# Knot Japan

> Knot Japan is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Music, Music Streaming and Media and Entertainment. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.knot-inc.co.jp/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/knot.inc.co.jp/

Knot Japan is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Music and Music Streaming. Knot is a media and news-based company that provides cross-media planning and design to production and operation. The company was founded in March 2002 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Music | 1 | 100% |
| Music Streaming | 1 | 100% |
| Media and Entertainment | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| YOAKE Entertainment | YOAKE Entertainment is a music studio that specializes in the planning, production, and development of entertainment content. | $1.3M | Initial Coin Offering | Apr 25, 2025 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Credit Scend](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/credit-scend) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Hakuhodo Key Three — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Next Web Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/next-web-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Quantum Leap Growth Initiative — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Taisu Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taisu-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- X2Y2 — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Knot Japan invest in?

Knot Japan invests primarily in Music, Music Streaming and Media and Entertainment startups, most often at Initial Coin Offering stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Knot Japan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Knot Japan closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 1 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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