Junichiro Kono
General Partner @ ANRI
Tokyo, Japan
Junichiro Kono is a seed investor at ANRI in Tokyo focused on Software and Information Technology. Junichiro Kono is based out of Tokyo, Tokyo and is the General Partner of Anri. Junichiro previously worked at Smart Camp as a Board Member. Junichiro Kono attended the Meiji University.
- Total investments:
- 15
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 20%
Last updated:
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Industries Junichiro Kono invests in
Stages Junichiro Kono invests in
Countries Junichiro Kono invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (40%)
- Information Technology 5 (33%)
- B2B 2 (13%)
- Medical 2 (13%)
- Task Management 2 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (33%)
- Series A 5 (33%)
- Series B 1 (7%)
- Series D 1 (7%)
- Funding Round 1 (7%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Tailor
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Tailor is a Headless ERP that enables businesses to create their own customized ERP with no coding. | $22M / Series A / May 20, 2025 | |
Bloomo Securities
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Bloomo Investment is a software company that specializes in the development of smart and fun investment apps. | $13.5M / Series A / Mar 20, 2025 | |
Pleap
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Pleap is a medical engineering company specializing in the development of AI and IoT-based technology solutions tailored for medical institutions. The company's product offerings include "medimo" which is an AI tool that automatically creates medical record manuscripts from medical audio. | $964.2K / Seed / Jan 28, 2025 | |
Upsider
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We enable people to trust upsiders by organizing the world's B2B transactions. | $35.4M / Series D / Nov 20, 2024 | |
SPeak
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SPeak is an IT services firm that operates web content and matching platforms for global talents. It operates JPort Match, which is involved in direct recruiting services. It is a global career platform for budding new talents. | $1.6M / Seed / Mar 05, 2024 | |
AgeWell Japan
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Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas. | $447.4K / Seed / Dec 12, 2023 | |
YESOD
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YESOD is a centralized management platform enabling cloud-integrated identity management. The platform ensures that personnel and organizational information, as well as account information scattered throughout the organization, can be easily aggregated. It collects, integrates, and manages the history of the employee and organizational informationthat is separately registered in each SaaS, such as labor, human resources, and accounting. YESOD multidimensional database that helps complex organizations like group organizations, multinational corporations, and cross-organizational projects. | $4.2M / Series A / Dec 07, 2023 | |
Mairu Tech
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Mairu tech that enables traveling by private ambulance and welfare taxi more convenient. | $217.6K / Seed / Nov 13, 2023 | |
Knowledge Work
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Knowledge Work specializes in the development and sales of software for companies. | $7.8M / Series A / Apr 20, 2022 | |
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AgeWell Japan
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Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas. | $547.8K / Seed / Aug 04, 2021 | |
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Co-Investors
About ANRI
ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
ANRI Contacts
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Anri Samata
Partner; Founder & General Partner
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Anri Samata
Founder & General Partner
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Junichiro Kono
General Partner
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Kazuhiro Sakakibara
Senior Associate
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Masahiro Sameshima
General Partner
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What does Junichiro Kono invest in?
Junichiro Kono invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and B2B startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Junichiro Kono last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Junichiro Kono closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 15 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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