# East Japan Railway

> East Japan Railway is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Apps and Rental. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/jreast_official
- Website: http://www.jreast.co.jp/e
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheTokyoStation

East Japan Railway is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Apps and Rental. East Japan Railway Company is a major passenger railway company in Japan and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as JR Higashi-Nihon in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 13% |
| Rental | 1 | 13% |
| Content | 1 | 13% |
| Finance | 1 | 13% |
| Delivery | 1 | 13% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 6 | 75% |
| Singapore | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Akifumi Hattori | Chief Executive | 0 | — |
| Masaki Ogata | Vice Chairman | 0 | — |
| Satoshi Seino | Chairman of the Board | 0 | — |
| Tetsurō Tomita | Chief Executive Officer | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SKY FARM | Sky Farm is a platform for restaurants' and shops' ordering systems. They provide an ordering system to make delivery, takeout, and table orders. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 24, 2025 |  |
| ATOMica | ATOMica is a co-working space and business management company for conference rooms, event venues, circles, and schools. The company uses coworking spaces as HUBs to provide services that maximize individuals' power. It can be used for a variety of purposes, including coworking space, shared office space, meetings, events, and web seminars. Itis also possible to use it only once. They plan and run local communities that bring together a diverse range of people, including students, workers, businesses, universities, and governments. |  | Series B | Jun 05, 2025 |  |
| Crown Digital | Crown Digital Harnesses the Power of Robotics and AI for the New Retail. From a traditional café operator to a technology company, Crown Digital innovated when high rental, labour shortage and the Covid-19 pandemic forced businesses to rethink business models. | $3.7M | Seed | Apr 20, 2022 |  |
| OpenStreet | OpenStreet is a service that allows to use shared cycling nationwide. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 10, 2021 |  |
| Pocket Change | Pocket Change exchanges foreign currencies to/from electronic money. |  |  | Mar 27, 2019 |  |
| Ecbo cloak | Ecbo cloak is a sharing service that connects "persons who want to store luggage with shops with space to store luggage. Instead of coin lockers, you can pre-order places online online and store your luggage in the open space of stores of various types of business. | $31.4M | Seed | Feb 05, 2018 |  |
| Star Festival | The main business area is the foodtech sector | $141.7M |  | Jul 24, 2017 |  |
| Ecbo cloak | Ecbo cloak is a sharing service that connects "persons who want to store luggage with shops with space to store luggage. Instead of coin lockers, you can pre-order places online online and store your luggage in the open space of stores of various types of business. |  | Corporate Round | Feb 06, 2017 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FFG Venture Business Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ffg-venture-business-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [JR West Innovations](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jr-west-innovations) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Credit Saison](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/credit-saison) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dentsu](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dentsu) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DG VENTURES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dg-incubation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does East Japan Railway invest in?

East Japan Railway invests primarily in Apps, Rental and Content startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 8 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 East Japan Railway?

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### Who are the partners at East Japan Railway?

The team at East Japan Railway includes Akifumi Hattori (Chief Executive), Masaki Ogata (Vice Chairman) and Satoshi Seino (Chairman of the Board). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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