ANOBAKA
VC Fund
Shibuya, Japan
ANOBAKA is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm with rich group resources to add value to seed-stage startups. ANOBAKA actively invests in and supports startups aiming to be a global leader in the innovative Internet business and promising to greatly grow up in the future. ANOBAKA's investment focuses on fledgling seed-stage startups. Inaddition to investment financing, ANOBAKA provides founders with a variety of business support such as development consulting by our engineers, sales support, and international marketing support.
- Total investments:
- 179
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 24%
- Fund size:
- $31M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries ANOBAKA invests in
Stages ANOBAKA invests in
Countries ANOBAKA invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 11 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $283k–$1.9M
- Series A
- $944k–$10M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $365k–$2.8M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 23 (13%)
- Software 19 (11%)
- Information Technology 18 (10%)
- Content 11 (6%)
- Consulting 10 (6%)
Stage
- Seed 104 (58%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 20 (11%)
- Series A 17 (9%)
- Pre-Seed 8 (4%)
- Funding Round 7 (4%)
Country
- Japan 135 (75%)
- United States 5 (3%)
- India 1 (1%)
- Thailand 1 (1%)
- Singapore 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Asuka Kasai
Associate
|
Associate | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
Daisuke Urushiyama
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Hirokazu Nagano
Founder, President and CEO,
|
Founder, President and CEO, | Total investments: 8 | Find email | |
Hiroki Oda
Member
|
Member | Total investments: 10 | Find email | |
Hiroshi Mihayashi
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
| See all 11 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEMBA develops on-site improvement DX services specialising in the manufacturing industry. | $286.5K / Seed / Sep 18, 2026 | ||
| IGU is a professional team dedicated to designing, refining, and delivering exceptional entertainment experiences. With a strong focus on creativity, quality, and innovation, IGU brings together talented professionals who transform ideas into engaging and memorable experiences. | $157K / Seed / Aug 26, 2026 | ||
| NexusAdvisors operates AvaCareer, an AI-powered recruitment platform that leverages intelligent AI agents to support both companies and job seekers by streamlining hiring processes, enhancing candidate matching, and improving recruitment efficiency. | $316.9K / Seed / Aug 04, 2026 | ||
| PIMTO Corporation is a technology company that provides digital solutions for location and facility management. Through its PIMT-0 service, it supports airports, stations, commercial facilities, hotels, factories, and public organizations in improving operations, profitability, and customer satisfaction. The company also focuses on addressingsocial challenges such as overtourism, regional revitalization, remote work creation, and improving access to essential services. | $309.1K / Seed / Jun 24, 2026 | ||
| Sales Retriever is a software company that offers corporate research-based sales negotiation with AI. | $588.1K / Seed / Jun 22, 2026 | ||
| CFOne is an AI-driven accounting platform engineered by an accounting firm. | $1.1M / Seed / Jun 19, 2026 | ||
| AVIATE Inc. is a Tokyo-based technology startup that designs and builds AI-driven business automation systems. The company develops TASKBASE, an operational workflow layer that allows enterprise teams to run backend business operations entirely from natural language prompts. | $440.3K / Seed / May 21, 2026 | ||
| Uniam is a manufacturing company that produces and sells pet food and other pet-related products. | $4.9M / Series A / Apr 01, 2026 | ||
| G-ant runs the MITACLE BLOCK service, transforming 2D illustrations into custom 3D block figures using voxel technology. | $755.4K / Seed / Jan 13, 2026 | ||
| CORE is a business matching app that allows women to meet and connect with each other and solve career-related problems. | Seed / Nov 11, 2025 | ||
| See all 179 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does ANOBAKA invest in?
ANOBAKA invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 179 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is ANOBAKA's check size?
ANOBAKA typically joins rounds of $283k–$1.9M at Seed, $944k–$10M at Series A and $365k–$2.8M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds ANOBAKA participates in.
How do I contact ANOBAKA?
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Who are the partners at ANOBAKA?
The team at ANOBAKA includes Asuka Kasai (Associate), Daisuke Urushiyama (Partner) and Hirokazu Nagano (Founder, President and CEO,), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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