# Horipro

> Horipro is a VC fund in Meguro backing Media and Entertainment, SNS and Apps. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Meguro, Japan
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/horipromeguro
- Website: https://www.horipro.co.jp/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/horiprofanpage/

Horipro is a large Japanese talent agency, as well as being an independent music publisher.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Media and Entertainment | 2 | 25% |
| SNS | 1 | 13% |
| Apps | 1 | 13% |
| Content | 1 | 13% |
| Farming | 1 | 13% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 4 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Digital Securities Preparatory | Digital Securities Preparatory is a fintech company offering financial products to the real estate industry. | $1.9M | Series A | Dec 26, 2025 |  |
| Facewhite | Facewhite specializes in film planning, production, distribution, and promotion of chinese films in the japanese market. |  | Seed | Mar 22, 2024 |  |
| Ame Kaze Taiyo | Ame Kaze Taiyo develops a seasonal food marketplace to buy seasonal foods directly from farmers and fishermen. Its marketplace allows users to purchase ingredients directly from producers all over Japan and exchange cooking methods and photos of dishes. | $2.2M | Series C | Dec 27, 2022 |  |
| Meleap | HADO is a new sport utilizing the leading AR technology with players wearing a head mounted display and an armband sensor to compete against each other by using the ‘energy ball’ or ‘shield’ and earn points in a three-on-three, eighty-minutes game between two teams. | $3.5M | Series C | Nov 07, 2022 |  |
| Meleap | HADO is a new sport utilizing the leading AR technology with players wearing a head mounted display and an armband sensor to compete against each other by using the ‘energy ball’ or ‘shield’ and earn points in a three-on-three, eighty-minutes game between two teams. |  | Corporate Round | Nov 19, 2021 |  |
| Activ8 | Activ8 is a content development company that offers virtualization, metaverse production, 3D model creation, and event sponsorship services. | $9.3M | Series C | Apr 02, 2020 |  |
| INFORICH | INFORICH is optimizing the world's information and developing global inbound and outbound businesses. | $425.2M |  | Dec 26, 2019 |  |
| VAZ | VAZ is a venture company that transforms everyday small changes into a better society together with YouTuber and other influential creators. | $170.1M | Series C | Mar 02, 2018 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Japan Post Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japan-post-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Chartwell Capital — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Colopl Next](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colopl-next) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Contents innovation Program — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Dwango — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FreakOut Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freakout) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Horipro invest in?

Horipro invests primarily in Media and Entertainment, SNS and Apps startups, most often at Series C and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Horipro last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Horipro closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 8 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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