# Naoya Yasuda > Naoya Yasuda is a seed investor at Canonica backing Content, E-Commerce and Health Care. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Canonica](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canonica) - Total investments: 3 - Last investment: Feb 2019 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naoya-yasuda-347b3145 Naoya Yasuda is a seed investor at Canonica focused on Content and E-Commerce. Naoya Yasuda - Representative Director / Founder @ Canonica ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Seed | $2.8M–$11M | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Content | 1 | 33% | | E-Commerce | 1 | 33% | | Health Care | 1 | 33% | | Management Consulting | 1 | 33% | | Media and Entertainment | 1 | 33% | ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 2 | 67% | | Angel | 1 | 33% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | DariaMe | DariaMe is a web media planning, development and operation, planning and production of various contents, online consultation service. | | Angel | Feb 04, 2019 | | | Elaly | Elaly Technology makes life better for people around the world.We aim to make the value of money and the experience gained from it flatter.As many people as possible will use technology to realize a happier life, independent of the money economy. | $2.8M | Seed | Oct 12, 2018 | | | SOELU | SOELU is an online yoga studio where you can take lessons from popular instructors at home for women only. Even if you can't attend yoga classes, the instructor will guide you through the screen, so you can continue online at home! | $11.3M | Seed | Jun 26, 2018 | | 3 of 3 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [ANRI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anri) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [iSGS Investment Works](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isgs-investment-works) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [ANOBAKA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kvp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Samurai Incubate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samurai-incubate) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Canonica VC Fund 2 contacts available at Canonica. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Hirokazu Chida | Representative Director and Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hirokazu-chida | | Naoya Yasuda | Representative Director / Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/naoya-yasuda | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund - [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund - [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Health Care Angel Investors in Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/health-care-angel-investors-japan) ## FAQ ### What does Naoya Yasuda invest in? Naoya Yasuda invests primarily in Content, E-Commerce and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Angel 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. ### What is Naoya Yasuda's check size? Naoya Yasuda typically joins rounds of $2.8M–$11M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Naoya Yasuda participates in. ### When did Naoya Yasuda last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Naoya Yasuda closed in Feb 2019. 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? 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