# Hideaki Takahashi

> Hideaki Takahashi is a funding round investor at Ceres backing Energy and Wind Energy. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ceres](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ceres-inc-)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2020
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Hideaki Takahashi is a funding round investor at Ceres focused on Energy and Wind Energy. Hideaki Takahashi

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 33% |
| Wind Energy | 1 | 33% |
| Clean Energy | 1 | 33% |
| Computer Vision | 1 | 33% |
| Software Engineering | 1 | 33% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 1 | 33% |
| Japan | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Greenko Group | Greenko Group is one of India's fastest growing Independent Power Producers, focusing on developing clean energy assets in India to meet Indian's ever-increasing demand for power. The Group is building a de-risked portfolio of wind, solar, hydropower, natural gas, and biomass assets within India and intends to increase the installedcapacity it operates by developing new greenfield assets.The group is listed on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM), having its asset base in India. Currently has over 120 MW of contracted capacity including 6 hydro & 6 biomass plants and nearly 350 MW of licenses under development.It was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Hyderabad, India. | $980M | Private Equity | Sep 11, 2020 |  |
| Kudan | We are accelerating the evolution of Virtuality (AR/MR/VR) and Robotics (automobile/drone/robot) by developing computer software algorithms classified as Artificial Perception (AP).Over the years Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become the backbone technology for machine vision, however it only consists of functionalityequivalent to the left-side human brain, such as learning for semantic extraction.On the other hand, current machines are extending their capabilities from closed virtual worlds to the real-world, which requires the right-side human brain related to instinctive geometric acquisition.We are working to fill up this missing piece by developing AP algorithms that are the machine equivalent of the right-side human brain. Our AP complement AI, by providing 3D and kinesthetic senses to the machine to access the real-world, for virtual-real mixing and robotic control. With the combination of AP and AI, machines are getting closer to sensing and interacting with the world like we do, utilising both the left and right side of the brain. | $28.8M |  | Jul 02, 2016 |  |
| Kudan | We are accelerating the evolution of Virtuality (AR/MR/VR) and Robotics (automobile/drone/robot) by developing computer software algorithms classified as Artificial Perception (AP).Over the years Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become the backbone technology for machine vision, however it only consists of functionalityequivalent to the left-side human brain, such as learning for semantic extraction.On the other hand, current machines are extending their capabilities from closed virtual worlds to the real-world, which requires the right-side human brain related to instinctive geometric acquisition.We are working to fill up this missing piece by developing AP algorithms that are the machine equivalent of the right-side human brain. Our AP complement AI, by providing 3D and kinesthetic senses to the machine to access the real-world, for virtual-real mixing and robotic control. With the combination of AP and AI, machines are getting closer to sensing and interacting with the world like we do, utilising both the left and right side of the brain. | $17M |  | Jul 03, 2015 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ardian](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ardian) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MID Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mid-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TFK CAPITAL PARTNERS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tfk-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Ceres

VC Fund · Setagaya, Japan

Ceres is a company providing internet marketing services and is engaged in the planning, development, and operation of smartphone media.

5 contacts available at Ceres.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chise Kuwayama | Auditor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chise-kuwayama |
| Satoshi Takagi | President & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/satoshi-toki |
| Tetsuya Nozaki | Director, Vice President, Internet Business Division | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tetsuya-nozaki |
| Hideaki Takahashi | Director, General Manager of Recruiting Media Business Division, Internet Business Division | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hideaki-takahashi |
| Masataka Uesugi | Auditor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masataka-uesugi |

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## FAQ

### What does Hideaki Takahashi invest in?

Hideaki Takahashi invests primarily in Energy, Wind Energy and Clean Energy startups, most often at Funding Round and Private Equity stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Hideaki Takahashi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hideaki Takahashi closed in Sep 2020. Shizune tracks 3 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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