Hakuhodo
VC Fund
Minato, Japan
Hakuhodo is a VC fund in Minato focused on Content and Media and Entertainment. Hakuhodo offers services that include marketing, creative, PR, consulting, activation, business development, media & content, and technology/R&D.
- Total investments:
- 20
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 30%
Last updated:
For AI agents: llms.txt
Industries Hakuhodo invests in
Stages Hakuhodo invests in
Countries Hakuhodo invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series B
- $4.2M–$13M
- Series C
- $1.4M–$36M
- Corporate Round
- $2M–$7.1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Content 3 (15%)
- Media and Entertainment 3 (15%)
- Farming 2 (10%)
- Big Data 2 (10%)
- Marketing 2 (10%)
Stage
- Series C 4 (20%)
- Corporate Round 4 (20%)
- Series B 3 (15%)
- Seed 2 (10%)
- Series A 2 (10%)
Country
- Japan 15 (75%)
- India 1 (5%)
- Thailand 1 (5%)
- United States 1 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
George Moro
Executive Manager
|
Executive Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Hironao Seki
Founder
|
Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Kazune Iwasa
Strategist, Brand and Innovation Design
|
Strategist, Brand and Innovation Design | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redcliff is a drone management company that organizes aerial shows and events for private and public organizations. | Series C / Jun 25, 2026 | ||
| PIAZZA deploy the regional platform PIAZZA. | Series B / Feb 12, 2026 | ||
| Hide Kasuga 1896 provides consulting services in the field of brand development, communication design, marketing, and sales strategy. | Corporate Round / Dec 08, 2025 | ||
| CoA Nexus develops and operates a skillshare matching platform for human resource research and development. | $2M / Series A / Oct 29, 2025 | ||
| TRINUS, which means the trinity of the surprise of the chemical reaction of technology and design in Latin, means the trinity of technology, design and the senses of the user, bringing surprises to people around the world. | Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 24, 2025 | ||
| Fermecutes is a food production firm that specializes in production of edible proteins using natto bacteria and sustainable methods. | $1.7M / Seed / Jul 10, 2025 | ||
| Towing is an agricultural company that provides farming, manufacturing, and recycling services. | $13.5M / Series B / May 29, 2025 | ||
| DaveAI is Sociograph’s patent pending artificial intelligence platform introducing the concept of Empathetic AI to help enterprises manage their sales processes efficiently and augment customers' product discovery experience. DaveAI delivers increased conversion rates, optimised product mix and increases average order value per customer.DaveAI’s Interactive Infinite Virtual Aisle(IVA) (c) makes advanced hyper-real time recommendations personalized to each customer through digital properties In-Store. | Seed / Aug 26, 2024 | ||
| Exportation of Japanese agricultural products is currently small in volume. While Japanese farmers aspire to export their products to foreign countries for more people to enjoy and local consumers universally share the positive perception of the quality of Japanese agricultural products, issues such as price, communication, and logistics hinder theexpansion of exportation.They aim to solve these issues and satisfy the needs of both Japanese farmers and global consumers which are so clearly evident but devastatingly unmet. | $26.8M / Series C / May 30, 2024 | ||
| SPACER is a 24-hour handover IoT locker that can open and close doors with a smartphone. | $4.2M / Series B / Jan 31, 2024 | ||
| See all 20 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
Access 48,091 investors
822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.
Browse database — It's Free!
Find investors for your startup
Search 48,091 investors by industry and country. Emails and phones included.
Similar Investors
Similar industry
Similar stage
Featured in Investor Lists
Recommended lists
FAQ
What does Hakuhodo invest in?
Hakuhodo invests primarily in Content, Media and Entertainment and Farming startups, most often at Series C and Corporate Round stage. Most of the 20 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 Hakuhodo invest in?
Hakuhodo typically joins rounds of $4.2M–$13M at Series B, $1.4M–$36M at Series C and $2M–$7.1M at Corporate Round. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Hakuhodo's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Hakuhodo took part in.
How do I contact Hakuhodo?
Public channels for Hakuhodo 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 Hakuhodo?
The team at Hakuhodo includes George Moro (Executive Manager), Hironao Seki (Founder) and Kazune Iwasa (Strategist, Brand and Innovation Design). 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.
Contact your first 100 investors today
Find who invests in your industry, stage, and country. Download investor list with emails in 5 minutes.
Find investors — It's Free!
Continue with Google
Continue with LinkedIn
