# Ken Honda

> Ken Honda is a seed investor backing E-Commerce, Agriculture and Business Development. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Ken Honda is a seed investor focused on E-Commerce and Agriculture. Ken Honda

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 33% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 33% |
| Business Development | 1 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ai-Dounyu.com | Ai-Dounyu.com is a platform that helps organizations looking to integrate AI choose their ideal AI implementation partner for free. | $319.6K | Seed | Jan 22, 2025 |  |
| AGRI SMILE | AGRI SMILE employs technology to create sustainable agriculture, communities, and production areas. It promotes agricultural industry development by combining software as a tool for accumulating and inheriting technology with science, which creates new technology based on accumulated data. They seeks to establish a cultivation system that is inharmony with the environment and the region, allowing agricultural workers to live a rich life both financially and spiritually. | $106.3M | Series A | Sep 06, 2023 |  |
| Chai | Chai empowers small businesses centered on EC. It provides end-to-end e-commerce services that everyone can enjoy and continue to use in order to unlock the great potential of Japan's many small businesses. | $1.2M | Seed | Aug 09, 2023 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [HERO Impact Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hero-impact-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JAFCO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jafco-co-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [POLA Orbis Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pola-orbis-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The Seed Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-seed-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Toppan Printing](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toppanprinting) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ken Honda invest in?

Ken Honda invests primarily in E-Commerce, Agriculture and Business Development startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.

### When did Ken Honda last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ken Honda closed in Sep 2023. 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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