# KLab Ventures

> KLab Ventures is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Internet and Video. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Nov 2018
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.klabventures.jp/en/

KLab Ventures is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Internet and Video. 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 KLabVentures 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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $480k–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 22% |
| Video | 1 | 11% |
| Guides | 1 | 11% |
| Travel | 1 | 11% |
| Content | 1 | 11% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 44% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |
| Series C | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 8 | 89% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Yuhki KUSUDA | Venture Capitalist | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yuhki-kusuda |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zypsy | 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 |  |
| TANOsim | 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. | $7.8M | Seed | Jul 19, 2018 |  |
| IMCF | 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. | $8.5M |  | Apr 17, 2018 |  |
| Noin | Noin specializes in cosmetics and delivers content that accurately captures trends like videos that solve girls worries. | $300M | Series A | Mar 28, 2018 |  |
| TVISION INSIGHTS | 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. | $52M |  | Nov 01, 2016 |  |
| Pricebook | 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 | FAST JAPAN provides you varieties of useful information traveling in Japan such as sightseeing, onsen, restaurants, hotels, shopping and culture. | $3.5M | Seed | Jul 20, 2016 |  |
| Pocket Supernova | Pocket Supernova develops video-messaging and other mobile applications. The company developed Unda, an application that enables its users to record videos and decorate them with text and graphics; Video Selfie; and WatchMe, a messenger app. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. | $17M | Seed | Nov 04, 2014 |  |
| Embrace Japan | Embrace Corporation is looking for new friends. Whether you want to solve a major problem of medical care through your own work, or you want to take on a higher goal with Embracing, the company you are going to work on. Employees with various experiences, such as foreign-affiliated IT vendors, consulting firms, pharmaceutical companies, and webproduction companies, are active. | $15.6M |  | Dec 26, 2013 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ANOBAKA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kvp) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [CyberAgent Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyberagent) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [TLM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tlm) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [500 Startups Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500startups-japan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does KLab Ventures invest in?

KLab Ventures invests primarily in Internet, Video and Guides startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is KLab Ventures's check size?

KLab Ventures typically joins rounds of $480k–$17M 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 KLab Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact KLab Ventures?

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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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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