# Cork

> Cork is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Communities and Fashion. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/corkagency
- Website: https://corkagency.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/corkagency/

Cork is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Communities and Fashion. Cork offers fan marketing, community management, event management and work management services.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Cork. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Cork. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/cork?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Communities | 2 | 50% |
| Fashion | 1 | 25% |
| Internet | 1 | 25% |
| Animation | 1 | 25% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sadoshima Youhei | Founder and CEO | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sadoshima-yohei |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CrestLab | CrestLab Inc. is a startup focused on developing and providing products for anime production, with a central offering called "ANICRA," which is an anime production support platform that leverages AI technology. This platform aims to aid in various aspects of anime production by integrating artificial intelligence to enhance efficiency andcreativity. |  | Seed | Aug 01, 2025 |  |
| Osiro | Osiro is a community management firm. |  | Seed | Feb 27, 2020 |  |
| picki | Picki is a company which develops fashion D2C platform. picki provided by the Company to properly manage and operate the personal information acquired by the Company. | $8.5M | Seed | May 22, 2019 |  |
| Taskey | Taskey is a smartphone novel community that will expand the creation of literary works to the world. | $21.3M |  | Jul 25, 2018 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CyberAgent Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyberagent) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BASE Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/base-partners-2726) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Coral Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coral-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Financial Academy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/financial-academy) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Catalyst Partners Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-catalyst-partners-japan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Cork invest in?

Cork invests primarily in Communities, Fashion and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 4 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 Cork?

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### Who are the partners at Cork?

The team at Cork includes Sadoshima Youhei (Founder and CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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