# Nanto Bank

> Nanto Bank is a VC fund in Nara backing Internet and Task Management. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nara, Japan
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 19%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/%EF%BC%88%E6%A0%AA%EF%BC%89%E5%8D%97%E9%83%BD%E9%8A%80%E8%A1%8C/
- Website: https://www.nantobank.co.jp

Nanto Bank is a regional bank that provides financial services such as deposit, loans, and exchange transactions, as well as other financial services.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 4 | 15% |
| Task Management | 4 | 15% |
| Media and Entertainment | 4 | 15% |
| Sales | 3 | 12% |
| Finance | 3 | 12% |

65 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 12 | 46% |
| Series B | 4 | 15% |
| Debt Financing | 3 | 12% |
| Corporate Round | 3 | 12% |
| Series D | 2 | 8% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Yasuo Ueno | Chairman | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TENSODO | TENSODO is engaging in a license management business for local brands and souvenir wholesale business for inbound travellers. | $1.7M | Debt Financing | May 01, 2026 |  |
| Axelspace Holdings | Axelspace is a startup company developing businesses in the microsatellite field. Axelspace plans to construct a monitoring platform to cover the entire globe on a daily basis at extremely low cost. | $43.5M | Series D | Dec 20, 2023 |  |
| Ana Neo | Ana Neo is a digital lifestyle and mobile gaming platform that provides a virtual entertainment experience. | $37.9M | Debt Financing | Mar 16, 2022 |  |
| Grooves | grooves has been providing #1 Web applications for the recruiters as the web community to build to meet with each other for new business opportunities and possible partnerships in Japan since 2004. Now,there are more than 3,000 companies customers in Asiapacific. | $7.3M | Series B | May 21, 2021 |  |
| TBM | TBM is a company that develops, manufactures and sells paper and plastic alternative products made from a limestone-based material known as “LIMEX”. | $21.7M | Debt Financing | Apr 01, 2021 |  |
| Terra Drone | Terra Drone is a drone and software manufacturer, based in Tokyo. By using drone, Terra Drone also delivers civil engineering surveying services for construction companies and analyzes data. With a wide range of usecase of drone, Terra Drone also helps companies to carry out inspection of complex job sites, such as those in construction, oil andgas extraction, agriculture. | $14.2M | Series A | Feb 16, 2021 |  |
| SImount | SImount is a database management system platform that connects all data such as Excel, CSV, PDF. Moreover, It can utilize all the data related to business, leading to higher business efficiency and higher sales. | $15.6M |  | Oct 07, 2020 |  |
| Kringle Pharma | Kringle Pharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops pharmaceutical products based on its research on hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and NK4. Its HGF has the regenerative healing ability in regard to liver cells, as well as various cells and organs; and NK4 is a bi-functional molecule, which inhibits the invasion and metastasis of tumorcells as an HGF-antagonist, as well as possesses antiangiogenic activity. The company’s pipeline includes recombinant human HGF for the treatment of acute renal failure, skin ulcers, and CNS diseases; and recombinant human NK4 and NK4 gene drugs for cancer therapy. Kringle Pharma, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Toyonaka, Japan. | $104.9M |  | Apr 04, 2020 |  |
| Kringle Pharma | Kringle Pharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops pharmaceutical products based on its research on hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and NK4. Its HGF has the regenerative healing ability in regard to liver cells, as well as various cells and organs; and NK4 is a bi-functional molecule, which inhibits the invasion and metastasis of tumorcells as an HGF-antagonist, as well as possesses antiangiogenic activity. The company’s pipeline includes recombinant human HGF for the treatment of acute renal failure, skin ulcers, and CNS diseases; and recombinant human NK4 and NK4 gene drugs for cancer therapy. Kringle Pharma, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Toyonaka, Japan. | $6.8M | Series C | Mar 02, 2020 |  |
| ATOUN | ATOUN is a robotics company that manufactures robots for humans for more physical freedom. They put their knowledge of robots and experiences gained through power assist machinery development to further use, by working on prototyping, commissioned developments and consultancies. Its major product is POWERED WEAR, a wearable robot. |  |  | Dec 10, 2019 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Venture Labo Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venture-labo-investment-co-ltd) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [NEC Capital Solutions](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nec-capital-solution) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Osaka University Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/osaka-university-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Resona Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/resona-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Nanto Bank invest in?

Nanto Bank invests primarily in Internet, Task Management and Media and Entertainment startups, most often at Funding Round and Series B stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Nanto Bank?

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### Who are the partners at Nanto Bank?

The team at Nanto Bank includes Yasuo Ueno (Chairman). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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