# Hideki Yanase

> Hideki Yanase is a funding round investor at Toyota Tsusho (Nagoya) backing Internet and Logistics. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Toyota Tsusho](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toyota-tsusho)
- Location: Nagoya, Japan
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Hideki Yanase is a funding round investor at Toyota Tsusho in Nagoya focused on Internet and Logistics. Hideki Yanase - Executive Vice President @ Toyota Tsusho

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |
| Logistics | 1 | 100% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 100% |
| Trading Platform | 1 | 100% |
| Document Management | 1 | 100% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TradeWaltz | TradeWaltz is an information platform that maintains the integrity of electronic trade documents. | $155.9M |  | Oct 27, 2020 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mitsubishi UFJ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bank-of-tokyo-mitsubishi-ufj) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kanematsu Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kanematsu-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mitsubishi Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NTT Data](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ntt-data) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sompo-japan-nipponkoa-insurance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tokio Marine Nichido](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tokio-marine-nichido-fire-insurance-co-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Toyota Tsusho

VC Fund · Nagoya, Japan

Toyota Tsusho Group is a trading company that provides manufactures and sells a range of steel goods. Warehousing, logistics services among other things, are provided by the Global Parts and Logistics business. Selling auto components, importing and exporting secondhand cars and their parts, and other activities are all part of the automotivedivision. The section responsible for the Machinery, Energy and Plant Project offers mechanical devices, different industrial machinery, petroleum products, and other things. Semiconductors, electronic devices, software, chemicals, resins, and other products are offered by the Chemical and Electronics Division.

5 contacts available at Toyota Tsusho.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Junzo Shimizu | Chairman of the Board | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/junzo-shimizu |
| Mikio Asano | Executive Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mikio-asano |
| Richard Bielle | Chief Executive Office | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-bielle |
| Hideki Yanase | Executive Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hideki-yanase |
| Jun Karube | President & Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jun-karube |

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## FAQ

### What does Hideki Yanase invest in?

Hideki Yanase invests primarily in Internet, Logistics and Blockchain startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 1 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 Yanase last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hideki Yanase closed in Oct 2020. Shizune tracks 1 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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