# Hideo Natsume

> Hideo Natsume is a seed investor at Asu Capital Partners backing B2B, Art and B2C. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Asu Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asu-capital-partners)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hideo-natsume-a2b694118/?originalSubdomain=jp
- Website: https://x.com/HideoNw
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hide0720

Hideo Natsume is a seed investor at Asu Capital Partners focused on B2B and Art. Hideo Natsume is based out of Tokyo and is the Founding Partner of Asu Capital Partners. Hideo previously worked at East Ventures as a Principal. Hideo Natsume attended Tsinghua University. Hideo Natsumehas been awarded Tsinghua University Comprehensive Second-class Scholarship.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 2 | 67% |
| Art | 1 | 33% |
| B2C | 1 | 33% |
| SNS | 1 | 33% |
| Music | 1 | 33% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sabu | Sabu is an online work agency that offers back-office operations, web production, and outsourcing services for the dental care industry. | $682.1K | Seed | Nov 04, 2022 |  |
| SPeak | SPeak is an IT services firm that operates web content and matching platforms for global talents. It operates JPort Match, which is involved in direct recruiting services. It is a global career platform for budding new talents. | $734.9K | Seed | May 20, 2021 |  |
| Volve Creative | Volve Creative is a media company that provides virtual artist management, events, advertising video, and music production services. |  | Pre-Seed |  |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ANRI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anri) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BASE Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/base-partners-2726) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/infinity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IU Mirai Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iu-mirai-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lifetime Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lifetime-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [mixi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mixi) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Asu Capital Partners

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Asu Capital Partners is an investment firm.

2 contacts available at Asu Capital Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hideo Natsume | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hideo-natsume |
| Luke LI | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luke-li-f366 |

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## FAQ

### What does Hideo Natsume invest in?

Hideo Natsume invests primarily in B2B, Art and B2C startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed 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 Hideo Natsume last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hideo Natsume closed in Nov 2022. 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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