# Kento Hayashi

> Kento Hayashi is a Series A investor at Datasection (Tokyo) backing CRM and Social. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Datasection](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/datasection)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kento-hayashi-1a963030/

Kento Hayashi is a Series A investor at Datasection in Tokyo focused on CRM and Social. Kento Hayashi - President & CEO @ Datasection

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CRM | 1 | 50% |
| Social | 1 | 50% |
| Big Data | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |
| Consulting | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fabeee | "Fabeee" meant to support customers with the challenge of new manufacturing and with all efforts. The line between offline and online is no longer there, and manufacturing is about to change. We will fundamentally change the definition of manufacturing and support customers from various angles. | $1M | Series A | Apr 25, 2021 |  |
| Datasection | Datasection is a social big data company that provides various big data analysis tools for its clients. It specializes in marketing research, data provision and processing, image analysis, overseas SNS, and data utilization and optimization. Datasection was founded in 2000. | $709K |  | Jul 31, 2009 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Archetype Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/archetype-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BASE Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/base-partners-2726) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mynavi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mynavi) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Datasection

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Datasection is a social big data company that provides various big data analysis tools for its clients. It specializes in marketing research, data provision and processing, image analysis, overseas SNS, and data utilization and optimization. Datasection was founded in 2000.

5 contacts available at Datasection.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kento Hayashi | President & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hayashi-kento |
| Daisuke Yokoyama | Auditor (External) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daisuke-yokoyama |
| Hiramoto Yoshito | Representative Director & COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiramoto-yoshito |
| Jun Nakajima | Director (outside) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jun-nakajima |
| Mochiduki Toshio | Director and CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mochiduki-toshio |

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## FAQ

### What does Kento Hayashi invest in?

Kento Hayashi invests primarily in CRM, Social and Big Data startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Kento Hayashi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kento Hayashi closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 2 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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