5M+ people per month whilst growing. We envision our members being able to purchase from any site around the world and have it seamlessly be shipped home. No more geographical restrictions, No more price monopolies, No more ambiguous shipping situations. We are building towards a transparent system, where both buyers and sellers just focus on the product. | $12M | Series C | Jan 05, 2026 |  |
| COOLMATE | Coolmate is a Vietnamese menswear brand offering a wide range of apparel and accessories for men, from sportswear and office attire to everyday styles. They operate exclusively online through their own e-commerce website and popular e-commerce platforms in Vietnam. The company is headquartered in Hanoi & Hochiminh City, Vietnam. |  | Series C | Nov 03, 2025 |  |
| Carro | Carro is an online used car marketplace that offers a wide range of services for buying a car. | $60M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| Vpon Holdings | Vpon Holdings is an AI big data analysis and advertising company. | $7M | Series B | Mar 07, 2025 |  |
| Funding Societies | Funding Societies operates an online platform that connects individual and institutional investors with SMEs seeking loans. The platform allows SMEs to access financing quickly and efficiently, often bypassing traditional banks. The company has operations in multiple Southeast Asian countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand. | $25M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 19, 2024 |  |
| KKday | KKday is an e-commerce travel platform that offers 10,000+ experiences around the world. It provides a wide breadth of experiences, including theme park tickets, cooking classes, multi-day tours, airport transfers, sim cards, and hidden sights off the beaten path. KKday was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in T'ai-pei, Taiwan. | $70M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 04, 2024 |  |

10 of 39 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [National Development Fund of Taiwan Government](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/national-development-fund-of-taiwan-government) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Altara Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altara-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Circularity Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circularity-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Darwin Venture Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darwin-venture-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MindWorks Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mindworks-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Monk’s Hill Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monk-s-hill-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Cool Japan Fund invest in?

Cool Japan Fund invests primarily in E-Commerce, Content and Fashion startups, most often at Funding Round and Series B stage. Most of the 39 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Cool Japan Fund's check size?

Cool Japan Fund typically joins rounds of $7M–$213M at Series B and $10M–$75M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Cool Japan Fund participates in.

### How do I contact Cool Japan Fund?

Public channels for Cool Japan Fund 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 Cool Japan Fund?

The team at Cool Japan Fund includes Kenichi Kawasaki (President, CEO and COO) and Nobuo Sugiuchi (Co-Chief Investment Officer). 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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