# Kensuke Naito

> Kensuke Naito is a seed investor at SmartHR (Tokyo) backing Pet, Apps and Insurance. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SmartHR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smarthr-inc)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kensukenaito/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kensuke.naito

Kensuke Naito is a seed investor at SmartHR in Tokyo focused on Pet and Apps. Kensuke Naito - CIO (Chief Information Officer) @ SmartHR

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pet | 1 | 50% |
| Apps | 1 | 50% |
| Insurance | 1 | 50% |
| Translation Service | 1 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anipos | Anipos is an application that allows you to easily claim pet insurance. |  | Seed | Mar 23, 2020 |  |
| Epicbase | Epicbase is an AI-based automatic voice transcription service based on voice recognition technology. | $763.6K | Seed | Mar 19, 2020 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DG VENTURES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dg-incubation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Coral Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coral-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hiroshima Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroshima-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Media Do](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/media-do) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About SmartHR

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

SmartHR provides a cloud-native human resources management platform that offers a suite of tech-enabled human resources management solutions, focusing on employee management and administration, growth, talent management, and employee productivity. Through its comprehensive range of solutions, SmartHR serves a diversified spectrum of businessesincluding large enterprises and SMEs.

5 contacts available at SmartHR.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| James Riney | Outside Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-riney |
| Kensuke Naito | CIO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kensuke-naito |
| Masahide Otsuji | Sales Team Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masahide-otsuji |
| Masaomi Takahashi | Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masaomi-takahashi |
| Masato Serizawa | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masato-serizawa |

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## FAQ

### What does Kensuke Naito invest in?

Kensuke Naito invests primarily in Pet, Apps and Insurance startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Kensuke Naito last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kensuke Naito closed in Mar 2020. Shizune tracks 2 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?

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