# FAN Communications

> FAN Communications is a VC fund backing Information Technology. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fan-communications/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/fancs_PR
- Website: https://www.fancs.com/en/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/fancscom/

FAN Communications is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Information Technology and Media and Entertainment. FANCOMI aims to become the world’s largest performance marketing ad network corporate group. We build ad networks that bring an performance marketing advertising model to advertisers, affiliate site application developers (media), and consumers, resulting in the largest and most optimized “Win-Win-Win” relationships.their ad networks bringcontinued benefits such as the optimization of marketing costs for the advertiser, maximized income for affiliate site application developers (media), and the reduction of costs and improved quality of service to consumers.they are the worlds largest corporate group that makes ad networks committed to effective advertisements, and will create new added value in the cycle of production, sales, consumption that is changing with the Internet, and thereby contribute to society.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for FAN Communications. Shizune tracks 9 team members at FAN Communications. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/fan-communications?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $337k–$4.4M |
| Corporate Round | $273k–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 2 | 33% |
| Media and Entertainment | 2 | 33% |
| Content | 1 | 17% |
| Wedding | 1 | 17% |
| Robotics | 1 | 17% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Corporate Round | 3 | 50% |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Satoshi Hotano | Outside Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/satoshi-hotano |
| Shin Nakano | Operating officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shin-nakano-4844 |
| Yasuyoshi Yanagisawa | President & CEO | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yanagisawa-yasuyoshi |
| Kakimoto Kenji | Auditor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kakimoto-kenji |
| Kazusuke Obi | Outside Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kazusuke-obi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nijyurokudo | Nijyurokudo is a dynamic marketing and communication company that expertly handles every aspect of the consumer journey, from initial awareness to final purchase, particularly in the age of social media (SNS). | $336.8K | Seed | Jul 28, 2025 |  |
| viviane | viviane is running Japan's best video streaming guide, 1Screen. |  | Corporate Round | Mar 23, 2020 |  |
| Robot Start | RobotStart is a company specializing in robot related business with the main target of communication robot. The company was established in 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. | $273.3K | Corporate Round | Feb 07, 2020 |  |
| ORIGINAL LIFE | ORIGINAL LIFE is a wedding media tech company.Original Life is looking for friends to contribute to the evolution of the industry with consumer insights and technology ! | $17M | Corporate Round | Jan 18, 2018 |  |
| Astool | Astool seeks to expand human capabilities by creating tools. Humans have not evolved genetically much since 100 thousand years ago, yet they expanded the capabilities exponentially by creating tools. The list of the tools includes processing irons, printing papers, telephones, and internet. We are so thrilled to see what is coming up next. How arewe living in 10 years? We do not just wait for it to come but will create a next big thing by ourselves. We believe that's the best way to live our lives. Let's shape the future together. | $12M | Series A | Sep 20, 2017 |  |
| Mewcket | Mewcket creating a new platform for AI scientists, globally. On the platform, they can challenge many AI competitions. Companies, our clients can get contact them and make sure their skills. Mewcket (ミューケット), fka ハチキュ, is a job search & reading platform for engineers, enabling a job candidate to review articles & information on ITcompanies, startups, and products; and learning the candidate's preferences. | $4.4M | Seed | Aug 15, 2017 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CyberAgent Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyberagent) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Onkyo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/onkyo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Vector](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vector-inc-) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does FAN Communications invest in?

FAN Communications invests primarily in Information Technology, Media and Entertainment and Content startups, most often at Corporate Round and Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is FAN Communications's check size?

FAN Communications typically joins rounds of $337k–$4.4M at Seed and $273k–$17M at Corporate Round. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds FAN Communications participates in.

### How do I contact FAN Communications?

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### Who are the partners at FAN Communications?

The team at FAN Communications includes Satoshi Hotano (Outside Director), Shin Nakano (Operating officer) and Yasuyoshi Yanagisawa (President & CEO), among 9 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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