# East Ventures

> East Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 532 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 532
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 37%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/east-ventures-pte.-ltd.
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/eastventures
- Website: https://east.vc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eastventures/

East Ventures is a pioneering and leading sector-agnostic venture capital firm. Founded in 2009, East Ventures has transformed into a holistic platform that provides multi-stage investments, from Seed to Growth stage investments, for over 300 tech companies across Southeast Asia.As an early believer in the startup ecosystem in Indonesia and themost active investor in Southeast Asia, East Ventures is an early backer of prominent tech companies in the region, such as Tokopedia, Traveloka, Ruangguru, ShopBack, waresix, Xendit, IDN, Sociolla, Fore Coffee (IDX: FORE), Tech in Asia (acquired by SPH), Kudo (acquired by Grab), Loket (acquired by Gojek), and MokaPOS (acquired by Gojek).East Ventures was named the most consistent top-performing VC fund globally by Preqin and the most active investor in SEA and Indonesia by various media. Moreover, East Ventures is Indonesia's first venture capital firm to sign the Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI), supported by the United Nations (UN). East Ventures is committed to achieving sustainable development and positively impacting society through its initiatives and ESG-embedded practices.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $473k–$13M |
| Series A | $2M–$35M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 61 | 11% |
| Information Technology | 48 | 9% |
| Internet | 37 | 7% |
| E-Commerce | 37 | 7% |
| Health Care | 30 | 6% |

283 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 225 | 42% |
| Series A | 74 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 50 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 33 | 6% |
| Series B | 20 | 4% |

15 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 163 | 31% |
| Indonesia | 113 | 21% |
| Singapore | 44 | 8% |
| United States | 10 | 2% |
| Vietnam | 6 | 1% |

16 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Luthfi Prasetya | Co-Head of Legal | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luthfi-prasetya |
| Takanori Oshiba | Fellow | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takanori-oshiba |
| Avina Sugiarto | Partner | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avina-sugiarto |
| Batara Eto | Co-founder and Managing Partner | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/batara-eto |
| Italo Gani | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/italo-gani |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NexusAdvisors | NexusAdvisors operates AvaCareer, an AI-powered recruitment platform that leverages intelligent AI agents to support both companies and job seekers by streamlining hiring processes, enhancing candidate matching, and improving recruitment efficiency. | $316.9K | Seed | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| waresix | Waresix is a logistics platform for freight-forwarding, warehouse, and land transportation. It is a platform that matches unused warehouse space with users in need of such facility, looks to capitalize on the demand for flexible warehousing given the booming e-commerce market in the country. Waresix provides a solution for dynamic warehousingstrategy that allows customers, retailer, distributor, and manufacturer to quickly adapt to variable demand.Waresix is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia. | $27.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| JULO | JULO provides affordable unsecured personal loan (KTA) exclusively to smartphone users.They strive to provide low cost loan product to the masses while ensuring that it's economically viable to their lender partners. This is achieved by exercising prudent underwriting assessments to ensure that approved applicants are both able and willing topay back.They also reward positive behavior by giving cashback bonus and allowing good customers to borrow a higher amount at lower interest rate at loan maturity. | $5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 13, 2026 |  |
| Amity Robotics | Amity Robotics is focused on redefining customer-facing experiences with AI-powered digital human solutions. Amity Roboticsspecialize in delivering GenAI-powered robotic platforms —that seamlessly combine advanced AI with integrated hardware solutions. From retail and hospitality to healthcare and airports, our goal is to empower businesses toelevate customer engagement through smarter, more efficient, and human-like digital interactions. | $7M | Seed | Jul 01, 2026 |  |
| AVIATE | AVIATE Inc. is a Tokyo-based technology startup that designs and builds AI-driven business automation systems. The company develops TASKBASE, an operational workflow layer that allows enterprise teams to run backend business operations entirely from natural language prompts. | $440.3K | Seed | May 21, 2026 |  |
| Newce | Newce is a startup dedicated to creating impactful and world-changing content that inspires audiences, drives innovation, and delivers meaningful social and cultural value across various media platforms. | $81.9K | Pre-Seed | May 15, 2026 |  |
| LEAN PATH | Platform Focus: A core supply chain system designed to be easy to use for all business sizes, connecting enterprises through integrated data. LEAN PATH, a company providing order optimization services for trading companies and manufacturers. |  | Seed | Mar 24, 2026 |  |
| ReDelta | Redelta provides a technology‑enabled platform and advisory services for cross‑border mergers and acquisitions between Japan and Southeast Asia. The service operates an In‑Out marketplace that connects corporate buyers, business owners, and investors pursuing expansion or divestiture. Engagements include deal sourcing, preliminary screening,valuation viewpoints, and coordination with local professionals throughout the transaction process. Sector and country reports, market briefs, and knowledge articles support planning and investment theses. The platform centralizes mandates and opportunities and facilitates communication between counterparties to accelerate initial discussions. Consulting support also addresses partner introductions and market entry considerations linked to post‑transaction growth. | $764.1K | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 05, 2026 |  |
| Kick Space Technologies | Kick Space Technologies provides comprehensive, end-to-end support for microsatellite missions, guiding clients through every stage of the lifecycle—from initial mission concept development and feasibility analysis to detailed satellite design, engineering, integration, rigorous testing and validation, launch coordination, and in-orbit operations,ensuring reliable performance, mission success, and optimized outcomes for commercial, research, and governmental space applications. | $385.6K | Seed | Feb 25, 2026 |  |
| Medited | Medited is a web platform that specializes in online skill-learning with medical writers to create professional medical articles. |  | Seed | Dec 16, 2025 |  |

10 of 532 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SMDV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smdv) — VC Fund, 32 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does East Ventures invest in?

East Ventures invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 532 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is East Ventures's check size?

East Ventures typically joins rounds of $473k–$13M at Seed and $2M–$35M 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 East Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact East Ventures?

Public channels for East Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. 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 East Ventures?

The team at East Ventures includes Luthfi Prasetya (Co-Head of Legal), Takanori Oshiba (Fellow) and Avina Sugiarto (Partner), among 15 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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