# Hiroki Nakamura

> Hiroki Nakamura is a seed investor at PARTY (Tokyo) backing Software and Web Design. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [PARTY](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/party-japan)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hiroki-nakamura-2924b49
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/nakamurahiroki
- Website: https://x.com/nakamurahiroki
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TOEIC505

Hiroki Nakamura is a seed investor at PARTY in Tokyo focused on Software and Web Design. After joining DENTSU, I initially produced only banner advertising, but it is expected to be active, and I will be able to work on a number of digital campaigns. In 2011, he became independent and founded PARTY with four members. Cannes Lions Young Competition, Japan's Cyber Division, 2nd place in the world. He has received more than 250advertising awards in Japan and abroad. Recent masterpieces include Lady Gaga's life-size hearing aids “GAGADOLL”, “UNIQLO / UT Picks”, “Suntory / Intensive Regain”, “TOYOTA / TOWN”, such as “Shizukita-” all digital campaigns. TOKYO FM Radio “Sawamoto Gonpachi will end soon.” Guest Personality.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $661k–$18M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Web Design | 2 | 40% |
| Sales | 1 | 20% |
| Content | 1 | 20% |
| Fashion | 1 | 20% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Collectest | Collectest specializes in integrating AI into trading card appraisal procedures that show current market pricing and verify authenticity. | $660.6K | Seed | Mar 25, 2024 |  |
| Be-A Japan | Bé-A Japan producer and distributor of fashion accessories. They provide products that include underwear, sanitary napkins, interior goods, fashion accessories, health foods, and cosmetic products. They offer products that are available for shopping online. | $1.6M | Seed | Jun 07, 2021 |  |
| Edoga | Edoga is a VR production and education company. Edoga offer services such as "VR training" and "off-site VR". | $6.7M | Seed | Sep 20, 2019 |  |
| STUDIO | Studio is a web design & development platform that enables users to build websites from scratch without coding. | $18.4M | Seed | Jul 25, 2019 |  |
| STUDIO Japan | STUDIO is a development and operation of the next-generation design tool. | $18.4M | Series A | Jul 25, 2019 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [NOW Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/now-inc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [D4V](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/d4v) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Monex Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monex-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [NIPPON DESIGN CENTER](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nippon-design-center) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [PARTY](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/party-japan) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [THE GUILD](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-guild-70a4) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About PARTY

VC Fund · Shibuya, Japan

PARTY is a new creative process where AI and creators coexist, and to research and develop the next generation of creative company.

3 contacts available at PARTY.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hiroki Nakamura | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroki-nakamura |
| Ito Naoki | Representative Director and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ito-naoki |
| Jun Tanaka | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tanaka-jun-b769 |

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## FAQ

### What does Hiroki Nakamura invest in?

Hiroki Nakamura invests primarily in Software, Web Design and Sales startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Hiroki Nakamura's check size?

Hiroki Nakamura typically joins rounds of $661k–$18M 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 Hiroki Nakamura participates in.

### When did Hiroki Nakamura last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hiroki Nakamura closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 5 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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