# DK Gate

> DK Gate is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Software, Information Technology and Internet. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Feb 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

DK Gate is a joint venture company of Digital Garage and Kodansha.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $14M–$15M |
| Series A | $3.7M–$28M |
| Series B | $60M–$113M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 30% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 30% |
| Internet | 2 | 20% |
| Social Media | 2 | 20% |
| Service Industry | 2 | 20% |

35 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 30% |
| Seed | 2 | 20% |
| Series B | 2 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 10% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 8 | 80% |
| Singapore | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Psychic VR Lab | Psychic VR Lab is a startup company that handles fashion VR and MR shopping service STYLY. They are creating a future where they will live in space. | $8.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 26, 2021 |  |
| TRiCERA | TRiCERA provides a platform for artists to advance their careers. It breaks down the barriers of language and distance that artists from all over the world face. It fosters an environment in which participating artists can freely sell their works to collectors and art enthusiasts worldwide. | $14.9M | Series A | May 14, 2020 |  |
| TRiCERA | TRiCERA provides a platform for artists to advance their careers. It breaks down the barriers of language and distance that artists from all over the world face. It fosters an environment in which participating artists can freely sell their works to collectors and art enthusiasts worldwide. | $978K | Seed | May 14, 2020 |  |
| Jiraffe | jiraffe focusses on Internet service planning, development, and management. | $6.1M | Series C | Apr 02, 2020 |  |
| Sentient.io | Sentient.io AI models, microservices, and datasets are readily available through APIs on the Sentient AI & Data Cloud Platform for easy discovery. They utilize curated public and private datasets and pre-trained and industry-proven models. The company provides unique benefits to software developers looking to create AI-enabled applications orAI-driven services by embedding AI capabilities into their applications and for enterprises by making scalability a core and enabling easy extension to existing applications. | $3.7M | Series A | Oct 01, 2019 |  |
| Noin | Noin specializes in cosmetics and delivers content that accurately captures trends like videos that solve girls worries. | $113.4M | Series B | Jul 07, 2019 |  |
| PR Table | PR Table is a provider of a public relation platform designed to offer corporate storytelling. The company's platform creates, accumulate and utilizes story for marketing and advertisement, enabling corporate clients to transmit information on story publication, recruitment and information focused on founding episodes. | $59.5M | Series B | Nov 27, 2018 |  |
| Cansell | Cansell is a web service that allows you to easily sell and buy accommodation reservations that incur cancellation fees. | $28.3M | Series A | Aug 20, 2018 |  |
| Whomor | Whomor is a Tokyo-based company that delivers illustrations for social games. | $36.9M |  | Jun 05, 2018 |  |
| Pulit | Pulit is the Japanese startup that develops distribution technologies for digital image. It directly connects Contents and User using its digital watermarking technology (RIC). | $14.2M | Seed | Jun 21, 2017 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DG VENTURES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dg-incubation) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [AG Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ag-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fuji Startup Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuji-startup-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Globe Advisors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/globe-advisors) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [STRIVE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gree-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does DK Gate invest in?

DK Gate invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Internet startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is DK Gate's check size?

DK Gate typically joins rounds of $14M–$15M at Seed, $3.7M–$28M at Series A and $60M–$113M 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 DK Gate participates in.

### When did DK Gate last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for DK Gate closed in Feb 2021. Shizune tracks 10 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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