# Minoru Nakahata

> Minoru Nakahata is a seed investor at Drone IPLab backing Beauty and IT Management. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Drone IPLab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drone-iplab)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/minoru-nakahata-44b12a121
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mnakahata

Minoru Nakahata is a seed investor at Drone IPLab focused on Beauty and IT Management. 1982. Born in Kanagawa Prefecture. Graduated from Yokohama City Graduate School (Master of Science). In 2011, passed the Patent Attorney Examination and engaged in the practice of in-house and foreign applications at a patent office. In 2013, he joined Colopla. In-house inventions and creation are structured to dramatically increase the number ofpatent applications. In 2015, he joined a patent firm as a partner. Joined FiNC. In charge of intellectual property. In 2017, co-founded DRONE iPLAB. Appointed Aeronext Director from November

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beauty | 1 | 100% |
| IT Management | 1 | 100% |
| Internet of Things | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RABO | RABO is a Cat-Tech Company that "watches cat life with technology. | $13.8M | Seed | Jan 15, 2020 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [iSGS Investment Works](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isgs-investment-works) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [W ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/w-ventures-5f08) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Drone IPLab

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Drone IP Lab is an IP licensing specialist company that realizes the development and development of the drone industry

1 contacts available at Drone IPLab.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Minoru Nakahata | Representative Director and Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/minoru-nakahata |

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## FAQ

### What does Minoru Nakahata invest in?

Minoru Nakahata invests primarily in Beauty, IT Management and Internet of Things startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Minoru Nakahata last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Minoru Nakahata closed in Jan 2020. Shizune tracks 1 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?

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