# Daisuke Yanagisawa

> Daisuke Yanagisawa is a seed investor at KAYAC (Hong Kong) backing Sales and Finance. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [KAYAC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kayac)
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daisuke-david-yanagisawa-1519441

Daisuke Yanagisawa is a seed investor at KAYAC in Hong Kong focused on Sales and Finance. Daisuke Yanagisawa - Founder & CEO @ KAYAC

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sales | 1 | 33% |
| Finance | 1 | 33% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 33% |
| Management Consulting | 1 | 33% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Angel | 1 | 33% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ezowin | Ezowin is a management firm dedicated to developing agricultural products and connecting Japanese agriculture to future generations. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 12, 2023 |  |
| Hakki Africa | HAKKI AFRICA provides microfinance services for SMEs. | $4.3M | Seed | Dec 01, 2020 |  |
| Hakki Africa | HAKKI AFRICA provides microfinance services for SMEs. |  | Angel | Mar 31, 2020 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Farus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/farus) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Samurai Incubate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samurai-incubate) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About KAYAC

VC Fund · Kamakura, Japan

Creating and ConnectingOur imagination knows no bounds and we believe in everyone's creative abilities.In Japanese, we describe ourselves as an "omoshiro" company. It is hard to translate but it kind of means playful, fun and interesting. What we really want is to create things that are fun for people to use. And that'swhy we hire free-spirited and light-hearted people who won't lose their playful creativity at work.KAYAC is what an IT and web company looks like when it is given the freedom to play. Our name is based on the initials of our three directors: KAihata, YAnagisawa, and C(k)uba. And it fits us because a kayak is a nimble and fun little boat that needs a strong, hardworking crew to navigate it, just like our company.

5 contacts available at KAYAC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daisuke Yanagisawa | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daisuke-yanagisawa |
| Masanori Kaihata | Co-founder & CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masanori-kaihata |
| Morikawa Tetsuji | Outside Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morikawa-tetsuji |
| Takao Nakamura | Outside Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takao-nakamura |
| Tomoyoshi Kuba | Co-founder & CBO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tomoyoshi-kuba |

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## FAQ

### What does Daisuke Yanagisawa invest in?

Daisuke Yanagisawa invests primarily in Sales, Finance and Agriculture startups, most often at Seed and Angel 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.

### When did Daisuke Yanagisawa last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Daisuke Yanagisawa closed in Jan 2023. 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.

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