# Gaku Nakamura

> Gaku Nakamura is a pre-seed investor at RareJob (Tokyo) backing Sports and Education. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [RareJob](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rarejob-inc-)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaku-nakamura-604bb16
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/gkgk
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gakunakamura

Gaku Nakamura is a pre-seed investor at RareJob in Tokyo focused on Sports and Education. Gaku Nakamura - Co-Founder and CEO @ RareJob

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sports | 1 | 100% |
| Education | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spornia | SPORNIA is an editor of sports knowledge technology.We provide support for athletes using content and monetization using emerging media such as SNS and YouTube. | $4.7M | Pre-Seed | Sep 25, 2018 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [JAPANET](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japanet) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Molten USA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/molten-usa) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Svenson Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/svenson-japan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About RareJob

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Rarejob is an online platform that offers English learning services for individual and corporate needs. Its operations are based in Shibuya, Japan.

5 contacts available at RareJob.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaku Nakamura | Co-Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaku-nakamura |
| Hoshi Hideo | Executive Secretary | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hoshi-hideo |
| Shigeshi Yasunaga | Sales Director and Public Relations Office | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shigeshi-yasunaga |
| Shimomata Ken | Quality control director and CQO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shimomata-ken |
| Susumu Matsuyama | Product Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/susumu-matsuyama |

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## FAQ

### What does Gaku Nakamura invest in?

Gaku Nakamura invests primarily in Sports, Education and Information Technology startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Gaku Nakamura last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gaku Nakamura closed in Sep 2018. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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