# Nagano Sota

> Nagano Sota is a seed investor at Abies Ventures backing Sales, EdTech and Robotics. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Abies Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abies-ventures)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sota-nagano-197454141

Nagano Sota is a seed investor at Abies Ventures focused on Sales and EdTech. Nagano Sota is the General Partner / Board of Director at Abies Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sales | 1 | 33% |
| EdTech | 1 | 33% |
| Robotics | 1 | 33% |
| Freelance | 1 | 33% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 2 | 67% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Voltmind | Voltmind is an IT company that provides sales, data management, and system operation solutions with advanced AI technology. |  | Seed | May 30, 2025 |  |
| Lebo Robotics | Lebo Robotics is an inspection robot that performs maintenance on wind turbine blades. They provide an AI analysis service for images taken by ground cameras and sell repair materials related to wind power generation, such as paint and putty. | $2.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 15, 2023 |  |
| Neol | Neol is a technology company that develops an AI-powered network intelligence and talent management platform designed to help organizations understand, manage, and mobilize their professional networks. The platform transforms fragmented organizational data about people, partners, and communities into a structured intelligence layer that allowscompanies to discover expertise, connect collaborators, and assemble teams more efficiently. | $5.2M | Seed | Jun 21, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Galata Business Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/galata-business-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KDDI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kddi) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kybele Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kybele-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [kyu Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyu-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Abies Ventures

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Abies Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage deep tech startups.

2 contacts available at Abies Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fuyuki Yamaguchi | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuyuki-yamaguchi |
| Nagano Sota | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nagano-sota |

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## FAQ

### What does Nagano Sota invest in?

Nagano Sota invests primarily in Sales, EdTech and Robotics startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nagano Sota last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nagano Sota closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 3 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?

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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