# Kenichi Kawasaki

> Kenichi Kawasaki is a venture - series unknown investor at Cool Japan Fund backing FinTech. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Cool Japan Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cool-japan-fund)
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 57%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

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.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 29% |
| Finance | 2 | 29% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 29% |
| Marketplace | 2 | 29% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 29% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 43% |
| Series C | 2 | 29% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Series E | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 2 | 29% |
| Japan | 1 | 14% |
| Germany | 1 | 14% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 14% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brave group | Brave group engages in IP development, marketing and support services. | $31.4M | Series E | Apr 22, 2026 |  |
| PolicyStreet | 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 |  |
| Buy&Ship | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| Buy&Ship | 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 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Altara Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altara-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Circularity Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circularity-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AVA Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-to-venture-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Augmentum Fintech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/augmentum-fintech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AVA Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ava-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DLK Advisory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dlk-advisory) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Cool Japan Fund

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

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.

2 contacts available at Cool Japan Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenichi Kawasaki | President, CEO and COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenichi-kawasaki |
| Nobuo Sugiuchi | Co-Chief Investment Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nobuo-sugiuchi |

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## FAQ

### 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.

### When did Kenichi Kawasaki last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kenichi Kawasaki closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 7 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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