# Makuake

> Makuake is a VC fund in Tokyo backing E-Commerce and Manufacturing. See 42 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 42
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 62%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/makuake/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/makuake_ca
- Website: https://www.makuake.co.jp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/makuake/

Makuake is a operation of various support services centered on the cloud funding platform "Makuake".It is a product production support project utilizing R & D technology.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Makuake. Shizune tracks 6 team members at Makuake. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/makuake?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $170k–$5.1M |
| Equity Crowdfunding | $79k–$3.3M |
| Product Crowdfunding | $312k–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 7 | 17% |
| Manufacturing | 5 | 12% |
| Food and Beverage | 5 | 12% |
| Sales | 3 | 7% |
| Retail | 3 | 7% |

63 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Product Crowdfunding | 11 | 26% |
| Equity Crowdfunding | 6 | 14% |
| Seed | 3 | 7% |
| Series B | 2 | 5% |
| Corporate Round | 2 | 5% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 27 | 64% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nakayama Ryotaro | President and CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nakayama-ryotaro |
| Kiuchi Fumiaki | Co-Founder and Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kiuchi-fumiaki |
| Kushida Noriaki | Auditor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kushida-noriaki |
| Oyama Haruki | Auditor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oyama-haruki |
| Yohei Ikunai | CTO & Operating officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yohei-ikunai |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kitasanriku Factory | Kitasanriku Factory is a company that operates within the seafood and aquaculture industry. It specializes in the comprehensive production, processing, and distribution of a wide range of marine products. The company places a strong emphasis on the cultivation and handling of premium sea urchins, ensuring high-quality offerings for its customers.Through its commitment to excellence, Kitasanriku Factory aims to deliver the finest seafood products while promoting sustainable aquaculture practices. | $86K | Equity Crowdfunding | May 30, 2023 |  |
| Wakaze | Wakaze is a supplier of craft sake beer. They provide products that include beer, other alcoholic beverages, food products, snacks, and drinks. They provide products that are available for online shopping. An online inquiry form is available on the company's website. | $3M | Series A | Jun 12, 2021 |  |
| Now Do | Now Do provides online growth revolution platform. | $4.3M | Seed | Mar 31, 2021 |  |
| Minimal - Bean to Bar Chocolate | Minimal - Bean to Bar Chocolate sells cacao beans and handmade chocolate. Their product line includes chocolate rare cheesecake, cacao tours, chocolate bars, sweets, chocolate sandwich cookies, and sweets. Their products serve consumers. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 04, 2021 |  |
| Fracta Japan | Fracta provides branding and marketing communications services for brand support. |  | Corporate Round | Jan 29, 2021 |  |
| ERA Timepieces | ERA Timepieces makes tourbillon watches and other haute complications accessible to all. The company's product, The ERA Prometheus tourbillon watch, raised nearly $1.1 million USD on Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Today ERA watches are built with accessible haute complications containing minute repeaters, tourbillons, and wandering hours. | $602.4K | Product Crowdfunding | Sep 28, 2020 |  |
| Neworld | New World Co., Ltd. is a startup company from Fukuoka that aims to make the Japanese brand the No. 1 in the world. For everyone who loves Japan, we will take the leap forward with Japanese manufacturing companies, including the operation of the EC site "CRAFT STORE". |  | Series B | May 07, 2020 |  |
| SYRINX | SYRINX is an e-commerce company. They provide leather accessories, audio equipment, a thin wallet, minimal leather goods, a printable template, speakers, and amplifier. | $210.1K | Equity Crowdfunding | Feb 06, 2020 |  |
| Cart | Cart allows to purchase wellness products from all over the world while in Japan. | $18.4K | Product Crowdfunding | Feb 03, 2020 |  |
| Simclear | Simclear is the Fukuoka-based traveled bag provider. | $369K | Equity Crowdfunding | Jan 01, 2020 |  |

10 of 42 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Adways](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adways) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Akatsuki Games Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akatsuki-3) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [And Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/and-factory) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Energy & Environment Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/energy-environment-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/globis-university-graduate-school-of-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Indiegogo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/indie-gogo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Makuake invest in?

Makuake invests primarily in E-Commerce, Manufacturing and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Product Crowdfunding and Equity Crowdfunding stage. Most of the 42 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Makuake's check size?

Makuake typically joins rounds of $170k–$5.1M at Seed, $79k–$3.3M at Equity Crowdfunding and $312k–$15M at Product Crowdfunding. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Makuake participates in.

### How do I contact Makuake?

Public channels for Makuake 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 Makuake?

The team at Makuake includes Nakayama Ryotaro (President and CEO), Kiuchi Fumiaki (Co-Founder and Director) and Kushida Noriaki (Auditor), among 6 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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