# Hoshino Fragment

> Hoshino Fragment is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Music, Content and Robotics. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/starfragments
- Website: https://x.com/starfragments_

Hoshino Fragment is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Music and Content. Hoshino Fragment is supporting IT startups that make the world interesting. The company was founded in 2017 by Hideyuki Takeuchi and is based in Minato- ku, Tokyo, Japan

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $176k–$655k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Music | 1 | 50% |
| Content | 1 | 50% |
| Robotics | 1 | 50% |
| Video Games | 1 | 50% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 50% |

9 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Univrs | UNIVRS is a popular market and entertainment platform. | $654.5K | Seed | Oct 08, 2019 |  |
| ASTINA | Astina is Optimizing manufacturing solutions with the power of design and development. | $175.9K | Seed | Oct 05, 2018 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- AS-accelerator — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Good Smile Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/good-smile-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NHN JAPAN](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nhn-japan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TX Entrepreneur Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tx-entrepreneur-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Wantedly](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wantedly) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Hoshino Fragment invest in?

Hoshino Fragment invests primarily in Music, Content and Robotics startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Hoshino Fragment's check size?

Hoshino Fragment typically joins rounds of $176k–$655k 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 Hoshino Fragment participates in.

### When did Hoshino Fragment last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hoshino Fragment closed in Oct 2019. Shizune tracks 2 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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