Kensuke Furukawa
CEO @ ALU
Tokyo, Japan
Kensuke Furukawa is a seed investor at ALU in Tokyo focused on Content and Internet. Kensuke Furukawa was born in June 2, 1981. He graduated Waseda University majoring Political Science and Economics, and in 2000, he launched "Milkcafe", a student community, which has grown to a site with 10 million PV per month. In 2004, he became the CEO of Media Clip, which operates a rental bulletin board service "ShitarabaBBS". After that year, he had transfer "Shitaraba BBS" to Livedoor, and took charge of starting up the Consumer Generated Media sector. In 2006, he joined Recruit, and took charge of starting up a new business at Business development sector. In June of 2009, he left Recruit, and became the CEO of nanapi （formerly Rocket Start), which operates the How-to Site "nanapi".
- Total investments:
- 41
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Kensuke Furukawa invests in
Stages Kensuke Furukawa invests in
Countries Kensuke Furukawa invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $690k–$33M
- Angel
- $1M–$7.1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Content 10 (24%)
- Internet 6 (15%)
- SNS 5 (12%)
- Software 5 (12%)
- Media and Entertainment 5 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 23 (56%)
- Funding Round 10 (24%)
- Angel 3 (7%)
- Series A 3 (7%)
- Series B 2 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Tohakusha
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Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services. | $690.2K / Seed / Aug 29, 2024 | |
iiba
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Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing. | Seed / Aug 20, 2024 | |
Neighbor
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Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite. | $1.5M / Seed / Nov 16, 2023 | |
Plott
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Plott producing youtube animation platform under Vision “Become a Content holder from YouTube”. In August 2019, the company name was changed from Fabo to Plott. Plott, the new company name, is derived from the plot that you make before writing novels, etc., and the idea that “I want to make content all the time” is put in the company name. | $56.7M / May 12, 2021 | |
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Plott
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Plott producing youtube animation platform under Vision “Become a Content holder from YouTube”. In August 2019, the company name was changed from Fabo to Plott. Plott, the new company name, is derived from the plot that you make before writing novels, etc., and the idea that “I want to make content all the time” is put in the company name. | $3.6M / Seed / May 12, 2021 | |
Now Do
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Now Do provides online growth revolution platform. | $4.3M / Seed / Mar 31, 2021 | |
Financier
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Financier provides Japan's only Web3 platform aimed at realizing a creator economy that supports the challenges of 1 billion people. The platform enables creators to issue tokens, fostering community engagement and new economic models. By leveraging blockchain technology, it empowers individuals to monetize their influence and buildsustainable communities. | $2.2M / Seed / Apr 30, 2020 | |
YOUTRUST
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YOUTRUST is a startup to operate YOUTRUST a referral recruitment platform for side-job change. | $1M / Seed / Feb 28, 2020 | |
Comici
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Cork Books is a platform that supports the making, spreading, and earning of manga artists . | Angel / Jan 01, 2020 | |
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Now Do
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Now Do provides online growth revolution platform. | $7.1M / Angel / Dec 13, 2019 | |
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Co-Investors
About ALU
ALU Corporation services Japan's semiconductor sector. Furthermore, ALU has evolved to be known for its competence in maintenance and product development. ALU's highly qualified and experienced technical team is well-versed in hundreds of new replacement components and is also skilled in the repair and refurbishing of equipmentsubsystems. ALU stays up to date on the international semiconductor business by maintaining regular communication with American partner firms. ALU's large international resources enable it to deliver the highest quality of equipment support to its clients.ALU Corporation was established in 1990 and is headquartered in Shinagawa City, Tokyo.
ALU Contacts
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Kensuke Furukawa
CEO
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FAQ
What does Kensuke Furukawa invest in?
Kensuke Furukawa invests primarily in Content, Internet and SNS startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 41 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Kensuke Furukawa's check size?
Kensuke Furukawa typically joins rounds of $690k–$33M at Seed and $1M–$7.1M at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kensuke Furukawa participates in.
When did Kensuke Furukawa last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Kensuke Furukawa closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 41 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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