Delight Ventures
VC Fund
Shibuya, Japan
Delight Ventures is a venture capital firm that thoroughly reduces the hurdles of entrepreneurship in Japan and supports entrepreneurs in the world. Entrepreneurship is taken as a natural career path, and we aim to be a society where both successful and unsuccessful people can continue to take on challenges.
- Total investments:
- 93
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 31%
- Fund size:
- $93M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Delight Ventures invests in
Stages Delight Ventures invests in
Countries Delight Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $556k–$4.3M
- Series A
- $1.9M–$11M
- Series B
- $3.1M–$19M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 13 (14%)
- Artificial Intelligence 11 (12%)
- Information Technology 8 (9%)
- Consulting 5 (5%)
- E-Commerce 4 (4%)
Stage
- Seed 33 (35%)
- Series A 22 (24%)
- Series B 7 (8%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 5 (5%)
- Series C 3 (3%)
Country
- Japan 49 (53%)
- United States 3 (3%)
- Malaysia 1 (1%)
- South Korea 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bando Ryo
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Tomoko Namba
Managing Partners
|
Managing Partners | Total investments: 19 | Find email | |
Watanabe Dai
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
|
Co-Founder and Managing Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| We make aging beautiful. Voxela improves QOL and profitability of those eldercare businesses for a sustainable society. | Series A / Sep 16, 2026 | ||
| Ocean is a technology-driven company dedicated to promoting digital transformation in the tax-free and retail shopping sectors. By developing innovative digital platforms and integrated solutions, the company streamlines tax refund processes and enhances the overall shopping experience for international travelers and retailers alike. | $3.3M / Series A / Sep 11, 2026 | ||
| 10pct. is a consulting firm that provides hotel management, marketing, and operation support services to its clients. | $2.5M / Series A / Sep 02, 2026 | ||
| Creating the operating system of our zero-carbon, distributed energy future | $6M / Series A / Apr 02, 2026 | ||
| Asterminds has created the AI listening agent "InTake" to address the structural problem of "information intake." | $696.9K / Seed / Mar 10, 2026 | ||
| Develop and operate the global customization platform "CUSTA." | $4.3M / Seed / Mar 02, 2026 | ||
| Sotas provides services to chemical trading companies and bridges the gap between raw material producers and consumers. | $6.5M / Series A / Feb 18, 2026 | ||
| Cosomil develops early diagnostic drugs for diseases and provides research and development support to healthcare companies. | Series A / Feb 06, 2026 | ||
| VALANCE is a technology company that develops an AI-driven headless supply chain management (SCM) platform. | $1.7M / Seed / Feb 05, 2026 | ||
| Dishwill produces farm-fresh ingredients for plant-based foods at its plant factories, and also specializes in food processing. | Seed / Feb 04, 2026 | ||
| See all 93 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Delight Ventures invest in?
Delight Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 93 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Delight Ventures invest in?
Delight Ventures typically joins rounds of $556k–$4.3M at Seed, $1.9M–$11M at Series A and $3.1M–$19M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Delight Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Delight Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Delight Ventures?
Public channels for Delight Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.
Who are the partners at Delight Ventures?
The team at Delight Ventures includes Bando Ryo (Principal), Tomoko Namba (Managing Partners) and Watanabe Dai (Co-Founder and Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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