# NIPPON STEEL KOWA REAL ESTATE

> NIPPON STEEL KOWA REAL ESTATE is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Software and Information Technology. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/新日鉄興和不動産（株）
- Website: https://www.nskre.co.jp

NIPPON STEEL KOWA REAL ESTATE is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Software and Information Technology. NIPPON STEEL KOWA REAL ESTATE offers real estate services.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series B | $8.2M–$24M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 29% |
| CMS | 1 | 14% |
| CRM | 1 | 14% |
| Apps | 1 | 14% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 29% |
| Series B | 2 | 29% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sanu | SANU is a home subscription service company that guides customers on a first-come, first-served basis as the number of slots increases. They develop a hotel and residence platform that offers a monthly subscription and proposes a lifestyle with another house in nature. | $23.6M | Series B | May 12, 2025 |  |
| AGRIST | AGRIST Co., Ltd. is a venture company that solves agricultural problems with technology. An automatic harvesting robot solves the problem of a shortage of farmers who are aging and harvesting agricultural products. | $8.2M | Series B | Jul 01, 2024 |  |
| Arsaga Partners | Arsaga Partners, Inc., "develop with the fastest and highest quality" as concept, is a one-stop IT system development company.- All functions necessary for IT system development such as IT strategy consulting, UX/UI consulting, planning, engineering, designing, maintenance and operations are provided through our one-stop solution.- With engineers accounting for over 90% of our company structure we can work directly with our clients. - Our motto is to providing services at a reasonable cost without outsourcing and to bring our Japanese omotenashi spirit to our development services. - We think of Digital transformation (DX) Not as a trendy word, but as IT system development that truly contributes to our clients' business needs.Main Services - One-stop IT System Development Business, Start-up/New IT Business Consulting, Enterprise System/New Business Planning and Development(Digital Transformation/DX), Web System Planning and Development, Application Planning and DevelopmentKey Clients - Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Estate, ShionogiV-CUBE, Mizuho Securities, Sciseed inc. | $2.7M | Series A | Jul 01, 2021 |  |
| bitkey | Bitkey is a company provides its own key technology. | $5.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 12, 2021 |  |
| SAGOJO | SAGOJO is a planning and operation of the amazing traveler recruiting site "SAGOJO" and production, direction, and editing of accompanying content. |  | Seed | Mar 31, 2021 |  |
| iYell | iYell Mortgage Platform consists of three pillars, Media that can be used for marketing, Technology to make the procedure more efficient. | $269.3M |  | Nov 04, 2020 |  |
| 600 | 600 is the co-working space and the event space mainly in offices in 23 wards | $1.9M | Seed | Mar 30, 2020 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mitsubishi Estate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-estate) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pegasus Tech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pegasus-tech-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Daikin Industries](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daikin-consumer-marketing) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dentsu Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dentsu-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DG VENTURES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dg-incubation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does NIPPON STEEL KOWA REAL ESTATE invest in?

NIPPON STEEL KOWA REAL ESTATE invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and CMS startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is NIPPON STEEL KOWA REAL ESTATE's check size?

NIPPON STEEL KOWA REAL ESTATE typically joins rounds of $8.2M–$24M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds NIPPON STEEL KOWA REAL ESTATE participates in.

### When did NIPPON STEEL KOWA REAL ESTATE last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for NIPPON STEEL KOWA REAL ESTATE closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 7 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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