# Ichitaro Akita

> Ichitaro Akita is a Series B investor at Nomura SPARX (Tokyo) backing SaaS and Fruit. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Nomura SPARX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nomura-sparx)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Ichitaro Akita is a Series B investor at Nomura SPARX in Tokyo focused on SaaS and Fruit. Ichitaro Akita is the senior vice president at SPARX Asset Management.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Fruit | 1 | 25% |
| Video | 1 | 25% |
| AgTech | 1 | 25% |
| Android | 1 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series C | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 3 | 75% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Moon-X | MOON-X serves as a launch pad for brands through co-creation with communities and manufacturing partners. MOON-X's brand categories include baby and maternity, leather accessories, business goods, liquor, and men's and women's skincare. | $25.3M | Series B | Jul 28, 2022 |  |
| Synspective | Synspective provides SAR data and remote monitoring services to government agencies. Its satellite data technology utilizes and integrates data from satellite constellations, big data, and machine learning. It provides various satellite services, including remote sensing and satellite imagery using small-sized SAR satellites that can measure humanactivity over a wide area on earth, regardless of time or weather. | $96.3M | Series B | Mar 28, 2022 |  |
| Oishii | Oishii Farm provides indoor vertical farming technology. Oishii sells via supermarkets, offering a container of between eight and 11 strawberries for $50 per package. Hiroki Koga and Brendan Somerville started the company in 2017. | $50M | Series A | Mar 11, 2021 |  |
| Open8 | Open8 is a content technology company that provides of SaaS, API, and MLaaS solutions. | $28.7M | Series C | Jan 29, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Japan Post Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japan-post-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pavilion Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pavilion-capital-57b7) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Abies Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abies-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Energy & Environment Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/energy-environment-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JAFCO Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jafco-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Japan Finance Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japan-finance-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Nomura SPARX

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Nomura SPARX provides funds and assistance to unlisted companies. It offers investment management and financial consultation to help businesses grow. Nomura SPARX was founded in 2021 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

1 contacts available at Nomura SPARX.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ichitaro Akita | Head of Investment Management (CIO) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ichitaro-akita |

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## FAQ

### What does Ichitaro Akita invest in?

Ichitaro Akita invests primarily in SaaS, Fruit and Video startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ichitaro Akita last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ichitaro Akita closed in Jul 2022. Shizune tracks 4 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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