# Leave a Nest Capital

> Leave a Nest Capital is a VC fund backing Manufacturing. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shinjuku, Japan
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Leave a Nest Capital is a venture investment firm that invests in early-stage startups focusing on the deep-tech & science sectors.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $536k–$48M |
| Pre-Seed | $47k–$135k |
| Series B | $3.4M–$4.7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 29% |
| Health Care | 3 | 21% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 21% |
| Sales | 2 | 14% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 36% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 14% |
| Series B | 2 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 14% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 12 | 86% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 7% |
| Philippines | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Masahiro Ikegami | Representative Director | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masahiro-ikegami |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vuild | VUILD is an architectural tech startup that performs design and construction using digital fabrication technology. | $1.6M |  | Sep 10, 2025 |  |
| Tenchijin | Tenchijin is optimiz human civilization using space big data. | $4.7M | Series B | Sep 02, 2025 |  |
| Second Heart | Second Heart is a medical center that offers preventive diabetic care and awareness programs to avoid foot amputations. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 31, 2025 |  |
| Phytolipid Technologies | Phytolipid Technologies specializes in the research and production of lipids in plants and algae and is an expert in lipid analysis. | $1.5M | Seed | Jun 27, 2025 |  |
| Ugo | UGO is creating future avatar robots and a platform that connects the administration of multiple robots to achieve the ''fusion of humans and robots,'' or ''collaboration with robots to perform employment that used to be performed only by humans. |  |  | Jun 01, 2025 |  |
| Startup Class | Startup Class strives to discover and carefully select ambitious entrepreneurs , and provides with an opportunity. | $1M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 29, 2025 |  |
| DF Automation and Robotics | DF Automation and Robotics Sdn Bhd (DF) based in Malaysia is a local automation company that designs, manufactures, markets, and maintains Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) for various kinds of industrial and commercial use. An AGV is a “mobile robot” that uses sensors to guide its direction and can be programmed to transport goods from one locationto another automatically. DF’s AGV is unique as while it has the functions of other imported commercial AGV’s, is more cost effective to purchase and maintain. | $1.8M | Equity Crowdfunding | Nov 15, 2024 |  |
| Rhelixa | Rhelixa is a leader in epigenome analysis.We analyze genomes, epigenomes, and transcriptomes using our proprietary technologies to dramatically improve the efficiency and accuracy of R & D. | $3.4M | Series B | Aug 20, 2024 |  |
| IDDK | IDDK specializes in semiconductor technology and optical technology. | $536.3K | Seed | Mar 18, 2024 |  |
| Tear Exo | Tear Exo is a biotechnology research company that produces and sells liquid biopsy using materials for molecular recognition. | $7.1M | Seed | Aug 04, 2023 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hiroshima Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroshima-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ABBALab - Atom to Bit, Bit to Atom](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abbalab) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chugin Capital Partner](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chugin-capital-partner) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Daiwa Communication](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daiwa-communication) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Daiwa Corporate Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daiwa-corporate-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Leave a Nest Capital invest in?

Leave a Nest Capital invests primarily in Manufacturing, Information Technology and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed 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 Leave a Nest Capital's check size?

Leave a Nest Capital typically joins rounds of $536k–$48M at Seed, $47k–$135k at Pre-Seed and $3.4M–$4.7M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Leave a Nest Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Leave a Nest Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Leave a Nest Capital?

The team at Leave a Nest Capital includes Masahiro Ikegami (Representative Director). 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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