# Kei Shibata

> Kei Shibata is a seed investor at Venture Republic (Tokyo) backing Travel and Leisure. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Venture Republic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venture-republic)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://jp.linkedin.com/pub/kei-shibata/0/47/242
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/keishibata

Kei Shibata is a seed investor at Venture Republic in Tokyo focused on Travel and Leisure. Kei Shibata is CEO at Venture Republic.April 1988 Joined Mitsubishi Corporation January 2001 Founded Venture Republic, Member of the Board, CEO (Present Position)

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $300k–$2.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 2 | 67% |
| Leisure | 1 | 33% |
| Tourism | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Magpie Travel | Magpie allows tour and activity operators to manage beautifully written, accurate and up-to-date product information, and publish that content to multiple channels, including their own website and app, in multiple languages. For resellers, it simplifies the process of finding and on-boarding content of the highest quality. | $300K | Seed | Feb 16, 2019 |  |
| Angle | Global photographer marketplace. | $270K |  | Oct 01, 2018 |  |
| BeMyGuest | BeMyGuest is a Singapore-based startup that organizes local tours and activities. Its website features a comparison tool for the tours and activities that are listed on the site.The company was founded by Clement Wong in March 2012. | $2.6M | Seed | Jun 10, 2014 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [TripLabs Limited](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/triplabs-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Venture Republic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venture-republic) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Venture Republic

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Venture Republic runs a group of online travel websites and services worldwide. Venture Republic aims to always be the best answer to every question and question of the user, where and how and how much they can go and what they can do where they go. the company operates a website with both quality and quantity by expanding the categories ofhandling and providing useful functions and services that assist users in purchasing activities, leveraging their expertise.

5 contacts available at Venture Republic.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kei Shibata | CEO and Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kei-shibata-founder-travel-jp-hotel-jp |
| Kenichi Shibata | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenichi-shibata |
| Hideo Fujii | Outside Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hideo-fujii |
| Kunikyo Masaki | Outside Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kunikyo-masaki |
| Nishimura Tsutomu | Director and Founding Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nishimura-tsutomu-7d9a |

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## FAQ

### What does Kei Shibata invest in?

Kei Shibata invests primarily in Travel, Leisure and Tourism startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Kei Shibata's check size?

Kei Shibata typically joins rounds of $300k–$2.6M 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 Kei Shibata participates in.

### When did Kei Shibata last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kei Shibata closed in Feb 2019. Shizune tracks 3 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?

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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