# Dream Incubator

> Dream Incubator is a VC fund backing Media and Entertainment and Software. See 100 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 100
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 17%
- Fund size: $75M
- Last fund: May 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dream-incubator/
- Website: https://www.dreamincubator.co.jp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dreamincubator.jp/

Dream Incubator is a strategic consulting and business development firm primarily for Japanese corporate clients and governmental institutions. DI provides both capital and professional services to next-generation companies to support their growth and expansion, while also operating their own businesses as well.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Media and Entertainment | 11 | 11% |
| Software | 9 | 9% |
| Content | 7 | 7% |
| Internet | 7 | 7% |
| Health Care | 7 | 7% |

142 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 29 | 29% |
| Seed | 26 | 26% |
| Series A | 17 | 17% |
| Series B | 11 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 3% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 43 | 43% |
| India | 17 | 17% |
| United States | 9 | 9% |
| Singapore | 4 | 4% |
| China | 1 | 1% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hidetaka Murata | Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hidetaka-murata |
| KYOHEI (KAY) HOSONO | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyohei-kay-hosono |
| Munehiko Eto | Manager, Investor and Incubator | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/munehiko-eto |
| Shigeo Maruyama | Senior adviser | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shigeo-maruyama |
| Sujit Kunte | Business Producer, Investor and Incubator | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sujit-kunte |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Koo App | Koo App is an India-based social media platform that allows users to share audio and video. Koo allows users to connect, comment, and engage in 13 local languages such as Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, and Bengali. The company was founded in 2020 by Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka and is based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. | $6.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 23, 2022 |  |
| Winuall | Winuall is a teaching platform that creates online courses for schools, tutors, and content creators. It specializes in the fields of E-learning, online quizzes, tests, and study material for competitive exams. Its services offer online notes, reference material, E-commerce, and comprehensive quizzes and tests are a few recently added services.The company was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Karnataka, India. | $2.1M | Series A | Aug 23, 2022 |  |
| GetVantage | GetVantage is a Fintech platform that offers entrepreneurs growth solutions that include equity-free funding, real-time insights, business optimisation tools, and a powerful founder's ecosystem. GetVantage is India and Southeast Asia’s leading non-dilutive capital gateway for digital-first businesses and SMEs across 18+ sectors includingeCommerce, CleanTech, D2C, Edtech, EV & infrastructure, SaaS, Healthtech, Foodtech, cloud-kitchens, QSR and many more.Founded in 2019 by seasoned fintech entrepreneur Bhavik Vasa and Tech and Ops veteran Amit Srivastava, the GetVantage uses proprietary technology to analyze an assortment of sales, marketing, and accounting data to offer growth capital to founders based on current and projected revenue in a fraction of the time it takes to raise from traditional sources. GetVantage makes data-driven investments between US$ 10,000 to US$ 3 million to help digital businesses unlock their growth potential. Unlike traditional funding sources, GetVantage doesn’t require business owners to give up equity or control via board seats, or warrants. As a founders-first company, GetVantage has built a strong ecosystem of strategic partners to provide business owners with powerful growth solutions (capital, community, content, collaboration) to hypercharge growth.GetVantage has quickly become a valued partner in the startup and eCommerce ecosystem helping founders reach new customers and focus on growing revenues without diluting ownership. The company has a number of exciting businesses in its current portfolio and a robust pipeline. As the leading non-dilutive fintech marketplace in India, GetVantage has firmly established itself as one of the most active investors in the country with a portfolio of over 450+ of the most exciting brands in India. The company has onboarded over 9,000+ brands onto its platform and is on track to fund 1000+ brands in the next 18 months.In keeping with the company's commitment to being a founders-first organization, GetVantage also launched a community support initiative for emerging entrepreneurs as a way of giving back by paying it forward to the next generation - www.foundersforfounders.org.In October 2020, GetVantage announced it had raised a US$5 million seed round led by Chiratae Ventures (formerly IDG Ventures) along with Dream Incubators (Japan) and other marquees NBFCs and debt funds. In June 2022, the company announced a $36 million pre-Series A / growth round led by Varanium Group and co-led by returning investor Chiratae Ventures. The round also so participation from returning investor Dream Incubator Japan, as well as new investors Sony Innovation Fund, InCred, and DMI Sparkle Fund. | $36M | Series A | Jun 29, 2022 |  |
| Moneyview | Money View is an application that can track and organize expenses, bills, and account balances. It can derive finance information from SMSs. | $75M | Series D | Mar 09, 2022 |  |
| SuperGaming | SuperGaming is a video game developer that creates and publishes mobile games. The company has developed titles in various genres, including battle royale and hero shooters. SuperGaming also offers a platform for hyperscaling multiplayer games. | $5.5M | Series A | Aug 26, 2021 |  |
| Bimaplan | Bimaplan operates as an insurance platform. They claims to work with insurers to create over-the-counter, low-premium insurance products relevant to the needs of low- and middle-income populations. | $2.5M | Seed | Aug 21, 2021 |  |
| Bimaplan | Bimaplan operates as an insurance platform. They claims to work with insurers to create over-the-counter, low-premium insurance products relevant to the needs of low- and middle-income populations. | $2.5M | Seed | Jun 22, 2021 |  |
| Koo App | Koo App is an India-based social media platform that allows users to share audio and video. Koo allows users to connect, comment, and engage in 13 local languages such as Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, and Bengali. The company was founded in 2020 by Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka and is based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. | $30M | Series B | May 26, 2021 |  |
| Bimaplan | Bimaplan operates as an insurance platform. They claims to work with insurers to create over-the-counter, low-premium insurance products relevant to the needs of low- and middle-income populations. | $500K | Seed | Mar 16, 2021 |  |
| Koo App | Koo App is an India-based social media platform that allows users to share audio and video. Koo allows users to connect, comment, and engage in 13 local languages such as Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, and Bengali. The company was founded in 2020 by Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka and is based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. | $4M | Series A | Feb 04, 2021 |  |

10 of 100 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blume Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blume-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Chiratae Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idg-ventures-india) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Dream Incubator invest in?

Dream Incubator invests primarily in Media and Entertainment, Software and Content startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 100 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Dream Incubator?

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### Who are the partners at Dream Incubator?

The team at Dream Incubator includes Hidetaka Murata (Operating Officer), KYOHEI (KAY) HOSONO (Managing Director) and Munehiko Eto (Manager, Investor and Incubator), among 15 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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