# Kenta Adachi

> Kenta Adachi is a seed investor at Visionnaire Ventures (Tokyo) backing Manufacturing and Fashion. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Visionnaire Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/visionnaire-ventures)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenta-adachi-32b72348/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/knt137
- Website: https://x.com/knt137

Kenta Adachi is a seed investor at Visionnaire Ventures in Tokyo focused on Manufacturing and Fashion. Kenta Adachi is the Principal at Visionnaire Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 29% |
| Fashion | 1 | 14% |
| Computer | 1 | 14% |
| Internet | 1 | 14% |
| Lingerie | 1 | 14% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Series A | 3 | 43% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 5 | 71% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Astra Food Plan | Astra Food Plan is a manufacturer and supplier of superheated steamer, food processing equipment and food powders. | $30.5M | Series A | Sep 06, 2023 |  |
| Astra Food Plan | Astra Food Plan is a manufacturer and supplier of superheated steamer, food processing equipment and food powders. |  | Seed | May 31, 2022 |  |
| Nyriad | Nyriad is developing the industry's first storage solutions based on a new architecture that redefines how data is stored. The architecture combines the power of GPUs and CPUs to deliver an unprecedented combination of performance, resilience, and efficiency, enabling massive amounts of data and multiple data types to be managed in a singlestorage system that is simple to deploy, operate, scale, and maintain. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Nyriad is building a new storage architecture from the ground up that empowers businesses to grow, adapt, and stay competitive in a data-driven world. For more information, visit us on the web at www.nyriad.io. | $8.5M | Series A | Feb 06, 2018 |  |
| Aero Development Japan | Aero Development Japan develops drone engine for the transportation industry. It was established to develop only one hybrid engine for large and long-distance drones in the world. Vision aims to contribute to the development of the world by developing a hybrid engine suitable for drones with less electrical control and providing it as a powersource for weight and long-distance drones. The company's distinctive feature is that it does not embrace all of its technological processes, and integration of these excellent technologies to develop hybrid engines for large and long-distance drones from Japan. | $7.1M | Seed |  |  |
| QuantumCore | QuantumCore develops reservoir computing solutions, including a multivariate time-series processing solution exceeding the performance of deep learning by diversion of technology in the field of quantum computing. | $5.7M | Seed |  |  |
| DeepValley | DeepValley is a fashion tech company that aims to develop and implement IT strategies specialized in the apparel industry. | $4.3M | Seed |  |  |
| Prediction | Prediction is an advertising company that provides video advertising media and AI-powered potential customer estimation services. |  | Series A |  |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Agribusiness Investment Development](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agribusiness-investment-consultation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DCVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/data-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dispatch Startup Spinout Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dispatch-startup-spinout-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Enterprise Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ice Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iceangels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Visionnaire Ventures

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Visionnaire Ventures is a global technology investment firm focused on visionary people and ideas that can become world-class, market-leading companies. Based in San Francisco, California, with unparalleled global access, the team seeks out and funds innovative businesses anywhere in the world that are leveraging technology to evolve and create newInternet and mobile experiences. With the ability to fund companies across all stages from seed to growth, Visionnaire Ventures is focused on key market segments where novel ideas have the ability to become sea changes for people everywhere.The Visionnaire Ventures team consists of seasoned entrepreneurs and executives who have founded and operated global internet, game and online media companies, and thus are able to support entrepreneurs companies as they build globally successful companies.The team is currently seeking and funding companies active in diverse technology market segments including Commerce, Advertising, Mobile, Big Data, IoT.

5 contacts available at Visionnaire Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenta Adachi | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenta-adachi |
| Allan McNichol | Entrepreneur In Residence | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allan-mcnichol |
| Fuyuki Yamaguchi | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuyuki-yamaguchi |
| Keith Nilsson | Co-Founder, Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keith-nilsson |
| Susan Choe | Co-Founder, Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/susan-choe |

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## FAQ

### What does Kenta Adachi invest in?

Kenta Adachi invests primarily in Manufacturing, Fashion and Computer startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Kenta Adachi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kenta Adachi closed in Sep 2023. 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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