# DAN Venture Capital

> DAN Venture Capital is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Software, Apps and EdTech. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last fund: Oct 2015
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://angels.camp-fire.jp/

DAN Venture Capital is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Software and Apps. DAN Venture Capital operates CAMPFIRE Angels, an equity crowdfunding platform.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |
| EdTech | 1 | 20% |
| Internet | 1 | 20% |
| Training | 1 | 20% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 40% |
| Series F | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 3 | 60% |
| China | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Boundary Intelligent Control | Boundary Intelligent is specialized in creating airborne systems, such as flight control systems, that satisfy the needs of civil aircraft, as well as enhancing the ecology of the civil aviation industry and constructing aircraft perception, navigation, decision-making, and planning capabilities. |  | Seed | May 22, 2023 |  |
| MasterClass | Launched in 2015, MasterClass is the streaming platform where anyone can learn from the world’s best. With an annual membership, subscribers get unlimited access to 100+ instructors and classes across a wide range of subjects, including Arts & Entertainment, Business, Design & Style, Sports & Gaming, Writing and more. Step into KellyWearstler’s design studio, Ron Finley’s garden and Neil Gaiman’s writing retreat. Get inspired by RuPaul, perfect your pitch with Shonda Rhimes, and discover your inner negotiator with Chris Voss. Each class features about 20 video lessons, at an average of 10 minutes per lesson. You can learn on your own terms—in bite-size pieces or in a single binge. Cinematic visuals and close-up, hands-on demonstrations make you feel like you’re one-on-one with the instructors, while the downloadable instructor guides help reinforce your learning. Stream thousands of lessons anywhere, anytime, on mobile, tablet, desktop, Apple TV®, Android™ TV, Amazon Fire TV® and Roku® players and devices. | $225M | Series F | Apr 23, 2021 |  |
| Gigi | Gigi offers Internet service businesses that include software, system, and application development. The company designed a business strategy that is beneficial to people, businesses, and the community. It enables customers to buy a meal ticket for a friend or family member. | $45.4M | Seed | Oct 15, 2020 |  |
| Hinata Designs | Hinata Designs provides advertising planning, proposal, and production, graphic design, and package design services. It is a platform for images with scale information, including full-scale representations. They also offer web design, application development, and IT consulting services. | $1.4M |  | Sep 19, 2018 |  |
| KITOHA | KITOHA sells the package tracking system. They provide development from mainframe, embedded, Windows application, and web application development, to smartphone application development such as Android and iPhone applications. They offer safe and reliable services to customers. |  |  | Oct 06, 2016 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [01 Advisors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/01-advisors-01) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ASBV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asbv) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atomico](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atomico) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Baillie Gifford](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baillie-gifford) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Balyasny Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/balyasny-asset-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bonnier Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bonnier-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does DAN Venture Capital invest in?

DAN Venture Capital invests primarily in Software, Apps and EdTech startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did DAN Venture Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for DAN Venture Capital closed in May 2023. Shizune tracks 5 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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