# Nagaoka Hidenori

> Nagaoka Hidenori is a venture - series unknown investor at Carta ventures backing E-Commerce. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Carta ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carta-ventures-1c34)
- Location: Shibuya, Japan
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: May 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hidenori-nagaoka-01162113
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hnagaoka

Nagaoka Hidenori is a venture - series unknown investor at Carta ventures in Shibuya focused on E-Commerce and Crowdsourcing. Nagaoka Hidenori is based out of Toranomon, Tokyo and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Carta ventures. Nagaoka previously worked at corporate direction as a consultant. Nagaoka Hidenori attended Hitotsubashi University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 100% |
| Crowdsourcing | 1 | 100% |
| Language Learning | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Crevo | Crevo operates a web-based platform for language free open-crowd sourcing contest that enable user to find custom design from all over the world. The company was formerly known as PurpleCow Inc. Crevo was founded in 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. | $1.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 26, 2020 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Kiraboshi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kiraboshi-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Yamaguchi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yamaguchi-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Carta ventures

VC Fund · Toranomon, Japan

Carta Ventures is an investment firm that provides growth to businesses.

1 contacts available at Carta ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nagaoka Hidenori | Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nagaoka-hidenori |

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## FAQ

### What does Nagaoka Hidenori invest in?

Nagaoka Hidenori invests primarily in E-Commerce, Crowdsourcing and Language Learning startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown 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 Nagaoka Hidenori last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nagaoka Hidenori closed in May 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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