# Koichiro Yoshida

> Koichiro Yoshida is a seed investor at CrowdWorks (San Francisco) backing Internet and Software. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [CrowdWorks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crowdworks)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/koichiroyoshida
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/yoshidaCW
- Website: https://x.com/yoshidaCW
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/koichiro.yoshida
- AngelList: https://angel.co/koichiro-yoshida

Koichiro Yoshida is a seed investor at CrowdWorks in San Francisco focused on Internet and Software. Koichiro Yoshida is the CEO and Founder of CrowdWorks. He has completed a management program from Harvard Business School.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $218k–$24M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 4 | 36% |
| Software | 4 | 36% |
| Analytics | 2 | 18% |
| Recruiting | 2 | 18% |
| Human Resources | 2 | 18% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 45% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 27% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 8 | 73% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 9% |
| United States | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nose ID | Nose ID is a mobile application designed to monitor and protect pet dogs in the vicinity. |  | Seed | Nov 05, 2025 |  |
| Kaimak | Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates. | $460.7K | Venture - Series Unknown | May 21, 2024 |  |
| Mairu Tech | Mairu tech that enables traveling by private ambulance and welfare taxi more convenient. | $217.6K | Seed | Nov 13, 2023 |  |
| OPSION | OPSION is an internet company that develops cloud and 3D virtual offices. |  |  | Oct 25, 2020 |  |
| Recipio | Recipio is an receipt management platform specialized in providing digital receipt solution. Their innovative digital receipt solution and breakthrough receipt-scanning technology. | $1.6M | Seed | Sep 16, 2020 |  |
| Recipio Japan | Recipio is a service that can suggest recipes just by entering ingredients the user already has at home. The app can also refine suggestions based on the user's mood, the occasion, and how many people the user is eating with, and more. | $1.6M | Seed | Sep 16, 2020 |  |
| Attelu | Attelu is a people analytics service that identifies, hires and retains active talent. | $455.5K | Seed | Feb 13, 2020 |  |
| Pretia Technologies | Pretia is a Internet service planning, development and operation business. | $11.5M |  | Oct 04, 2018 |  |
| Pretia | Pretia confers the best internet services. | $11.5M |  | May 01, 2018 |  |
| Pretia Technologies | Pretia is a Internet service planning, development and operation business. | $11.5M |  | May 01, 2018 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ANRI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anri) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CyberAgent Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyberagent) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FGN ABBA Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fgn-abba-lab) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [F Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/f-ventures-e328) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Japan Finance Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japan-finance-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Japan Finance Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japan-finance-corporation-54d8) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About CrowdWorks

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

CrowdWorks is one of the biggest crowdsourcing services and growing rapidly in Japan. Registered developers/designers can apply to more than 70 kinds of projects/tasks, from development of iPhone(iOS) and Android Apps, to website and logo designs.CrowdWorks is used by over 25,000 companies, including Japanese ministries andpublicly traded companies.They offer new work style to 130,000 users. CrowdWorks won IVS Launch Pad 2012 Spring.Trusted by Nikkei Business Publications Inc., CrowdWorks was selected as one of the influential 100 companies that will improve Japan in the next generation.The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

5 contacts available at CrowdWorks.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Koichiro Yoshida | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koichiro-yoshida |
| Narita Shuzo | Executive Vice President & COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/narita-shuzo |
| Akira Yumiyama | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akira-yumiyama |
| Hiroshi Mukai | Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroshi-mukai |
| Mitsuhiro Kimura | Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsuhiro-kimura |

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## FAQ

### What does Koichiro Yoshida invest in?

Koichiro Yoshida invests primarily in Internet, Software and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Koichiro Yoshida's check size?

Koichiro Yoshida typically joins rounds of $218k–$24M 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 Koichiro Yoshida participates in.

### When did Koichiro Yoshida last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Koichiro Yoshida closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 11 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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