DeNA
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
DeNA is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on E-Commerce and Education. DeNA provides a social game platform, social games, e-commerce, and other Web services for mobile devices and PCs. Its current flagship business is its mobile social games platform Mobage which offers first, second, and third-party games on multiple localized player networks worldwide.
- Total investments:
- 56
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 16%
Last updated:
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Industries DeNA invests in
Stages DeNA invests in
Countries DeNA invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 9 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $281k–$2.7M
- Series A
- $2.5M–$44M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $496k–$182M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 9 (16%)
- Education 7 (13%)
- Apps 6 (11%)
- Content 6 (11%)
- Software 6 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 24 (43%)
- Series A 9 (16%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 9 (16%)
- Funding Round 4 (7%)
- Corporate Round 4 (7%)
Country
- Japan 26 (46%)
- United States 12 (21%)
- India 1 (2%)
- Brazil 1 (2%)
- Germany 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun Oi
Executive Officer, Head of Business Planning Division
|
Executive Officer, Head of Business Planning Division | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Shogo Kawada
Adviser
|
Adviser | Total investments: 22 | Find email | |
Tomoko Namba
Executive Chairman
|
Executive Chairman | Total investments: 19 | Find email | |
Tomoya Ogawa
Executive Officer, SVP
|
Executive Officer, SVP | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Kuniaki Miyake
CMO
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CMO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALGO ARTIS is a software company that offers optimization in plant operations, tanking, ship allocation plan, and logistics. | $9.6M / Series B / Jun 09, 2026 | ||
| Shizuku is an open-source Android app that enables other apps to access elevated system APIs without requiring full root access on your device. It achieves this by running a background service launched via ADB (Android Debug Bridge) or wireless debugging on Android 11+, granting limited privileged permissions safely. | $15M / Seed / Feb 09, 2026 | ||
| Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite. | $1.5M / Seed / Nov 16, 2023 | ||
| Tané is a "Crypto Builders Incubator". We intend to contribute to the crypto/Web3 ecosystem by leveraging the experience and expertise gained from developing and investing in web businesses and applications. | $8M / Seed / Jan 27, 2023 | ||
| Allm is a medical ICT company dedicated to shaping healthcare. The company seeks to benefit society by launching next-generation technologies and medical communications platforms for the healthcare industry. The solutions are installed more than 18 countries across US, South America, EU, Japan, Middle East and Africa. | $182.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 05, 2022 | ||
| ALGO ARTIS is a software company that offers optimization in plant operations, tanking, ship allocation plan, and logistics. | $4.8M / Series A / Sep 15, 2021 | ||
| Buzzreach is a Tokyo-based MedTech Company. | Corporate Round / Aug 06, 2020 | ||
| justInCase, Inc. is the first pure InsurTech insurance company started its business in July 2018 in Japan. justInCase was founded by experienced actuaries and data scientists. justInCase provides AI based smartphone insurance, API based accident insurance, P2P insurance, COVID-19 insurance, as well as AI based healthtech insurance. | $9.2M / Series A / Dec 09, 2019 | ||
| lafool is a mental health tech company that provides an organizational diagnostic tool "Laful Survey" to realize health management. | $6.3M / Series A / Feb 25, 2019 | ||
| GS2 provides a comprehensive backend-as-a-service platform tailored for game developers, offering over 30 modular server functions. Its smart SDKs include data freshness management and local caching, reducing unnecessary API calls and enhancing performance. It enables developers to focus on game logic and user experience with features like no-codeUI components, anti-cheat mechanisms, and scalable infrastructure. | $752.8K / Seed / Mar 30, 2018 | ||
| See all 56 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does DeNA invest in?
DeNA invests primarily in E-Commerce, Education and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 56 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is DeNA's check size?
DeNA typically joins rounds of $281k–$2.7M at Seed, $2.5M–$44M at Series A and $496k–$182M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds DeNA participates in.
How do I contact DeNA?
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Who are the partners at DeNA?
The team at DeNA includes Jun Oi (Executive Officer, Head of Business Planning Division), Shogo Kawada (Adviser) and Tomoko Namba (Executive Chairman), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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