# IMAGE WORKS

> IMAGE WORKS is a VC fund in Kyoto backing Beauty, Wellness and Health Care. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kyoto, Japan
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://i-w.co.jp/

IMAGE WORKS is a VC fund in Kyoto focused on Beauty and Wellness. IMAGE WORKS provides sales promotion for telecommunication products.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beauty | 1 | 100% |
| Wellness | 1 | 100% |
| Health Care | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| lafool | lafool is a mental health tech company that provides an organizational diagnostic tool "Laful Survey" to realize health management. | $99.2M | Series A | Feb 25, 2019 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DeNA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dena) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [en-Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/en-japan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Framgia Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/framgia-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kyowa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyowa-4826) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LiB Consulting](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lib-consulting) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MS JAPAN](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ms-japan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does IMAGE WORKS invest in?

IMAGE WORKS invests primarily in Beauty, Wellness and Health Care startups, most often at Series A 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.

### When did IMAGE WORKS last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for IMAGE WORKS closed in Feb 2019. 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?

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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