Kentaro Sakakibara
Founder, CEO and Representative Director @ Samurai Incubate
Tokyo, Japan
Kentaro Sakakibara is a seed investor at Samurai Incubate in Tokyo focused on Finance and Marketing. "At early stage of Axive.com, currently EC navi , ｈe tackled started up Sales department, Alliance & Sales strategy and ads product development. He joined Dentsu wonderman next, and performed direct marketing strategy to big communication companies, drink companies and financial institutes. Then, He was back to EC navi again, and workedfor started up West ads sales branch and Mobile site, reconstruction of Sales department and so on.In 2008, He launched Samurai Incubate Inc. specified for early ventures’ management, marketing, sales,human resource,and finance support. His company invests start up ventures and he also holds the posts of external director of some venture companies."
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 20%
Last updated:
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Industries Kentaro Sakakibara invests in
Stages Kentaro Sakakibara invests in
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Round size
- Seed
- $48k–$1.6M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Finance 1 (20%)
- Marketing 1 (20%)
- Advertising 1 (20%)
- Health Care 1 (20%)
- Crowdfunding 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (80%)
- Series A 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Anaguma handles business development based on the philosophy of helping people with a sustainable structure. The company's business objective is to eliminate concerns about purchases and reservations, and it delivers before-sales social networks. It also provides matching services exclusively for housekeepers' personal contracts. Thecompany also offers influencer marketing services with a focus on removing waste completely from advertising and realizing a world in which good products can be sold regardless of advertising costs.Anaguma was founded in January 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | Series A / Jul 08, 2025 | ||
| Cardio Intelligence develops an AI automated diagnostic system. | Seed / Mar 11, 2024 | ||
| IDDK specializes in semiconductor technology and optical technology. | $1.6M / Seed / Nov 28, 2023 | ||
| Elaly Technology makes life better for people around the world.We aim to make the value of money and the experience gained from it flatter.As many people as possible will use technology to realize a happier life, independent of the money economy. | $178.2K / Seed / Oct 12, 2018 | ||
| Anipipo is the funding platform for animation projects. It provides a new way for animation creators to find funding to support the production of their animation, goods, event, and etc. Creators will also be able to utilize Anipipo as a platform to get connected with their fans from all over the world. | $48K / Seed / Oct 25, 2012 |
Co-Investors
About Samurai Incubate
In 2008, we launched Samurai Incubate Inc. to support early-stage start-ups in the areas of management, marketing, sales, human resources, and finances. Our company invests in start-up ventures, and we also hold advisory posts and serve as external directors of some venture companies.Background: Social and Economic LegislationWhereasventure capital investment is at about 30 billion dollars in U.S. and 24 billion dollars in Europe, Japan was only at about 0.86 billion dollars (2005), and the Japanese investment ratio is only about 30 / 1. On the other hand, by the legal deregulation progresses as seen in new business laws, increasingly in the future Japanese funding is expected to expand. Samurai Incubate Inc. was established to help companies to develop vision and strength and to realize their greater revenue potential. We support practical expertise in marketing and sales management personnel as well as clear financial strategies to monetize our start-ups.Our company's name, "Samurai Incubate, Inc.," derives from the Japanese samurai spirit with a pure eight-part Code of Conduct:* Righteousness: Be sincere all the time not only internal, but also external.* Thanks: Forbid inhuman conduct and show respect to conduct against internal and external.* Courage: Be in the vanguard who are afraid of taking action.* Honor: Enphasize on honer, and with it the value of his own.* Humanity: Respect the spirit of love and help compatriots in any situation.* Sincerity: Be sincere and honest on your action and words.* Loyalty: Do your best with your loyalty for your master and people who you believe in.* Challenge: Aim and challenge the goals, and accomplish them excess 120%.By following those eight parts of our Code of Conduct, we want to convey not only to clients and users but also to people around the world, "It does not matter whether we can do it or cannot do it. We can change the world by taking action!""No Action! No Change!"
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What does Kentaro Sakakibara invest in?
Kentaro Sakakibara invests primarily in Finance, Marketing and Advertising startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Kentaro Sakakibara's check size?
Kentaro Sakakibara typically joins rounds of $48k–$1.6M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kentaro Sakakibara participates in.
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When did Kentaro Sakakibara last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Kentaro Sakakibara closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 5 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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