# Daisuke Shimada

> Daisuke Shimada is a seed investor at Insight Core (Tokyo) backing Beauty and Software. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Insight Core](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insight-core)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Daisuke777
- Website: https://x.com/Daisuke777

Daisuke Shimada is a seed investor at Insight Core in Tokyo focused on Beauty and Software. Daisuke Shimada is the Chairman & Founder of Insight Core.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $457k–$926k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beauty | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Cosmetics | 1 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 33% |
| Confectionery | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kids Snack Lab | Kids Snack Lab is a food manufacturing firm that produces and sells nutritional sweets for children. | $456.7K | Seed | Oct 29, 2024 |  |
| THE RICH | THE RICH is a hair care brand that contains silk regenerating and repairing ingredients. | $623.5K | Seed | Nov 01, 2023 |  |
| Morght | Morght is an information technology service company. | $925.6K | Seed | Apr 21, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ANOBAKA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kvp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Adlib Tech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adlib-tech-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Saison Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saison-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TLM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tlm) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Insight Core

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Insight Core is a store promotion specialized application platform service.

5 contacts available at Insight Core.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daisuke Shimada | Chairman & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daisuke-shimada |
| Atsushi Ogita | Auditor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atsushi-ogita |
| Hattori Tomoyuki | Technical Advisors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hattori-tomoyuki |
| Kanezaki Tomonori | Executive Officer CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kanezaki-tomonori |
| Satoshi Nakajima | Technical Advisors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/satoshi-nakajima |

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## FAQ

### What does Daisuke Shimada invest in?

Daisuke Shimada invests primarily in Beauty, Software and Cosmetics startups, most often at Seed 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.

### What is Daisuke Shimada's check size?

Daisuke Shimada typically joins rounds of $457k–$926k at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Daisuke Shimada participates in.

### When did Daisuke Shimada last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Daisuke Shimada closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 3 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?

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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