# IREP

> IREP is a VC fund in Shibuya backing Internet and Advertising. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shibuya, Japan
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/irep
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/irep_pr
- Website: http://www.irep.co.jp/english/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/irep.co.jp

IREP is a digital marketing SEO/SEM agency that provides consulting, research and analytics, and creative content services.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for IREP. Shizune tracks 1 team members at IREP. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/irep?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 3 | 43% |
| Advertising | 3 | 43% |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 29% |
| SEO | 1 | 14% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 29% |
| Corporate Round | 2 | 29% |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 6 | 86% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shuuichi Takanashi | President and CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shuuichi-takanashi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spes | Spes provides all-in-one inventory and sales management cloud software. |  | Seed | Oct 02, 2023 |  |
| negocia | negocia specializes in development of advertising operation SaaS. |  | Corporate Round | Sep 30, 2019 |  |
| Bukalapak | Bukalapak operates an e-commerce shopping portal intended to offer a wide range of consumer products. Its portal offers products across a range of categories alongside easy returns, flexible payment options like cash on delivery, credit or debit card transactions, and net banking, among others, enabling consumers to find and shop wide varieties ofcommercial and personal products.It was founded in 2010 and headquartered in Jakarta Raya, Indonesia. |  | Series A | Feb 13, 2014 |  |
| Innova | Innova is a Tokyo-based SEO and content marketing agency.Innova has been providing content marketing solutions, helping companies better market their services or products to consumers by helping managing owned media websites and keeping publishing SEO-optimized content and articles. As of April, the company has 72 clients from notable Japanesecompanies such as Yahoo Japan, Rakuten, Sony, DeNA, Opt, and Septeni Holdings. | $4.3M | Corporate Round | Jan 14, 2014 |  |
| LOCKON | LOCKON is a software company. | $2.1M | Series A | Jul 11, 2008 |  |
| YRGLM | YRGLM Inc. provides marketing platform. The Company offers advertising platform "AD EBiS", automated advertising report creation tool "AdRepo", commercial distribution platform "EC-CUBE", and more. YRGLM serves clients in Asia and America. | $26.4M |  | Jul 10, 2008 |  |
| All Ads | Net-Marketing Corporation operates as an advertisement agent in Japan. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. | $21.5M |  | Mar 28, 2007 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Full Speed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/full-speed-inc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GMO VenturePartners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gmo-venturepartners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hakuhodo DY Media Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hakuhodo-dy-media-partners-incorporated) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [JAFCO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jafco-co-ltd) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does IREP invest in?

IREP invests primarily in Internet, Advertising and Software startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact IREP?

Public channels for IREP include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at IREP?

The team at IREP includes Shuuichi Takanashi (President and CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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