# Dentsu Digital Holdings

> Dentsu Digital Holdings is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Internet and Software. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Apr 2017
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dentsu-digital-inc
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/dentsudigitaljp
- Website: https://www.dentsudigital.co.jp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DentsuDigitalInc/

Dentsu Digital Holdings is a business management company that provides digital communication solutions and services.The company offers strategy solutions such as data capabilities in various industries, applications of cross-industry know-hows and experiences, and data analysis to identify strategic scenarios and KPI; planning solutions,including unified planning which combines mass media and real promotions, and digital creative agency services; and execution and operational solutions such as stable management framework, brand exposure management, and scenario revision based on a range of effectiveness measurement tools and databases.The company also provides internet advertising, advertising networks, and SEM services for agencies; marketing strategy planning, response management, support for direct businesses, and database marketing; marketing technology planning, development, and management; and digital and advertising agency, mobile marketing, online advertising, and interactive services.In addition, the company is engaged in the areas of digital marketing platforms and digital media, digital technology, social marketing, digital devices, and new business models using digital technology in Japan, East Asia, the United States, and Europe. It also manages venture capital funds, making strategic investments in the new IT-based communications domain.Dentsu Digital Holdings was founded in 2000 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. It operates as a subsidiary of Dentsu Inc.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $1M–$142M |
| Series B | $223k–$72M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 3 | 14% |
| Software | 3 | 14% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 14% |
| Fashion | 2 | 10% |

42 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 5 | 24% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 24% |
| Series A | 4 | 19% |
| Seed | 2 | 10% |
| Series C | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Abe Mitsuru | Executive Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abe-mitsuru |
| Daisuke Kobayashi | Executive officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dentsu-digital |
| Jun Hayatake | Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jun-hayatake |
| Ko Takimoto | Executive Vice-President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ko-takimoto |
| Nakatsu Kumiko | Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nakatsu-kumiko |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Viibar | Viibar has a mission of "Opening the horizon of videos and making the world positive." We delve into the area of Video Tech through "Video SaaS Business", "DX Business for Media Platformers", and "Liver Success Business", and support the utilization of video by companies and individuals with technology andnew mechanisms. | $63.7M |  | Apr 28, 2017 |  |
| Viibar | Viibar has a mission of "Opening the horizon of videos and making the world positive." We delve into the area of Video Tech through "Video SaaS Business", "DX Business for Media Platformers", and "Liver Success Business", and support the utilization of video by companies and individuals with technology andnew mechanisms. | $56.7M | Series B | Jan 22, 2017 |  |
| Agile Media Network | Agile Media Network is a Tokyo-based advertising network and blog marketing company for blogs and social media. Much like Federated Media in the US, Agile Media Network, is well known for working with many top blogs, i.e. Engadget Japanese.The company, one of the biggest of its kind in Japan, provides a number of solutions in the advertisingand planning fields for its clients. For example, Agile Media Network handles and organizes banner ad sales, large-scale blogger meetings, web industry events or campaign blogs.In August 2009, the company organized WISH 2009, a web industry event in Tokyo at which startups were given the chance to demonstrate their services onstage to an audience of over 400 people. |  |  | Jan 19, 2017 |  |
| Kyash | Kyash is a Japanese fintech startup offering consumer / business payment services. Kyash was founded on January 23, 2015, and is based in Tokyo, Japan. | $141.7M | Series A | Dec 14, 2016 |  |
| Life is Tech | Life is Tech is a developer of education platform intended for elementary and junior high school students.The company's platform organizes coding and IT camps, collaborating with local governments and running several schemes such as Tech for Local, Be Startup, Code Girls and Tech for Teachers, enabling students to improve their coding skillsand creativity | $96.8M |  | Sep 12, 2016 |  |
| BizReach | Launch pad for a wide array of HR Tech services, which has focused on revolutionizing the world’s second largest Japanese HR services industry thru technology enabled business models. BizReach: Japan's premier online career networking service, which has transformed the Japanese business community in allowing career-driven executives tofreely share and directly connect with talent-seeking employers and recruiters.Often referred to as the “LinkedIn of Japan” in the HR industry, the service has allowed over half a million executives to explore their career options by sharing their resume information in a closed online database shared amongst only employers and recruiters. The service has disrupted the executive search (recruitment) market by becoming a cloud-based talent sourcing platform for employers to recruit and hire business executives directly. CareerTrek: The service was built on the needs of BizReach clients (employers) wanting to recruit and hire “young” professionals (20s and early 30s) more efficiently thru direct sourcing methods. Hence, the service is branded and targeted to become an online career networking service connecting young professional jobseekers and employers. Together with BizReach, the 2 cloud-based talent sourcing platforms deliver similar results to what Linkedin delivers to enterprise clients outside of Japan. An added feature of CareerTrek due to its focus on a younger audience is its recommendation engine, which supports jobseekers in not only proactively finding jobs that they think fit them, but being introduced to positions that other similar users find interesting. Stanby: Stanby is a job search engine, which aggregates job postings from hundreds of third-party job sites. This “Google for Jobs” service enables jobseekers to search from over 4 million jobs posted online from all over the country in just one search. Stanby ATS is a service provided to employers, and is a cloud-based applicant tracking system for employers, and is free to use. Employers can create job postings, source applicants and track applicants, together functioning as a central platform for all recruitment efforts. Stanby thrives to bring every job opening to the online world, and become the largest original source of hiring information. | $37.7M | Series A | Mar 29, 2016 |  |
| xica Co.,Ltd. | Xica Co.,Ltd. is engaged in the research and development of micro and macro information technology systems. The company provides statistical analysis application, data estimation and collection, and modeling analysis consulting services. Xica Co.,Ltd. was founded in February 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. | $17.6M | Series B | Mar 23, 2016 |  |
| Toreta | Toreta develops tools specializing in reservation and customer ledger systems for restaurants. It offers Toreta, a mobile application for restaurant reservation management in Japan. The application facilitates the recording of reservation conversations automatically with customers, generates customer ledgers based on reservation information, andaccepts reservations through the internet.The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. | $42.5M | Series B | Feb 29, 2016 |  |
| MONEY DESIGN | MONEY DESIGN offers automated investment management and advisory services. | $226.8M |  | Dec 14, 2015 |  |
| Money Design | Money Design provides Financial planning business Real estate leasing, brokerage of real estate, management business Life insurance and fire insurance soliciting agency business Financial product sales agency business Other related business related to the above | $212.6M | Seed | Dec 03, 2015 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ITOCHU Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/itochu-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [ITOCHU Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/itochu-corporation) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Globis Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/globis-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [GMO VenturePartners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gmo-venturepartners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Link and Motivation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/link-and-motivation-inc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsui-sumitomo-insuarance-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Dentsu Digital Holdings invest in?

Dentsu Digital Holdings invests primarily in Internet, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Dentsu Digital Holdings's check size?

Dentsu Digital Holdings typically joins rounds of $1M–$142M at Series A and $223k–$72M 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 Dentsu Digital Holdings participates in.

### How do I contact Dentsu Digital Holdings?

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### Who are the partners at Dentsu Digital Holdings?

The team at Dentsu Digital Holdings includes Abe Mitsuru (Executive Vice President), Daisuke Kobayashi (Executive officer) and Jun Hayatake (Operating Officer), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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