# Drone Fund

> Drone Fund is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Drones and Robotics. See 80 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 80
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 25%
- Fund size: $1.5B
- Last fund: May 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/drone_fund
- Website: https://dronefund.vc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dronefund/

Drone Fund is a venture capital firm that provides supports in IP strategy, innovative planning, and drone policy. It offers capital investment and financing and aims to create a Drone Ecosystem where LPs and startups can benefit from membership within the Drone Fund.

## Contacts

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

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.9M–$18M |
| Series A | $2M–$47M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Drones | 32 | 40% |
| Robotics | 15 | 19% |
| Aerospace | 11 | 14% |
| Manufacturing | 9 | 11% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 8 | 10% |

80 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 17 | 21% |
| Funding Round | 17 | 21% |
| Series A | 11 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 11 | 14% |
| Series B | 7 | 9% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 44 | 55% |
| United States | 4 | 5% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Soki Enzo Ohmae | Representative Partner, Co-Founder | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omae-soki |
| Daichi Funanami | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daichi-funanami |
| Kotaro Chiba | Representative Partner | 70 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kotaro-chiba |
| Kotaro Chiba | Representative Partner | 65 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kotaro-chiba-0d07 |
| Takahashi Shintaro | Chief Public Policy Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takahashi-shintaro |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Triorb | Triorb is a technology company that specializes in robot mobility development with the help of software and hardware solutions. | $14.4M | Series B | Jun 01, 2026 |  |
| FullDepth | FullDepth is a company that creates marine drones to aid with underwater monitoring. The company's drones work in tandem with marine navigation technology, which monitors and captures aquatic life, communicates data to connected devices, and provides infiltration information that can be freely used with a cloud service, allowing customers towitness and study marine life for educational and recreational purposes.FullDepth is a company that creates marine drones to aid with underwater monitoring. The company's drones work in tandem with marine navigation technology, which monitors and captures aquatic life, communicates data to connected devices, and provides infiltration information that can be freely used with a cloud service, allowing customers to witness and study marine life for educational and recreational purposes. | $60.6M | Series D | Dec 09, 2025 |  |
| Sunflower Labs | Sunflower Labs makes an autonomous outdoor security system that senses and deters unwanted visitors before they’re at your door. Our elegant sensors detect motion and vibration, differentiating between people, animals, and cars. When they detect something unusual, they’ll notify you and deploy a fully autonomous drone. The drone flies directly tothe scene and streams live video of what’s happening. Guided by our sensors, it follows the activity, performs a security “sweep,” and lands itself safely in its weatherproof docking station. | $16M | Series B | Nov 04, 2025 |  |
| RICOS | RICOS is a tech company that optimizes manufacturing processes using AI, simulation, and high-performance computing technologies. RICOS creates an AI algorithm called IsoGCN that is tailored for use with simulation data, allowing for faster and more interactive design and evaluation. RICOS promotes research and development with the goal ofrealizing a world in which scientific computing technology, including CAE, can be used at manufacturing sites and people's ideals can be realized instantly. | $4M |  | Jul 31, 2025 |  |
| Redcliff | Redcliff is a drone management company that organizes aerial shows and events for private and public organizations. |  | Series B | Apr 07, 2025 |  |
| Valtec | Valtec is the developer of an AI-driven multi-drone platform designed to integrate advanced sensors for fish detection, thereby enhancing the operational efficiency and environmental sustainability of fishing vessels. The platform provides fishing fleets with the necessary tools to optimize operations, minimize bycatch, and contribute to theprotection of marine ecosystems. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Mar 20, 2025 |  |
| SORA Technology | SORA Technology builds and operates health care and public health infrastructure utilizing drones and their operational management systems. | $4.4M | Seed | Mar 01, 2025 |  |
| Proxima Technology | Proxima Technology is an IT company that provides artificial intelligence and deep learning solutions for the manufacturing industry. | $2M | Series A | Dec 12, 2024 |  |
| Eight Knot | Eight Knot is a developer of autonomous navigation systems intended for water mobility. They provide autonomous ship maneuvering technology using robotics, enabling customers with water-on-demand transportation using environment-friendly EV robotic boats. | $3.8M | Seed | Oct 15, 2024 |  |
| LOMBY | LOMBY is a logistic firm that delivers orders through its robotic machines. | $1.9M | Seed | Oct 01, 2024 |  |

10 of 80 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Incubate Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/incubate-fund) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [ITOCHU Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/itochu-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [UntroD Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/real-tech-holdings) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/utec) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Energy & Environment Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/energy-environment-investment) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Drone Fund invest in?

Drone Fund invests primarily in Drones, Robotics and Aerospace startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 80 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Drone Fund's check size?

Drone Fund typically joins rounds of $1.9M–$18M at Seed and $2M–$47M 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 Drone Fund participates in.

### How do I contact Drone Fund?

Public channels for Drone Fund include X (Twitter), the website linked on this profile and Facebook. 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 Drone Fund?

The team at Drone Fund includes Soki Enzo Ohmae (Representative Partner, Co-Founder), Daichi Funanami (CFO) and Kotaro Chiba (Representative Partner). 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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