# Narimasa Makino

> Narimasa Makino is a seed investor at Monozukuri Ventures (Kyoto) backing Hardware and Robotics. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Monozukuri Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/makers-boot-camp)
- Location: Kyoto, Japan
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/narimasa-makino

Narimasa Makino is a seed investor at Monozukuri Ventures in Kyoto focused on Hardware and Robotics. Narimasa Makino - CEO @ Monozukuri Ventures

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hardware | 1 | 50% |
| Robotics | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Consulting | 1 | 50% |
| Semiconductor | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LENZO | They are system architects and builders, committed to engineering high-performance, energy-efficient hardware for a new generation of workloads. They hold great expectations that Japan-based LENZO will drive a game-changing breakthrough with its innovative semiconductors and establish a strong presence on the global stage. Their proprietary CGLAarchitecture delivers breakthrough performance per watt in a compact, cost-effective form. | $3.2M | Seed | Mar 11, 2026 |  |
| Log build | Log build offers a new form of on-site management that enables productivity improvement and real-time visualization and sharing of on-site information through on-site management robots and VR software. The company provides AI development, VR development, construction site construction management robot, cloud site management, and construction siteplatform. | $726K | Seed | Apr 05, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Incubate Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/incubate-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Japan Kenzai Co](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japan-kenzai-co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SEDIA SYSTEM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sedia-system) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sony Innovation Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sony-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Monozukuri Ventures

VC Fund · Kyoto, Japan

We Make Hardware Startups Together. Empowering people to build high-quality products.For startup founders, it takes more than funding to bridge the gap between idea and product/market fit. With our unique way of supporting startups with manufacturing needs, we partner with startups for the long term and work hand-in-glove with our portfolioevery step of the way to grow their businesses. Monozukuri Ventures (former Makers Boot Camp) is an early stage VC focused on hardware startup investments in the US & Japan.Our mission is to help the world’s entrepreneurs deliver high-quality products to the market, regardless of production volume. As a global ecosystem contributor, we provide founders with essential resources such as investment, mentorship, prototyping know-how, manufacturing expertise, and community support.To achieve this ambitious goal, we stress the importance of Monozukuri, the art of making things in a creative way. Although known as a traditional practice of manufacturing in Japan, Monozukuri enables us to create new values by fusing two opposite ideas integrated into harmony, such as old and new, East and West, hardware and software, and historical and modern.Based in historical Kyoto City and modern New York City, Monozukuri Ventures empowers talented and diverse people to build tangible solutions to create a better future.

5 contacts available at Monozukuri Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Narimasa Makino | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/narimasa-makino |
| Nobuhiro Seki | Managing Partner & Board Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nob-seki |
| Sabrina Sasaki | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sabrina-sasaki |
| Kenshin Fujiwara | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenshin-fujiwara |
| Nikolas Schreiber | EIR Fellow | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nikolas-schreiber |

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## FAQ

### What does Narimasa Makino invest in?

Narimasa Makino invests primarily in Hardware, Robotics and Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Narimasa Makino last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Narimasa Makino closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 2 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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