# Kohei Terada > Kohei Terada is a seed investor at Bit-isle (Irvine) backing E-Commerce and Information Technology. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Bit-isle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bit-isle) - Location: Irvine, United States - Total investments: 6 - Last investment: Apr 2021 - Lead investor: 50% - Last updated: Aug 2026 Kohei Terada is a seed investor at Bit-isle in Irvine focused on E-Commerce and Information Technology. Currently, Kohei Terada holds the position of Chairman of CO-WELL Co., Ltd., Chairman at Terra Power Co., Ltd. and Chief Operating Officer & Director at Equinix Japan KK. In 2015, he sold Bit-isle to Equinix for $280 million creating the largest data center in Japan.He is also on the board of eBOOK Initiative Japan Co., Ltd., MarketEnterprise Co., Ltd., Adval KK and Equinix (Japan) Enterprises KK. In his past career Kohei Terada was Director & Vice President at Warehouse TERRADA Co., Ltd. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | E-Commerce | 2 | 33% | | Information Technology | 2 | 33% | | Energy | 1 | 17% | | Content | 1 | 17% | | Fashion | 1 | 17% | 21 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 2 | 33% | | Angel | 2 | 33% | | Funding Round | 1 | 17% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Japan | 3 | 50% | | United States | 1 | 17% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | NonEntropy Japan | NonEntropy Japan is a tech company that provides distributed data storage service that utilizes IPFS technology. | $1.3M | Seed | Apr 08, 2021 | | | PowerBuy | PowerBuy is a social commerce venture that provides Brands and Retailers access to features such as Group Buy, Multi-SKU checkout, Social Gamification, Social Commerce AI, and Social Shopping through a new, innovative and interactive checkout experience called PowerBuy PowerBuy Checkout helps online eCommerce Merchants to achieve 8x conversationrates, 97% reduction in cart abandonment rate, and reduction in customer acquisition costs by 8x. | | Angel | | | | PowerBuy | PowerBuy is a social commerce venture that provides Brands and Retailers access to features such as Group Buy, Multi-SKU checkout, Social Gamification, Social Commerce AI, and Social Shopping through a new, innovative and interactive checkout experience called PowerBuy PowerBuy Checkout helps online eCommerce Merchants to achieve 8x conversationrates, 97% reduction in cart abandonment rate, and reduction in customer acquisition costs by 8x. | | Angel | | | | PowerBuy | PowerBuy is a social commerce venture that provides Brands and Retailers access to features such as Group Buy, Multi-SKU checkout, Social Gamification, Social Commerce AI, and Social Shopping through a new, innovative and interactive checkout experience called PowerBuy PowerBuy Checkout helps online eCommerce Merchants to achieve 8x conversationrates, 97% reduction in cart abandonment rate, and reduction in customer acquisition costs by 8x. | | Seed | | | | Enechange | Tokyo-based Enechange, the company offering an energy price comparison site under the same name .They are disseminating information on electricity and energy, useful electricity savings and savings right now, in order to liberalize the electricity in 2016.Enechange.Jp/try/detail Let's now begin the power company to choose in! Themiddle person is a graduate student intern! I am studying every day. | | Angel | | | | MarketEnterprise | Market Enterprise is a online second hand distributor under the C to B to C model. For the C to B, it has approximately 40 online sites and for the B to C portion, it sells their product through online marketplace such as Yahoo Auction, Amazon and Rakuten. | | | | | 6 of 6 investments shown. ## About Bit-isle VC Fund 1 contacts available at Bit-isle. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Kohei Terada | President and CEO / founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kohei-terada | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund - [Breakthrough Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakthrough-energy-ventures) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund - [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund - [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Energy Angel Investors in Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/energy-angel-investors-japan) ## FAQ ### What does Kohei Terada invest in? Kohei Terada invests primarily in E-Commerce, Information Technology and Energy startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Kohei Terada last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Kohei Terada closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 6 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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