# MIRAISE

> MIRAISE is a VC fund backing Information Technology. See 52 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 52
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/miraise
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/miraise_vc
- Website: https://www.miraise.vc/en/

MIRAISE is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence. MIRAISE makes seed VC investments in early-stage software startups launched by programmers and engineers.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for MIRAISE. Shizune tracks 1 team members at MIRAISE. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/miraise?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $372k–$14M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.3M–$1.9M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 8 | 15% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 13% |
| Consulting | 6 | 12% |
| Apps | 5 | 10% |
| Software | 5 | 10% |

79 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 26 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 9 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 12% |
| Series A | 5 | 10% |
| Series B | 2 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 30 | 58% |
| United States | 5 | 10% |
| Estonia | 1 | 2% |
| South Korea | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shin Iwata | Managing Partner & CEO | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shin-iwata |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Packative | Platform to design and order custom packaging online | $309.1K | Seed | Nov 07, 2025 |  |
| Plainer | Plainer is an IT company that provides software development, data management, and SaaS solutions. | $2.8M | Series A | May 20, 2025 |  |
| CareLink | CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare. | $382.6K | Seed | Apr 10, 2025 |  |
| JIZAIE | JIZAIE is an artificial intelligence firm that wants to combine VR, robots, and wearable computing to create solution. |  | Series A | Apr 08, 2025 |  |
| XDeli | XDeli is a digital application that offers food delivery and meal subsidy service for corporate employees. | $952.6K | Seed | Apr 04, 2025 |  |
| Colega AI | Colega is the first AI agent that automates social media marketing for businesses, eliminating the need to hire expensive marketers. Through an AI-powered chat, Colega executes entire social media workflows and builds your online presence, so you can focus on what you do best: running your business. |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 05, 2025 |  |
| SUSHI TOP MARKETING | SUSHI TOP MARKETING is an IT company that offers marketing, NFT utilization, and consulting services. | $899.6K | Series A | Aug 26, 2024 |  |
| CuboRex | CuboRex realizes creative mobility using its crawler technology. | $1.7M | Series A | Aug 22, 2024 |  |
| Zenmetry | Zenmetry primarily engages in the development of web services and business consulting. |  | Seed | Jun 04, 2024 |  |
| Yozboshi | Yozboshi is a software firm that develops accounting software along with legal compliance consulting services. |  | Seed | Apr 18, 2024 |  |

10 of 52 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CyberAgent Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyberagent) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [F Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/f-ventures-e328) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Monex Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monex-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Shizuoka Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shizuoka-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Angel Bridge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-bridge) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does MIRAISE invest in?

MIRAISE invests primarily in Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Consulting startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 52 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is MIRAISE's check size?

MIRAISE typically joins rounds of $372k–$14M at Seed and $1.3M–$1.9M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds MIRAISE participates in.

### How do I contact MIRAISE?

Public channels for MIRAISE 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 MIRAISE?

The team at MIRAISE includes Shin Iwata (Managing Partner & CEO). 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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