Gunosy
VC Fund
Minato, Japan
Gunosy is a news curation application that covers a wide range of news from entertainment news to political news. The application finds its news from multiple web sources and presents them according to how hot the topic is. Gunosy’s features include categorized tabs; the ability to customize the categories that users need to follow and create theirown personal magazine; instant access to a wide variety of news; and push notifications to remind users of news updates.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Japan.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Gunosy invests in
Stages Gunosy invests in
Countries Gunosy invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 13 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $825k–$5.2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Mobile Advertising 2 (50%)
- Apps 1 (25%)
- News 1 (25%)
- SaaS 1 (25%)
- Audio 1 (25%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (75%)
- Series B 1 (25%)
Country
- Japan 2 (50%)
- Indonesia 1 (25%)
- Singapore 1 (25%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nishio Kentaro
Executive officer
|
Executive officer | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
Tetsuya Nagashima
Director COO
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Director COO | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Yoshifumi Seki
Co-Founder and Senior Researcher
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Co-Founder and Senior Researcher | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Yuya Taketani
Chief Executive Officer
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Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
|
Chiba Hisayoshi
Operating officer
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Operating officer | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
| See all 13 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| MySherpa fosters a culture in which people can openly discuss mental health issues. | $824.8K / Series A / Aug 31, 2023 | ||
| AppBrew is a technology company that develops internet services focused on the beauty industry. The company operates the LIPS platform, which features user reviews and various campaigns for social commerce. AppBrew also offers a marketing tool called "LIPS for BRANDS" to help beauty companies analyze user behavior and design strategies. | $5.2M / Series A / Feb 28, 2018 | ||
| AnyMind Group has created one of the first end-to-end brand enablement platforms, developing and providing inter-connected software and offerings to enable businesses and individuals - from brand building, manufacturing and e-commerce, to marketing, logistics and global expansion. The company is on a mission to make every business borderless byremoving borders between businesses and customers, online and offline, and between industries, data silos, geographical boundaries and more. AnyMind Group was founded in Singapore in April 2016, and has since expanded into 13 markets and 17 offices including Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mainland China, Japan, India and the United Arab Emirates. For more information, visit us at https://anymindgroup.com | $2.5M / Series A / Sep 28, 2017 | ||
| Kurio is your personal content discovery app. It’s a new way to discover, explore, and consume internet’s best content of news and beyond that matches your personalities and interest. Kurio filters millions of articles every day and recommend you the best of your favorite topics.Kurio belief that no matter what you want to do or become, youcan’t do it without knowledge. Now with Kurio, not only you can catch up with the latest local and international news from Internet’s best sources all in one place, it offers much more than just news. Powered with their smart engine, Kurio recommends useful, practical, and informative articles for your hobbies, work-related, your interest, and profession like startup, digital marketing, mobile programming, marketing, leadership, design, entrepreneurship, parenting, healthy living, travel, and hundreds of other topics. Your Kurio feed will be as unique as you are. Kurio learns your preference and will get smarter as you use it. Whatever you want to do or become, Kurio equips you with the necessary information to help you stay ahead and be great at it. Knowledge is power. | $5M / Series B / Mar 15, 2016 |
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FAQ
What does Gunosy invest in?
Gunosy invests primarily in Mobile Advertising, Apps and News startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Gunosy invest in?
Gunosy typically joins rounds of $825k–$5.2M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Gunosy's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Gunosy took part in.
How do I contact Gunosy?
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Who are the partners at Gunosy?
The team at Gunosy includes Nishio Kentaro (Executive officer), Tetsuya Nagashima (Director COO) and Yoshifumi Seki (Co-Founder and Senior Researcher), among 13 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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