# Hikaru Kashida

> Hikaru Kashida is a seed investor backing Consulting, E-Learning and Communities. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hikaru-kashida-71390136/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hik0107?lang=en
- Website: https://note.com/hik0107

Hikaru Kashida is a data scientist and is currently working at Mercari Inc., Japan.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $411k–$9.7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Consulting | 1 | 33% |
| E-Learning | 1 | 33% |
| Communities | 1 | 33% |
| Social News | 1 | 33% |
| Reservations | 1 | 33% |

10 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Meetcareer | Meetcareer offers a career programme. The users can understand their strengths and make use of them. The company identifies organizational issues for clients to investigate further, as well as issues based on hidden real intentions. The services help users consult with a professional career counsellor online and offer a text programme that isconducted by email, enabling clients to solve career development problems. | $410.6K | Seed | Jun 02, 2021 |  |
| alma | alma is a community platform to learn design. | $9.7M | Seed | Aug 20, 2020 |  |
| Rocketa | Rocketa is a news curation and social media platform. | $1.7M | Seed | May 09, 2019 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FiNC Technologies](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ikigai Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ikigai-asset-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ANOBAKA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kvp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MIRAISE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/miraise) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The Seed Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-seed-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Venture United](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venture-united) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Hikaru Kashida invest in?

Hikaru Kashida invests primarily in Consulting, E-Learning and Communities startups, most often at 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.

### What is Hikaru Kashida's check size?

Hikaru Kashida typically joins rounds of $411k–$9.7M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Hikaru Kashida participates in.

### When did Hikaru Kashida last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hikaru Kashida closed in Jun 2021. 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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