Kenichi Kawasaki
President, CEO and COO @ Cool Japan Fund
Kenichi Kawasaki is a venture - series unknown investor at Cool Japan Fund focused on FinTech and Finance. Kenichi Kawasaki is the Owner & CEO at Cool Japan Travel.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 57%
Last updated:
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Industries Kenichi Kawasaki invests in
Stages Kenichi Kawasaki invests in
Countries Kenichi Kawasaki invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 2 (29%)
- Finance 2 (29%)
- E-Commerce 2 (29%)
- Marketplace 2 (29%)
- Financial Services 2 (29%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (43%)
- Series C 2 (29%)
- Series B 1 (14%)
- Series E 1 (14%)
Country
- Singapore 2 (29%)
- Japan 1 (14%)
- Germany 1 (14%)
- Malaysia 1 (14%)
- Hong Kong 1 (14%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Brave group engages in IP development, marketing and support services. | $31.4M / Series E / Apr 22, 2026 | ||
| PolicyStreet is an insurance technology (insurtech) group of companies providing digital insurance solutions to businesses and consumers in Southeast Asia and Australia. They offer insurance, bespoke employee benefits, financial advice, insurance aggregation, and the development of digital technologies to make insurance meaningful and simple forbusinesses and people. | $21M / Series C / Apr 01, 2026 | ||
| Buyandship provides cross-border eCommerce solution focusing on Marketing and Logistics. At Buyandship, is redefining the experience of E-Commerce without changing the sites, disrupting the underlying infrastructure, we provide consolidate, aggregate and load-balance shipments across the world to the consumer's doorstep. Our technologyfocuses on connecting the fragmented existing logistics infrastructure to create a seamless experience for both merchants and consumers, and the benefit is that they get a solution that is 30-50% less than other carriers. We also work with merchants, marketplaces, and platforms to create a channel to reach an audience across our geographies (9 Countries currently) and reaching over 1.5M+ people per month whilst growing. We envision our members being able to purchase from any site around the world and have it seamlessly be shipped home. No more geographical restrictions, No more price monopolies, No more ambiguous shipping situations. We are building towards a transparent system, where both buyers and sellers just focus on the product. | $12M / Series C / Jan 05, 2026 | ||
| Carro is an online used car marketplace that offers a wide range of services for buying a car. | $60M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 16, 2025 | ||
| Funding Societies operates an online platform that connects individual and institutional investors with SMEs seeking loans. The platform allows SMEs to access financing quickly and efficiently, often bypassing traditional banks. The company has operations in multiple Southeast Asian countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand. | $25M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 19, 2024 | ||
| Grover is a platform that enables users to subscribe to tech products monthly instead of buying them.The product-as-a-service company gives the freedom of renting by bringing the access economy to the consumer electronics market and offering a simple, monthly subscription model for the best in tech. It allows private customers, as well asbusinesses, to get access to a wide assortment of over 1500 tech products such as smartphones, laptops, virtual reality (VR) gear, and wearables profiting from the flexibility and full usage rights at a fraction of the purchase price.Michael Cassau established Grover in Berlin, Berlin, Germany in 2015. | $54.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 18, 2024 | ||
| Buyandship provides cross-border eCommerce solution focusing on Marketing and Logistics. At Buyandship, is redefining the experience of E-Commerce without changing the sites, disrupting the underlying infrastructure, we provide consolidate, aggregate and load-balance shipments across the world to the consumer's doorstep. Our technologyfocuses on connecting the fragmented existing logistics infrastructure to create a seamless experience for both merchants and consumers, and the benefit is that they get a solution that is 30-50% less than other carriers. We also work with merchants, marketplaces, and platforms to create a channel to reach an audience across our geographies (9 Countries currently) and reaching over 1.5M+ people per month whilst growing. We envision our members being able to purchase from any site around the world and have it seamlessly be shipped home. No more geographical restrictions, No more price monopolies, No more ambiguous shipping situations. We are building towards a transparent system, where both buyers and sellers just focus on the product. | $10M / Series B / Sep 11, 2023 |
Co-Investors
About Cool Japan Fund
Cool Japan Fund was founded in November 2013 as a public-private fund with the aim of supporting and promoting the development of demand overseas for excellent Japanese products and services.Cool Japan Fund aims to commercialize the “Cool Japan” and increase overseas demand by providing risk capital for businesses across a variety of areas,including media & content, food & services, and fashion & lifestyle.
Cool Japan Fund Contacts
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Kenichi Kawasaki
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Nobuo Sugiuchi
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What does Kenichi Kawasaki invest in?
Kenichi Kawasaki invests primarily in FinTech, Finance and E-Commerce startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Series C stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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