# Istyle

> Istyle is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Media and Entertainment and Video. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Aug 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/istyle-inc./
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/istyle_freshers
- Website: http://istyle.co.jp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/istyle3660

Istyle is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Media and Entertainment and Video. istyle, Inc. engages in the management of beauty-related online platforms as well as the provision of advertising, marketing, and research services. It operates through the following segments: On Platform, Beauty Service, Global, and Others. The On Platform segment deals with domestic and overseas marketing, as well as premium membershipservices. The Beauty Service segment manages domestic cosmetics electronic commerce sites in addition to its specialty shop @cosme store. The Global segment includes services developed overseas. The Others segment covers beauty staff dispatching and investment training services. It has overseas subsidiaries including in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and The United States.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Istyle. Shizune tracks 8 team members at Istyle. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/istyle-kk?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $33M–$113M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Media and Entertainment | 3 | 33% |
| Video | 2 | 22% |
| Beauty | 2 | 22% |
| Advertising | 2 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 22% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 11% |
| Series G | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tetsuro Yoshimatsu | President & CEO | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tetsuro-yoshimatsu |
| Hamada Kensaku | Executive officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hamada-kensaku |
| Hara Hitoshi | Full-time Auditor (External) | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hara-hitoshi |
| Ishiguri Masataka | Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ishiguri-masataka |
| Masuda Masafumi | Executive officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masuda-masafumi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Requpo | Requpo is a brand-new salon reservation app that allows you to book a beauty salon without having to search. | $32.6M |  | Aug 29, 2018 |  |
| Standing Ovation | Standing ovation develops and offers fashion coordination applications. | $25.5M |  | Aug 29, 2017 |  |
| Toreta | Toreta develops tools specializing in reservation and customer ledger systems for restaurants. It offers Toreta, a mobile application for restaurant reservation management in Japan. The application facilitates the recording of reservation conversations automatically with customers, generates customer ledgers based on reservation information, andaccepts reservations through the internet.The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. | $42.5M | Series B | Feb 29, 2016 |  |
| Open8 | Open8 is a content technology company that provides of SaaS, API, and MLaaS solutions. | $113.4M | Seed | Oct 28, 2015 |  |
| Standing Ovation | Standing ovation develops and offers fashion coordination applications. | $19.8M |  | Jul 08, 2015 |  |
| Grand Design | Grand Design is a platform that connects consumers with stores and brands. The company is headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo and was founded on November 18, 2014. | $32.6M | Seed | Jun 26, 2015 |  |
| C Channel | C Channel operates a lifestyle video media platform targeting women, offering content in fashion, beauty, food, and parenting. Its services include influencer marketing and e-commerce operations. It empowers women by combining media, commerce, and technology.​ | $70.9M | Seed | Apr 10, 2015 |  |
| Fringe81 | Fringe81 is a Tokyo-based company engaged in internet-related business. Fringe81 operates in internet advertisement and human resources technology. Fringe's advertisement business comprise three services. The advertising agency service is involved in the sale of internet advertisements. The media growth service provides support for smartphonemedia to monetize via advertisement. The solution service provides software to help advertisers efficiently plan and execute advertisements. Fringe also operates in the human resources technology space with a product named Unipos to help build a culture of recognition and reward employees through peer bonus. | $59.5M |  | Feb 21, 2015 |  |
| Gumi | Gumi is a game development company that features Gree, a mobile social network. Founded in 2007 by CEO Hironao Kunimitsu, gumi Inc. has expanded from one office in Tokyo to multiple subsidiaries across Asia, Europe and North America. Although we have had a lot of success in Japan with both feature phone and smartphone games. | $269.3M | Series G | Dec 25, 2013 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Adways](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adways) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [B Dash Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-dash-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [iSGS Investment Works](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isgs-investment-works) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Istyle invest in?

Istyle invests primarily in Media and Entertainment, Video and Beauty startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Istyle's check size?

Istyle typically joins rounds of $33M–$113M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Istyle participates in.

### How do I contact Istyle?

Public channels for Istyle 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 Istyle?

The team at Istyle includes Tetsuro Yoshimatsu (President & CEO), Hamada Kensaku (Executive officer) and Hara Hitoshi (Full-time Auditor (External)), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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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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