# Hideki Hayashi

> Hideki Hayashi is a seed investor at ASKing backing Drones, Robotics and Consulting. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ASKing](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asking)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Hideki Hayashi is a seed investor at ASKing focused on Drones and Robotics. Hideki Hayashi

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Drones | 1 | 33% |
| Robotics | 1 | 33% |
| Consulting | 1 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GenerativeX | GenerativeX provides AI app development, consulting, and generative model development. | $791.6K | Seed | Apr 03, 2024 |  |
| Re-abroad | Re-abroad is a platform that offers overseas study abroad services. The company also offers an introduction to study-abroad destinations and a proxy for study-abroad procedures. The company's services include Suma Ryu, Suma Ryu Jr., and Smartphone with Kids. Suma Ryu provides a clever method of studying abroad that reduces the price of doingso by half by utilizing the free time and facilities at the language school. Suma Ryu Jr. on the other hand offers a variety of study abroad programs for teenagers during their summer vacation. and Lastly, Smartphones with Kids focuses on providing parent-child study abroad programs. | $14.2M |  | Dec 11, 2020 |  |
| Smart Robotics | Smart Robotics is a development and sales of robot-related products development of robots, drones, and IOT devices (hardware and software). | $14.2M | Seed | Sep 07, 2018 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Angel Bridge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-bridge) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About ASKing

VC Fund



1 contacts available at ASKing.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hideki Hayashi | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hideki-hayashi |

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## FAQ

### What does Hideki Hayashi invest in?

Hideki Hayashi invests primarily in Drones, Robotics and Consulting startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Hideki Hayashi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hideki Hayashi closed in Apr 2024. 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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