# Daiki Hirozawa

> Daiki Hirozawa is a seed investor at THE SEED (Tokyo) backing AgTech and Robotics. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [THE SEED](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-seed)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daikihirozawa
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/@HirozawaDaiki
- Website: https://x.com/@HirozawaDaiki
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Daiki.Hirozawa

Daiki Hirozawa is a seed investor at THE SEED in Tokyo focused on AgTech and Robotics. Daiki Hirozawa interned at a venture company before entering East Ventures in February 2015. He supports East Ventures’ portfolios and has successfully held several startup events to further grow Japan’s startup ecosystem.He organized and operates a coworking space in Shibuya called #HiveShibuya, established in July 2015. Many startup eventswere held here with over 250 members participating.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 1 | 25% |
| Robotics | 1 | 25% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 25% |
| Video Games | 1 | 25% |
| Online Games | 1 | 25% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AGRI SMILE | AGRI SMILE employs technology to create sustainable agriculture, communities, and production areas. It promotes agricultural industry development by combining software as a tool for accumulating and inheriting technology with science, which creates new technology based on accumulated data. They seeks to establish a cultivation system that is inharmony with the environment and the region, allowing agricultural workers to live a rich life both financially and spiritually. | $1.5M | Series A | Sep 27, 2021 |  |
| CharacterBank | CharacterBank offers game development and production services using VR technology. | $14.2M |  | Nov 26, 2020 |  |
| New Innovations | New Innovations company is offering a snuggling service to many people who support Japan's “high quality”. AI and robots do not take away the job, but robots support the work that is accomplished without the involvement of people, and many working people are aiming for the future to create a more humanoid life. With the problem of lack oftalent, it was difficult to reflect technology on OFF Line until now, trying to provide robots in the “food and drink” and “retail” industry, CEKAI's first demand forecast AI unmanned cafeThe robot “√C” was developed. √C is not “looking for coffee that suits me”, but instead realizes “coffee is perfect for me” with demand forecasting AI. Today, people who drink coffee are choosing their favorite cafe, canned coffee, convenience store coffee, etc., according to their taste needs, SPEED needs, and hospitality needs. The company developed the service as a new choice of coffee, and in the future, the perfect coffee according to the taste preferences, busy, physical condition and mood of the day., which aims to provide. In July 2019, the company receives a third party quota increase of 70 million yen from Zashid Capital and DEEPCORE. From August 1, 2019, with the cooperation of Nankai Electric Railway, “√C” will be installed at Namba Station/Namba Skyo, and demonstration experiments will begin. | $1.6M | Seed | Jun 24, 2020 |  |
| New Innovations | New Innovations company is offering a snuggling service to many people who support Japan's “high quality”. AI and robots do not take away the job, but robots support the work that is accomplished without the involvement of people, and many working people are aiming for the future to create a more humanoid life. With the problem of lack oftalent, it was difficult to reflect technology on OFF Line until now, trying to provide robots in the “food and drink” and “retail” industry, CEKAI's first demand forecast AI unmanned cafeThe robot “√C” was developed. √C is not “looking for coffee that suits me”, but instead realizes “coffee is perfect for me” with demand forecasting AI. Today, people who drink coffee are choosing their favorite cafe, canned coffee, convenience store coffee, etc., according to their taste needs, SPEED needs, and hospitality needs. The company developed the service as a new choice of coffee, and in the future, the perfect coffee according to the taste preferences, busy, physical condition and mood of the day., which aims to provide. In July 2019, the company receives a third party quota increase of 70 million yen from Zashid Capital and DEEPCORE. From August 1, 2019, with the cooperation of Nankai Electric Railway, “√C” will be installed at Namba Station/Namba Skyo, and demonstration experiments will begin. | $9.9M | Seed | Jul 30, 2019 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Deepcore](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deepcore) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Monex Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monex-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About THE SEED

VC Fund



1 contacts available at THE SEED.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daiki Hirozawa | General Partner & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daiki-hirozawa |

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## FAQ

### What does Daiki Hirozawa invest in?

Daiki Hirozawa invests primarily in AgTech, Robotics and Agriculture startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.

### When did Daiki Hirozawa last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Daiki Hirozawa closed in Sep 2021. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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