# Hiroki Yanagihashi

> Hiroki Yanagihashi is a Series B investor backing SNS and Task Management. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yanagihashihiroki

Hiroki Yanagihashi is a Series B investor focused on SNS and Task Management. Hiroki Yanagihashi started introducing kaonavi in 2012, to change corporate HR systems for people to perform to the best of their potential. Having served as a consultant and IT engineer at Accenture and in a HR leadership role at istyle, he realized the drawbacks in conventional people management and decided to build a product to help companiesbetter manage their people. He holds a BS and a MS from Tokyo University of Science.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SNS | 1 | 100% |
| Task Management | 1 | 100% |
| Media and Entertainment | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| M&A Cloud | M & A is a Match Platform for Small & Medium Venture Companies | $2.1M | Series B | Jun 24, 2020 | https://macloud.jp |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Incubate Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/incubate-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [toggle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toggle-96b6) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Hiroki Yanagihashi invest in?

Hiroki Yanagihashi invests primarily in SNS, Task Management and Media and Entertainment startups, most often at Series B 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.

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### When did Hiroki Yanagihashi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hiroki Yanagihashi closed in Jun 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?

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