# Hankyu Hanshin

> Hankyu Hanshin is a VC fund in Osaka backing Video, Virtual Reality and Art. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Osaka, Japan
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.hankyu-hanshin.co.jp/

Hankyu Hanshin is a VC fund in Osaka focused on Video and Virtual Reality. Hankyu Hanshin operates in the urban transportation, real estate, entertainment and communications, travel, international transportation, and hotels businesses in Japan and internationally. It provides various urban transportation services linking railways, buses, and taxis; and advertising services. Hankyu Hanshin is also involved in theretailing business; development, lease, and administration of condominiums, commercial facilities, and office buildings; real estate fund management; and communication and media businesses, such as information services business, and broadcast and communications business. Moreover, it engages in the sports businesses, including professional baseball, Hanshin Koshien stadium, and related businesses; and stage businesses comprising Takarazuka Revue and related businesses. Further, Hankyu Hanshin is involved in the provision of travel and international transportation services, as well as ownership and management of hotels. It operated 46 hotels with 10,000 rooms as of March 31, 2018. Hankyu Hanshin began operation in 1907. It has its headquarters in Osaka in Japan.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series C | $1.2M–$2.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Video | 2 | 33% |
| Virtual Reality | 2 | 33% |
| Art | 1 | 17% |
| Internet | 1 | 17% |
| Software | 1 | 17% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Series E | 1 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MyDearest | MyDearest is a Full dive product planning and development company | $1.2M | Series C | Aug 08, 2025 |  |
| Thinkr | THINKR provides advertising, video production, content, UX design, and animation services. | $32.5M | Series A | Jul 26, 2024 |  |
| Favy | Favy is a platform that enables businesses such as restaurants and beauty salons to launch subscription services. | $2.2M | Series C | Mar 08, 2023 |  |
| MonoAI Technology | monoAI technology develop and operate network games,conduct technology research and content development for VR and AR content and conduct a new type of QA business that incorporates software testing methods and AI. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 30, 2022 |  |
| BitStar | BitStar is the EnterTech company that accelerates the growth of video creators and content with our proprietary data and technology. | $4.1M | Series E | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| DeCurret | DeCurret is into Cryptocurrency Business. | $481.9M |  | Jul 11, 2019 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Chishima Real Estate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chishima-real-estate) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chubu Electric Power](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chubu-electric-power-company) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chugin Capital Partner](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chugin-capital-partner) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cygames capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cygames-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Energia Communications](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/energia-communications) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Hankyu Hanshin invest in?

Hankyu Hanshin invests primarily in Video, Virtual Reality and Art startups, most often at Series C and Series A 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 Hankyu Hanshin's check size?

Hankyu Hanshin typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$2.2M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Hankyu Hanshin participates in.

### When did Hankyu Hanshin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hankyu Hanshin closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 6 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?

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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