# Kuroneko Innovation Fund

> Kuroneko Innovation Fund is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Logistics and Supply Chain Management. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.kuroneko-v.com

Kuroneko Innovation Fund is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Kuroneko Innovation Fund operates as a corporate venture capital firm.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $2.3M–$22M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Logistics | 3 | 21% |
| Supply Chain Management | 3 | 21% |
| Software | 2 | 14% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 14% |
| B2B | 1 | 7% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 36% |
| Series B | 3 | 21% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 14% |
| Seed | 1 | 7% |
| Series D | 1 | 7% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 6 | 43% |
| China | 1 | 7% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 7% |
| South Korea | 1 | 7% |
| United States | 1 | 7% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WATT | WATT is an innovative startup focused on transforming indoor logistics by providing fully automated delivery solutions powered by intelligent robots. These robots are designed to autonomously navigate complex indoor environments—such as offices, hospitals, hotels, and residential buildings—efficiently moving between rooms and even across differentfloors using elevators and advanced mapping systems. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 23, 2026 |  |
| Free Standard | Free Standard is a developer platform that offers product development and recommerce business implementation for the retail industry. | $8.6M | Series A | Mar 17, 2026 |  |
| Secai Marche | Secai Marche is a platform for restaurants to purchase high-quality products directly from farmers. Its mission is to help build more economically-viable and sustainable small-scale farms around the world through an improved access to quality and delicious food. | $2.3M | Series A | Oct 21, 2025 |  |
| Shinkei Systems | Shinkei Systems is a robotic company intended to minimize fish waste and multiply shelf-life. It offer key point inference, depth perception, surgical accuracy, species and production tracking to the fishing industry, enabling fishing businesses to remove labor costs and speed up processing without any error. | $22M | Series A | Jun 13, 2025 |  |
| Best Beer Japan | Best Beer Japan provides a barrel tracking software for craft beer and barrel sharing. The company was founded in 2018. | $1.4M | Seed | Nov 29, 2024 |  |
| Best Beer Japan | Best Beer Japan provides a barrel tracking software for craft beer and barrel sharing. The company was founded in 2018. | $1.4M | Seed | Nov 29, 2024 |  |
| HIVED | HIVED is a sustainable parcel delivery business for the 21st century. From the middle to final mile, we are revolutionising the post-purchase experience, building solutions that reduce waste and provide unparalleled visibility and insight to shippers and recipients alike. | $2.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 15, 2024 |  |
| Youshi Technology | Youshi Technology is an automation company specializing in computer vision-based automatic driving of small unmanned vehicles. |  |  | Aug 19, 2024 |  |
| Youshi Technology | Youshi Technology is an automation company specializing in computer vision-based automatic driving of small unmanned vehicles. |  | Series B | Aug 19, 2024 |  |
| Pale Blue | Pale Blue provides a variety of water propulsion systems with high-performance, affordable price, short-lead time, and reliability. | $16.1M | Series B | Jun 04, 2024 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [Yamato Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yamato-holdings) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Agribusiness Investment Development](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agribusiness-investment-consultation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GURUNAVI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gurunavi) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Resona Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/resona-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aistar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aistar-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Kuroneko Innovation Fund invest in?

Kuroneko Innovation Fund invests primarily in Logistics, Supply Chain Management and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Kuroneko Innovation Fund's check size?

Kuroneko Innovation Fund typically joins rounds of $2.3M–$22M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kuroneko Innovation Fund participates in.

### When did Kuroneko Innovation Fund last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kuroneko Innovation Fund closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 14 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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