# Takahiro Kamisaki

> Takahiro Kamisaki is a seed investor at Kepple Africa Ventures backing SaaS and Retail. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kepple Africa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kepple-africa-ventures)
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/takahiro%EF%BC%88taka%EF%BC%89-kanzaki-6b620b160

Takahiro Kamisaki is a seed investor at Kepple Africa Ventures focused on SaaS and Retail. After independence, in addition to financial support for start-ups, we have provided total support for start-up management operations in the seed period, which has no management staff, such as formulating capital policies and business plans. He also has more than tens of debt financing a year. Familiar with the finances of listed companies fromstartups. In order to produce startups that flourish from Japan to the world, we will always incorporate them into growth support from the perspective of startups.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Retail | 1 | 25% |
| Content | 1 | 25% |
| Hospital | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series C | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 3 | 75% |
| Kenya | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| COUNTERWORKS | Counter works is an Information technology company. | $5.7M | Series C | Oct 31, 2023 |  |
| Sollective | Sollective is an invite-only freelancer network where companies can directly hire talent inside and outside of Japan. Sollective connects freelancers and companies that are ready to work together to maximize each's potential and lead the business to success. | $2.3M | Seed | Dec 07, 2022 |  |
| Waaq | Waaq is an actively recruiting members who want to change the work environment in Japan. |  | Seed | Sep 20, 2018 |  |
| TIBU Health | TIBU Health is a disruptive HealthTech logistics company that provides high-quality healthcare services. |  | Pre-Seed |  |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Regional Revitalization Solution](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/all-japan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chiba Dojo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chiba-dojo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Coconala Skill Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coconala-skill-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Daiwa Corporate Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daiwa-corporate-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Japan Finance Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japan-finance-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Kepple Africa Ventures

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.

4 contacts available at Kepple Africa Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ryosuke Yamawaki | Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryosuke-yamawaki-a570 |
| Satoshi Shinada | Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/satoshi-shinada |
| Takahiro Kamisaki | Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takahiro-kamisaki |
| Takahiro Kamisaki | General Partner and Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kanzaki-takahiro |

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## FAQ

### What does Takahiro Kamisaki invest in?

Takahiro Kamisaki invests primarily in SaaS, Retail and Content startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Takahiro Kamisaki last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Takahiro Kamisaki closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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