NOW Japan
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
NOW Japan is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Content and Software. NOW, Inc operates as a venture capital firm. Invest in people. Invest in stories of entrepreneurs born from the original experience.
- Total investments:
- 67
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 30%
Last updated:
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Industries NOW Japan invests in
Stages NOW Japan invests in
Countries NOW Japan invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $90k–$4.3M
- Series A
- $880k–$5M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $13k–$2.8M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Content 8 (12%)
- Software 7 (10%)
- Marketing 7 (10%)
- E-Commerce 5 (7%)
- Information Technology 5 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 25 (37%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 13 (19%)
- Series A 9 (13%)
- Series B 3 (4%)
- Funding Round 3 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hiroki Nakajima
Director
|
Director | Total investments: 8 | Find email | |
Kazuma Ieiri
CEO, Co-Founder
|
CEO, Co-Founder | Total investments: 22 | Find email | |
Ryosuke Kajitani
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 8 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinumy develops touchless identity authentication technology and high-speed, high-precision position measurement technology. | $3.4M / Seed / Jul 29, 2026 | ||
| Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services. | Seed / Jan 13, 2026 | ||
| LUC is a provider of the AI x experience analysis platform "TERUS," . | $771.4K / Seed / Dec 01, 2025 | ||
| Ageless is a staffing agency that provides human resources-related services primarily to middle-aged and senior citizens. | $3.8M / Series A / Aug 07, 2025 | ||
| Wunderbar provides intellectual property along with branding and marketing services. | $3.5M / Series A / Jun 25, 2025 | ||
| Nagaku is a web magazine that publishes about culture along with web development, PR, marketing, and consulting services. | $932.8K / Seed / Feb 27, 2025 | ||
| Geofra develops Planning and creation of items that rejuvenate the movement of people in physical areas, regional revitalization initiatives | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 31, 2025 | ||
| Wellness is a provider of personal doctor service. | $1.8M / Series A / Apr 12, 2024 | ||
| GPUSOROBAN is a GPU cloud service that enables anyone to perform high-speed calculations on high-end GPUs with ease. Hi-Res, the running business, is the first GPU cloud operator in Japan to be accredited as a "NVIDIA Elite Partner," the program's highest level (CSP Compute field). Furthermore, it received the "Best CSP Partnerof the Year" award at the NVIDIA NPN Partner Award 2022. It is widely used by university research institutes, large corporations, and AI venture firms, with over 100 uses per year. | $470.9K / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 05, 2024 | ||
| Geofra develops Planning and creation of items that rejuvenate the movement of people in physical areas, regional revitalization initiatives | Pre-Seed / Dec 07, 2023 | ||
| See all 67 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does NOW Japan invest in?
NOW Japan invests primarily in Content, Software and Marketing startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 67 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does NOW Japan invest in?
NOW Japan typically joins rounds of $90k–$4.3M at Seed, $880k–$5M at Series A and $13k–$2.8M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not NOW Japan's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds NOW Japan took part in.
How do I contact NOW Japan?
Public channels for NOW Japan include the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.
Who are the partners at NOW Japan?
The team at NOW Japan includes Hiroki Nakajima (Director), Kazuma Ieiri (CEO, Co-Founder) and Ryosuke Kajitani (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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