# DeNA

> DeNA is a VC fund in Tokyo backing E-Commerce and Artificial Intelligence. See 38 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 38
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dena
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/DeNAPR
- Website: https://dena.com/jp/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DeNAJP

DeNA is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on E-Commerce and Artificial Intelligence. 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.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for DeNA. Shizune tracks 10 team members at DeNA. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/dena?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$14M |
| Series A | $2.5M–$142M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 6 | 16% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 16% |
| Health Care | 5 | 13% |
| Content | 4 | 11% |
| Internet | 4 | 11% |

90 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 37% |
| Funding Round | 10 | 26% |
| Series A | 9 | 24% |
| Series B | 2 | 5% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 20 | 53% |
| United States | 10 | 26% |
| India | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jun Oi | Executive Officer, Head of Business Planning Division | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oi-jun |
| Shogo Kawada | Adviser | 22 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shogo-kawada |
| Tomoko Namba | Executive Chairman | 15 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tomoko-namba |
| Tomoya Ogawa | Executive Officer, SVP | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tomoya-ogawa |
| Isao Moriyasu | President / CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isao-moriyasu |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ALGO ARTIS | 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 AI | 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 | Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite. | $1.5M | Seed | Nov 16, 2023 |  |
| Tane | 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 | 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 | 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 | Buzzreach is a Tokyo-based MedTech Company. |  |  | Aug 06, 2020 |  |
| Buzzreach | Buzzreach is a Tokyo-based MedTech Company. |  | Corporate Round | Aug 06, 2020 |  |
| Justincase | 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. | $141.7M | Series A | Dec 09, 2019 |  |
| lafool | lafool is a mental health tech company that provides an organizational diagnostic tool "Laful Survey" to realize health management. | $99.2M | Series A | Feb 25, 2019 |  |

10 of 38 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/utec) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Skyland Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/skyland-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Bullpen Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bullpen-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Globis Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/globis-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does DeNA invest in?

DeNA invests primarily in E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 38 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 $1.2M–$14M at Seed and $2.5M–$142M at Series A. 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?

Public channels for DeNA include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) 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 DeNA?

The team at DeNA includes Jun Oi (Executive Officer, Head of Business Planning Division), Shogo Kawada (Adviser) and Tomoko Namba (Executive Chairman), among 10 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 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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