Japan Tobacco
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Japan Tobacco is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Food and Beverage and Tobacco. Japan Tobacco operates diverse businesses across the tobacco, pharmaceutical, and processed food sectors.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 67%
Last updated:
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Industries Japan Tobacco invests in
Stages Japan Tobacco invests in
Countries Japan Tobacco invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 11 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $3.2M–$9.3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Food and Beverage 2 (67%)
- Tobacco 1 (33%)
- Internet 1 (33%)
- Franchise 1 (33%)
- Enterprise 1 (33%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (67%)
- Funding Round 1 (33%)
Country
- Japan 1 (33%)
- Ethiopia 1 (33%)
- United States 1 (33%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Hiroshi Obayashi
Audit & Supervisory Board Members
|
Audit & Supervisory Board Members | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Main Kohda
Outside Director of the Board of Directors
|
Outside Director of the Board of Directors | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Chito Sasaki
Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing & Sales Officer, Tobacco Business
|
Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing & Sales Officer, Tobacco Business | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Douglas MacArthur
Founder
|
Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Goichi Matsuda
Senior Vice President & Deputy President, Pharmaceutical Business
|
Senior Vice President & Deputy President, Pharmaceutical Business | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 11 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| YO-KAI EXPRESS is a tech company that innovates the future autonomous restaurant solution to serve people. The company fills the gap in the availability of food. It provides vending machines to dispense steaming-hot bowls of noodles. The machines serves freshly prepared gourmet food in seconds and it provides different choices of noodle and brothwhich is made using real, fresh ingredients, allowing customers to pay for the food with card or a code. The food is served with chopsticks, a spoon, and a mesh-like carrier so fingers are not burnt while taking the bowl to a nearby table.YO-KAI EXPRESS was founded on 2016 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. | $9.3M / Series A / Sep 02, 2022 | ||
| Aroma Bit develops compact odor sensor and innovative services and products using the sensor.They live in a world surrounded by an endless number of scents and aromas. However,our olfactory sense is often overlooked. This is partly because it is so difficult to capture the essence of a scent only using words. For example, how would you clearlydescribe what a rose smelled like to someone who has never smelled it? | $3.2M / Series A / Oct 21, 2019 | ||
| National Tobacco Enterprise produces and distributes tobacco products. | $510M / Jul 15, 2016 |
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FAQ
What does Japan Tobacco invest in?
Japan Tobacco invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Tobacco and Internet startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Japan Tobacco's check size?
Japan Tobacco typically joins rounds of $3.2M–$9.3M 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 Japan Tobacco participates in.
How do I contact Japan Tobacco?
Public channels for Japan Tobacco include LinkedIn 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 Japan Tobacco?
The team at Japan Tobacco includes Hiroshi Obayashi (Audit & Supervisory Board Members), Main Kohda (Outside Director of the Board of Directors) and Chito Sasaki (Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing & Sales Officer, Tobacco Business), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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