# ANOBAKA

> ANOBAKA is a VC fund in Shibuya backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 167 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shibuya, Japan
- Total investments: 167
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 22%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/anobaka
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/anobaka_vc
- Website: https://anobaka.jp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ANOBAKAVC/

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $330k–$11M |
| Series A | $2.4M–$75M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 22 | 13% |
| Software | 19 | 11% |
| Information Technology | 17 | 10% |
| Content | 11 | 7% |
| Food and Beverage | 11 | 7% |

183 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 101 | 60% |
| Series A | 17 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 17 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 8 | 5% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 6 | 4% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 130 | 78% |
| United States | 5 | 3% |
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Thailand | 1 | 1% |
| Singapore | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Asuka Kasai | Associate | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asuka-kasai |
| Daisuke Urushiyama | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daisuke-urushiyama |
| Hirokazu Nagano | Founder, President and CEO, | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hirokazu-nagano |
| Hiroki Oda | Member | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroki-oda |
| Hiroshi Mihayashi | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroshi-mihayashi-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NexusAdvisors | 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 | 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 | Sales Retriever is a software company that offers corporate research-based sales negotiation with AI. | $588.1K | Seed | Jun 22, 2026 |  |
| CFOne | CFOne is an AI-driven accounting platform engineered by an accounting firm. | $1.1M | Seed | Jun 19, 2026 |  |
| AVIATE | 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 | Uniam is a manufacturing company that produces and sells pet food and other pet-related products. | $4.9M | Series A | Apr 01, 2026 |  |
| Uniam | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| Nose ID | Nose ID is a mobile application designed to monitor and protect pet dogs in the vicinity. |  | Seed | Nov 05, 2025 |  |

10 of 167 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
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- [Delight Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delight-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Nissay Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nissay-capital) — VC Fund, 8 deals together

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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 Series A stage. Most of the 167 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 $330k–$11M at Seed and $2.4M–$75M 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 ANOBAKA participates in.

### How do I contact ANOBAKA?

Public channels for ANOBAKA include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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.

### 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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