# Keita Niihara

> Keita Niihara is a Series A investor at Daiwa Corporate Investment backing Finance and Health Care. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Daiwa Corporate Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daiwa-corporate-investment)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Keita Niihara is a Deputy General Manager at Daiwa Corporate Investment.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |
| Home Health Care | 1 | 50% |
| Cloud Data Services | 1 | 50% |
| Real Estate Investment | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ZIRITZ | StockFormer is a real estate investment platform that connects investors with property opportunities. Users can calculate their asset score and gain a better understanding of their position and status as an investor, as well as their creditworthiness to financial institutions, among other things. Investors can exchange information on purchased andsold properties, as well as loan terms. The log provides investors with an understanding of the current real estate market conditions, investment conditions, and loan conditions that correspond to their asset formation level, allowing them to make appropriate investment decisions. | $4.5M | Series A | Nov 11, 2025 |  |
| Z-Works | "Z-Works Life Engine" is a cloud-type IoT platform. Collect and analyze the data of the terminal equipped with Z-Wave on the cloud, you can browse various data with the smartphone and remotely control the terminal equipped with Z-Wave. | $4.7M |  | Oct 06, 2025 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [All About Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/all-about-japan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Apollo Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apollo-capital-0213) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Keio Innovation Initiative](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keio-innovations-initiative) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mint](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mint-495d) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nissay Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nissay-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Saison Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saison-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Daiwa Corporate Investment

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Daiwa Corporate Investment is a private investment firm of Daiwa Securities Group that has been engaged in overseas VC investments by taking advantage of an extensive business network in Japan and foreign countries, long experience and professional knowledge, and by supporting the growth of a number of overseas portfolio companies and their stockexchange listings.

4 contacts available at Daiwa Corporate Investment.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kiyohisa Hirano | President and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kiyohisa-hirano |
| Keita Niihara | Deputy General Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keita-niihara |
| Nakamura Shogo | Head | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shingo-nakamura |
| Nakamura Shogo | Head | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nakamura-shogo |

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## FAQ

### What does Keita Niihara invest in?

Keita Niihara invests primarily in Finance, Health Care and Home Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Keita Niihara last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Keita Niihara closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 2 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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