# Kenichi Shibata

> Kenichi Shibata is a seed investor at Venture Republic backing Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Venture Republic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venture-republic)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Kenichi Shibata is a seed investor at Venture Republic focused on Software. April 1995 Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company.January 2001 Founded Venture Republic, Member of the Board, Senior Executive Vice President March 2017 COO (Present Position).

## Contacts

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## 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 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## 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 | — |
| Hideo Fujii | Outside Director | — |
| Kunikyo Masaki | Outside Director | — |
| Nishimura Tsutomu | Director and Founding Member | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Kenichi Shibata invest in?

Kenichi Shibata invests primarily in Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Kenichi Shibata last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kenichi Shibata closed in Feb 2019. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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