# Hiroshi Sasaki

> Hiroshi Sasaki is a seed investor at Primal Capital (Tokyo) backing Software and Employment. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Primal Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/primal-capital-2)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 22%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrssk1211
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hrssk_
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- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hrssk1211

Hiroshi Sasaki is a seed investor at Primal Capital in Tokyo focused on Software and Employment. Hiroshi Sasaki is the General Partner of Primal Capital and an Outside Director at Crevo and Gatebox.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| Employment | 2 | 22% |
| Career Planning | 2 | 22% |
| Human Resources | 2 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 22% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 56% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 22% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bizibl Technologies | Bizibl Technologies provides SaaS services for recruitment events. | $1.4M |  | Sep 10, 2025 |  |
| RemitAid | RemitAid is a fintech company that operates an overseas payment platform for cross-border transactions between companies. | $1M | Seed | Aug 20, 2024 |  |
| xCARE | xCARE specializes in the development and commercialization phases of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. | $862.5K | Seed | Feb 13, 2024 |  |
| Degas | Degas develops solutions to improve the productivity of small-scale farmers in Africa. | $6.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 13, 2023 |  |
| xCARE | xCARE specializes in the development and commercialization phases of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. |  | Seed | May 01, 2022 |  |
| Hireroo | HireRoo is an online coding test service that checks the skills of engineers through programming tests. It provides problems that correspond to a wide range of levels, from new graduates to mid-career tech leads, engineering managers, and various occupations. They also provide coding test planning and execution services. | $329.7K | Seed | Mar 25, 2021 |  |
| Fuku | fuku specializes in software development and sales services. | $428K | Seed | Oct 14, 2020 |  |
| Gatebox | It is a research laboratory beyond dimension" which is researching and developing to realize "a world where you can live with a character". Therefore, Gatebox Co., Ltd. refers to itself as "Gatebox Lab" and conducts research and development beyond dimension in the area of ​​Akihabara day and night. Dreaming that day,coming to meet beyond dimension. | $12.8M |  | Jan 20, 2016 |  |
| Gatebox | It is a research laboratory beyond dimension" which is researching and developing to realize "a world where you can live with a character". Therefore, Gatebox Co., Ltd. refers to itself as "Gatebox Lab" and conducts research and development beyond dimension in the area of ​​Akihabara day and night. Dreaming that day,coming to meet beyond dimension. |  | Seed |  |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Animal Spirits Ltd.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animal-spirits-ltd) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Seiho Investment Works](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seiho-investment-works) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Adlib Tech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adlib-tech-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ANRI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anri) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chugin Capital Partner](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chugin-capital-partner) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CyberAgent Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyberagent) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Primal Capital

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Primal Capital, an independent venture capital " incubator bait fund at ", served as the Associate than July 2012 Hiroshi was Sasaki is the venture capital fund that serves as the representative partner. Representative of Sasaki, the seed acceleration program "Incubate Camp" operated by Incubate bait fund is carried out a totalof four times of planning and management than in 2012, They have also engaged in support operations of portfolio companies. - See more at: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/primal-capital#sthash.m2z1DCbt.dpuf

1 contacts available at Primal Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hiroshi Sasaki | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroshi-sasaki-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Hiroshi Sasaki invest in?

Hiroshi Sasaki invests primarily in Software, Employment and Career Planning startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Hiroshi Sasaki last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hiroshi Sasaki closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 9 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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