# iRidge

> iRidge is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Marketing, Mobile and Big Data. See 2 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jan 2021
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/iRidge_info
- Website: http://iridge.jp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iridge.jp

iRidge is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Marketing and Mobile. iRidge is pursuing online-to-offline solutions. One of their product is popinfo, a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) to push information to smart-device users. As it allows to push information linked with users' location detected by GPS or Wi-Fi, it makes possible to push location-based information for only users near a shop.

## Contacts

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

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marketing | 2 | 100% |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |
| Big Data | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |
| Advertising | 1 | 50% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kazuki Hanabusa | Director CFO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kazuki-hanabusa |
| Kentaro Oda | President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kentaro-oda |
| Kumamoto Yoshiyuki | Outside Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kumamoto-yoshiyuki |
| Tomoya Watanabe | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tomoya-watanabe |
| Umemoto Kenjiro | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/umemoto-kenjiro |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Flow Solutions | Flow Solutions develops an AI-powered platform to provide alternatives to retail businesses. Their platform uses and integrates data acquired from retail analytic tools to give retail executives. They provide IoT and retail data sources for data communication across retail chains while using AI to enable data-centric decision-making. | $1.7M | Corporate Round | Jan 29, 2021 | http://flow-solutions.com |
| X Locations | X-Locations is a mobile advertising and incidental service and location intelligence. Its platform uses artificial intelligence that analyzes the characteristics of the trade area of each store or base and offers location-based advertising, enabling businesses to take marketing measures and customer relationship management. |  | Seed | Jun 20, 2018 | https://www.x-locations.com/ |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AdInte](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adinte-co-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NTT DOCOMO Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ntt-docomo-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does iRidge invest in?

iRidge invests primarily in Marketing, Mobile and Big Data startups, most often at Seed and Corporate Round 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.

### How do I contact iRidge?

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### Who are the partners at iRidge?

The team at iRidge includes Kazuki Hanabusa (Director CFO), Kentaro Oda (President) and Kumamoto Yoshiyuki (Outside Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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