# Delight Ventures

> Delight Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 85 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shibuya, Japan
- Total investments: 85
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 32%
- Fund size: $1.4B
- Last fund: Aug 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/delight-ventures/
- Website: https://delight-ventures.com/

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $577k–$26M |
| Series A | $3.3M–$28M |
| Series B | $3.1M–$283M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 14 | 16% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 10 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 8 | 9% |
| Consulting | 5 | 6% |
| Service Industry | 4 | 5% |

94 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 33 | 39% |
| Series A | 19 | 22% |
| Series B | 7 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 6% |
| Series C | 3 | 4% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 47 | 55% |
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| South Korea | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bando Ryo | Principal | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bando-ryo |
| Tomoko Namba | Managing Partners | 15 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tomoko-namba |
| Watanabe Dai | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/watanabe-dai |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tensor Energy | Creating the operating system of our zero-carbon, distributed energy future | $6M | Series A | Apr 02, 2026 |  |
| Tensor Energy | Creating the operating system of our zero-carbon, distributed energy future | $6M | Series A | Apr 02, 2026 |  |
| Asterminds | Asterminds has created the AI listening agent "InTake" to address the structural problem of "information intake." | $696.9K | Seed | Mar 10, 2026 |  |
| Asterminds | Asterminds has created the AI listening agent "InTake" to address the structural problem of "information intake." | $696.9K | Seed | Mar 10, 2026 |  |
| CUSTA | Develop and operate the global customization platform "CUSTA." | $4.3M | Seed | Mar 02, 2026 |  |
| Sotas | 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 | Cosomil develops early diagnostic drugs for diseases and provides research and development support to healthcare companies. |  | Series A | Feb 06, 2026 |  |
| Cosomil | Cosomil develops early diagnostic drugs for diseases and provides research and development support to healthcare companies. |  | Series A | Feb 06, 2026 |  |
| VALANCE | VALANCE is a technology company that develops an AI-driven headless supply chain management (SCM) platform. | $1.7M | Seed | Feb 05, 2026 |  |
| Dishwill | Dishwill produces farm-fresh ingredients for plant-based foods at its plant factories, and also specializes in food processing. |  | Seed | Feb 04, 2026 |  |

10 of 85 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 18 deals together
- [DNX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dnx-ventures) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [Genesia Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genesia-ventures) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [ANRI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anri) — VC Fund, 9 deals together

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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 85 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Delight Ventures's check size?

Delight Ventures typically joins rounds of $577k–$26M at Seed, $3.3M–$28M at Series A and $3.1M–$283M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Delight Ventures participates 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 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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