KLab Ventures
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
KLab Ventures is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Marketing and Internet. Since 2009, with the rapid spread of social media, smartphones, and cloud computing, new internet services and software technologies are appearing faster than ever. In addition to this, we believe the current economic environment is more and more supportive of venture capital firms investing in the creation of new businesses. This is where KLab Ventures Inc. comes in, bearing a proud lineage from two premier firms at the forefront of the modern world--KLab Inc. and SBI Investment Co., Ltd. KLab Inc., founded in 2000, is a firm commanding an impressive wealth of technical expertise, amassed from years of successful research and development. This innovation, used in tandem with proven business-building strategies, has allowed KLab Inc. to rise to the vanguard in its specialty fields of social media, cloud computing, licensing, and systems integration--all areas possessing a natural synergy. Together with SBI Investment Co., Ltd.--which since its founding in 1996 has overseen investment in about 700 domestic and foreign companies, and IPO and M&A exits of about 120 companies--KLab Ventures Inc. was founded. We are here to support venture enterprises seeking to become global leaders in cutting-edge internet fields, as well as other venture firms with expectations of significant growth, helping them to realize their potential to mature, succeed, and pioneer. Such is our mission at KLab Ventures.
- Total investments:
- 15
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 20%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries KLab Ventures invests in
Stages KLab Ventures invests in
Countries KLab Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $234k–$2.9M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $561k–$3.5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Marketing 4 (27%)
- Internet 3 (20%)
- Video 2 (13%)
- Content 2 (13%)
- Media and Entertainment 2 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (33%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 5 (33%)
- Series A 2 (13%)
- Funding Round 2 (13%)
- Series C 1 (7%)
Country
- Japan 11 (73%)
- United States 3 (20%)
- Philippines 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yuhki KUSUDA
Venture Capitalist
|
Venture Capitalist | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zypsy is an award-winning design team for founders. Providing brand, product, engineering execution, and investments, where design can unlock outsized outcomes. The company’s vision is to design tomorrow’s most valuable companies with today’s most exceptional people..The founding team brings experience from IDEO, Meta, Fantasy, Microsoft, andSaatchi & Saatchi. Since its inception, Zypsy has collaborated with over 40 startups and launched more than 40 new ideas to market; clients collectively report more than $2B in valuation gains.In 2023, Zypsy introduced Design Capital, an investment program that exchanges intensive design services-for-equity (8–10 weeks, up to ~$100k). Zypsy also manages Zypsy Capital, its venture fund that invests cash in founders, with design support available on a “hands-if” basis—hands-on when useful, hands-off when not. | $480K / Seed / Nov 06, 2018 | ||
| Clear, Inc. operates sake subscription service “SAKELIFE". | $664.6K / Oct 31, 2018 | ||
| TANOsim is a developer of platforms for 3DCG creators, including CG Crowd which connects companies to professionals in video, VFX, games, pachinko, VR, AR, MR, 3D printing and more. | $489.5K / Seed / Jul 19, 2018 | ||
| IMCF is a brand incubation company.he company provides financial and marketing and promotion support for fashion designers.The concept is to create an environment where designers can focus on their own work by taking on all tasks other than the creation of designers. In addition, there is an aspect that the business is promoted as a businesspartner in a unified manner because it will be a challenge together with the designer. | $560.6K / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 17, 2018 | ||
| Noin specializes in cosmetics and delivers content that accurately captures trends like videos that solve girls worries. | $2.8M / Series A / Mar 28, 2018 | ||
| TVISION INSIGHTS is a company that measures the "viewing quality" of television. Utilizing state-of-the-art human body recognition technology developed by TVISION, it is rare in the world to acquire TV viewing status in the living room and convert it into data, and a very unique data set that does not exist is founded It has been acquiredand accumulated since then. Currently, we have expanded our bases globally and have expanded to Tokyo, Boston and New York. While challenging challenges in different markets,we are continuing to grow rapidly to realize the original potential of TV. | $3.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 01, 2016 | ||
| Pricebook Co., Ltd., a company offering shopping search engine for gadgets in Indonesia and SEA. The company aims to "adapt proven know-hows to the huge & fast growing market, offering a No.1 platform for online shoppers". | Series C / Sep 29, 2016 | ||
| FAST JAPAN provides you varieties of useful information traveling in Japan such as sightseeing, onsen, restaurants, hotels, shopping and culture. | $233.6K / Seed / Jul 20, 2016 | ||
| TVision is an audience measurement company that provides information on TV and cable television viewer engagement. It provides second-by-second, person-level data on how people watch TV, including who is watching, what they are watching, and how much attention they are paying to both linear and streaming TV. TVision data is used by advertisers,agencies, networks, streaming content providers, measurement companies, and data platforms to make more informed media decisions, measure performance, create engaging content, and benchmark their results against competitors. TVision was founded in 2014 and is based in New York City and has offices in Boston and Tokyo. | $2.9M / Seed / Nov 16, 2015 | ||
| YOYO is a group of business professional that challenges to solve the Biggest Issue in the World by providing several reward platforms. | Series A / May 29, 2015 | ||
| See all 15 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does KLab Ventures invest in?
KLab Ventures invests primarily in Marketing, Internet and Video startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does KLab Ventures invest in?
KLab Ventures typically joins rounds of $234k–$2.9M at Seed and $561k–$3.5M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not KLab Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds KLab Ventures took part in.
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Who are the partners at KLab Ventures?
The team at KLab Ventures includes Yuhki KUSUDA (Venture Capitalist). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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