# Hideo Nakanishi

> Hideo Nakanishi is a Series A investor at ITOCHU Corporation backing Recycling. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ITOCHU Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/itochu-corporation)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Hideo Nakanishi is a Series A investor at ITOCHU Corporation in Tokyo focused on Recycling and Management Consulting. Hideo Nakanishi is the Head of the Fashion Apparel Division, Textile Company at ITOCHU Corporation.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recycling | 1 | 100% |
| Management Consulting | 1 | 100% |
| Environmental Consulting | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ecommit | Ecommit is a venture company that creates new environmental businesses with reuse and recycling as the main axis | $6.3M | Series A | Oct 13, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Infrastructure Management Co](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-infrastructure-management-co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Japan Post Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japan-post-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kamakura Investment Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kamakura-investment-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kips](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kips) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NCB Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ncb-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About ITOCHU Corporation

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

The history of ITOCHU Corporation (hereinafter "ITOCHU") dates back to 1858 when the Company's founder Chubei Itoh commenced linen trading operations. Since then, ITOCHU has evolved and grown over 150 years into a sogo shosha, engaging in domestic trading, import/export, and overseas trading of various products such as textiles,machinery, information and communications-related products, metals, products related to oil and other energy sources, general merchandise, chemicals, and provisions and food. In addition, ITOCHU has made multifaceted investments in insurance agencies, finance, construction, real estate trading, and warehousing as well as operations and businesses incidental or related to those fields.

5 contacts available at ITOCHU Corporation.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hiroshi Kajiwara | Chief Operation Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroshi-kajiwara-14d9 |
| Junichi Sasaki | President & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/junichi-sasaki |
| Atsushi kuromi | General Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atsushi-kuromi |
| Hideo Nakanishi | Head of Fashion Apparel Division | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hideo-nakanishi |
| Isao Kubo | Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isao-kubo |

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## FAQ

### What does Hideo Nakanishi invest in?

Hideo Nakanishi invests primarily in Recycling, Management Consulting and Environmental Consulting startups, most often at Series A 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 Hideo Nakanishi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hideo Nakanishi closed in Oct 2023. 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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