# iSGS Investment Works

> iSGS Investment Works is a VC fund in Tokyo backing E-Commerce and Internet. See 56 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 56
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last fund: Jan 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://isgs-iw.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/isgsiw/

iSGS Investment Works is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on E-Commerce and Internet. iSGS Investment Works is Japan-based venture capital firm.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $730k–$50M |
| Series A | $1.4M–$57M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 8 | 14% |
| Internet | 6 | 11% |
| Software | 6 | 11% |
| Food and Beverage | 6 | 11% |
| Internet of Things | 6 | 11% |

100 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 23 | 41% |
| Funding Round | 12 | 21% |
| Series A | 9 | 16% |
| Series B | 5 | 9% |
| Angel | 2 | 4% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 46 | 82% |
| United States | 3 | 5% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 2% |
| Singapore | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Risa Yasuki | Investment Manager | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/risa-yasuki |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Better Place | Better place vision is to create a world in which kind people can continue to be kind, as well as a society in which people can work in their own way without worrying about money. | $1.9M | Series C | Jul 11, 2024 |  |
| Inter Holding | Inter delivers solutions for global difficulties using vacuum technology, which uses a particular check valve to maintain a 99.5% vacuum rate. | $1.6M | Seed | May 08, 2024 |  |
| SOUNDRAW | SOUNDRAW is an AI royalty-free music generator for video creators. Users can choose the mood, the genre, and the length they prefer, and the AI will generate songs in seconds. They can then further customize the song to fit their content. | $3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 12, 2024 |  |
| Gojo & Company | Gojo was founded to extend financial inclusion to everyone in the world beginning with the developing countries. Gojo encourages the formalization and growth of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises. Its long-term goal is to enable the provision of high-quality affordable financial services for 100+ million unserved and underserved people in50+ countries by 2030. Five and half years since their establishment, they work in Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and India with 3,400+ employees, serving more than 570,000 women who are also mothers. | $47.6M | Series E | Nov 09, 2022 |  |
| SOUNDRAW | SOUNDRAW is an AI royalty-free music generator for video creators. Users can choose the mood, the genre, and the length they prefer, and the AI will generate songs in seconds. They can then further customize the song to fit their content. | $1.4M | Series A | Jul 29, 2022 |  |
| Plantio | Plantio is a provider of plantation services in Japan. The company offers AI and IoT based plantation services, enabling customers to get sustainably harvested food. | $1.1M | Series B | Mar 22, 2022 |  |
| BABY JOB | BABY JOB offers nursery support and child care support businesses. | $4.6M |  | Aug 02, 2021 |  |
| Startbahn | Startbahn aims to realize a richer society by providing the technology needed by artists and people involved with art all over the world. We are developing Startbahn Cert., a service that issues blockchain certificates for artworks, and promoting the development of Startrail, a blockchain infrastructure that is the basis for Startbahn Cert. We alsorun joint projects with other companies. | $10.2M | Series B | May 12, 2021 |  |
| Misaky Tokyo | MisakyTokyo provides food and beverage services. | $8.5M | Angel | Nov 25, 2020 |  |
| Compass | Compass is a Solve problems in the local labor market with Consultation x Technology | $1.2M | Seed | Jul 31, 2020 |  |

10 of 56 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
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- [Daiwa Corporate Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daiwa-corporate-investment) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does iSGS Investment Works invest in?

iSGS Investment Works invests primarily in E-Commerce, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 56 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is iSGS Investment Works's check size?

iSGS Investment Works typically joins rounds of $730k–$50M at Seed and $1.4M–$57M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds iSGS Investment Works participates in.

### How do I contact iSGS Investment Works?

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### Who are the partners at iSGS Investment Works?

The team at iSGS Investment Works includes Risa Yasuki (Investment Manager). 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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