# NOW fund

> NOW fund is a VC fund backing Sales, FinTech and Finance. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

NOW fund is a seed fund established by serial entrepreneur Kazuma Ieiri and Ryosuke Kajitani.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sales | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Logistics | 1 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series F | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gojo & Company | Gojo was founded to extend financial inclusion to everyone in the world beginning with the developing countries. Gojo encourages the formalization and growth of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises. Its long-term goal is to enable the provision of high-quality affordable financial services for 100+ million unserved and underserved people in50+ countries by 2030. Five and half years since their establishment, they work in Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and India with 3,400+ employees, serving more than 570,000 women who are also mothers. | $115.3M | Series F | Oct 24, 2024 |  |
| xxxxnese | xxxxnese is a logistics company that focuses on import, export, domestic sales, influencer marketing, and software development businesses. | $964.9K | Series A | Sep 26, 2024 |  |
| Tohakusha | Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services. | $690.2K | Seed | Aug 29, 2024 |  |
| xxxxnese | xxxxnese is a logistics company that focuses on import, export, domestic sales, influencer marketing, and software development businesses. | $1.5M | Seed | Mar 15, 2023 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [New Commerce Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-commerce-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [UNITED](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/united-inc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [15th Rock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/15th-rock) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ABF Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abf-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ACA Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aca-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ANRI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anri) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does NOW fund invest in?

NOW fund invests primarily in Sales, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did NOW fund last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for NOW fund closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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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