# FINOLAB

> FINOLAB is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last fund: Sep 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://finolab.co.jp/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/finolab.tokyo/

FINOLAB is a fintech company that provides real estate and financial services.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for FINOLAB. Shizune tracks 1 team members at FINOLAB. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/finolab?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $330k–$26M |
| Series B | $2.2M–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 5 | 45% |
| FinTech | 3 | 27% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 18% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 18% |
| Rental | 1 | 9% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 55% |
| Series B | 2 | 18% |
| Angel | 1 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 9% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chie Ito | Executive | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chie-ito |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| JPYC | JPYC is a financial institution that issues the community stablecoin JPYC, which is pegged to the yen of Japanese. They want to create a society where everyone can develop by fusing the real world with the world of cryptocurrencies and increasing the liquidity of capital to achieve their goal of overcoming the social conundrum. It will promotecapital's liquidity and create an environment that helps in development for all. | $11.4M | Series B | Feb 27, 2026 |  |
| Siiibo | Siiibo is a developer of an information platform intended to help private investors and companies to issue and purchase private bonds easily. The company's platform is creating a free, transparent, and fair direct finance that provides opportunities for an advisory to companies, such as support for diversification of funding using smallprivate placement bonds, and for building relationships with investors, enabling the private investors to get familiar with the issuance of corporate bonds. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 16, 2025 |  |
| Meme | MEME is a money app for parents and children to make money more familiar and simplifies the flow of money. |  | Seed | Dec 06, 2024 |  |
| Unyte | Unyte offers an integrated platform that enables technological growth in the field of blockchain, as well as the development and proficient management of DAOs. |  | Seed | Aug 21, 2024 |  |
| TENT | camping equipment rental service | $2.2M | Series B | Jul 10, 2024 |  |
| Luca Japan | LUCA Japan provides digital access to alternative investments, including but not limited to private equity, real estate, hedge funds, and private credit. | $25.5M | Seed | Sep 06, 2023 |  |
| GIG-A | GIG-A is a financial technology company that offers mobile banking services that allow customers to manage their finances. | $1.9M | Pre-Seed | Nov 02, 2022 |  |
| Added | Added develops cloud-based management software to share the calculation results of carbon dioxide emissions. The company provides greenhouse gas management services by supporting the strengths of service mesh and data sharing. Its platform also simplifies the aggregation, visualization, and sharing of information related to carbon dioxideemissions. |  | Seed | Aug 23, 2022 |  |
| Luca Japan | LUCA Japan provides digital access to alternative investments, including but not limited to private equity, real estate, hedge funds, and private credit. | $1.6M | Angel | Jul 25, 2022 |  |
| Crezit | Crezit offers a wide range of financial products and services in a single click. | $329.8K | Seed | Feb 16, 2021 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsui-sumitomo-insuarance-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [QR Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qr-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Saison Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saison-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Skyland Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/skyland-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [15th Rock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/15th-rock) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aozora Corporate Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aozora-corporate-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does FINOLAB invest in?

FINOLAB invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is FINOLAB's check size?

FINOLAB typically joins rounds of $330k–$26M at Seed and $2.2M–$11M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds FINOLAB participates in.

### How do I contact FINOLAB?

Public channels for FINOLAB include 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 FINOLAB?

The team at FINOLAB includes Chie Ito (Executive). 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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