# Crops

> Crops is a VC fund in Nagoya backing Video, Software and Analytics. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nagoya, Japan
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/au_shop_crops
- Website: https://www.crops.ne.jp/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/au.shop.crops

Crops is a portable communications company. They sell mobile phones and related services in general. They offer UQ mobile-compatible smartphones and WiMAX routers. They are actively promoting the expansion of stores and parking lots because many of the customers are interested.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Video | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Analytics | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RUN.EDGE | RUN.EDGE is an information technology company that offers video search and analysis services for the sports field. The company's product FL-UX is a real-time video analysis and communication tool that accelerates team collaboration. FL-UX instantly synchronizes the "tags" attached to the scene while watching the play and the playvideo data, allowing for immediate feedback and tactical confirmation. Furthermore, the user-friendly interface and operability make editing and analyzing video data more efficient.Pitchbase is a baseball video search and analysis app with fast-scene playback technology. The app offers a comfortable environment for analysis at any time and from any location, with technology that enables high-speed playback of pitching scenes for each pitch and technology that downloads only your favorite pitching scenes to your device. In addition to being able to search for and playback the pitching scene you want to analyze, you can also compare the pitching and batting forms of two different pitching scenes side by side or overlap them, and gain various insights from the video. | $5.3M | Series A | Feb 27, 2020 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- DataStadium — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KDDI Open Innovation Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kddi-open-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Link-U — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- MEDIASEEK — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Obunsha Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/obunsha-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Crops invest in?

Crops invests primarily in Video, Software and Analytics startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Crops last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Crops closed in Feb 2020. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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