# PE&HR

> PE&HR is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Software, Fashion and Education. See 40 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 40
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last fund: Aug 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.pehr.jp

PE&HR is a private equity and venture capital firm that seeks to invest in incubation, start-up, and early-stage companies. PE&HR primarily invests in the human resources, internet, healthcare, IT, mobile, and social commerce-related industries.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $474k–$4.5M |
| Series A | $2.1M–$31M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 18% |
| Fashion | 4 | 10% |
| Education | 4 | 10% |
| Content | 3 | 8% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 8% |

67 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 35% |
| Funding Round | 12 | 30% |
| Series A | 5 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 3% |
| Series D | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ryojiro Yamamoto | Representative Director and Founder | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryojiro-yamamoto |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Flora | Flora develops a big data platform for female health, collecting data on individual symptoms, work performance, health conditions etc. | $1.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 27, 2026 |  |
| Landsview | Landsview is an IT company that provides software development, numerical analysis, testing equipment, and measurement services. |  | Series A | Sep 26, 2024 |  |
| Izanagi Games | Izanagi Games is an entertainment company that focuses on producing and publishing interactive games. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 09, 2024 |  |
| BEAM Technologies | BEAM Technologies, focuses on developing optical semiconductor devices using special light to offer clean solutions to ecosystem-related problems. | $1.4M | Seed | Aug 08, 2024 |  |
| Meme | MEME is a money app for parents and children to make money more familiar and simplifies the flow of money. | $474.2K | Seed | Mar 12, 2024 |  |
| VIE STYLE | VIE STYLE offers wearable music device and AI technology services. | $2.1M | Series A | Mar 07, 2024 |  |
| Sixty Percent | Sixty Percent is an online platform featuring a diverse selection of tops, jackets, pants, outerwear, bags, and shoes for men and women. It is an overseas fashion mail order site that collects street brands from various countries and transmits asian fashion. | $3.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 07, 2024 |  |
| KEKKAI | KEKKAI is a company that offers the security of cryptocurrency transactions, reduces asset risks, and obtains risk judgment information. | $1.6M | Seed | Jan 23, 2024 |  |
| Astra Food Plan | Astra Food Plan is a manufacturer and supplier of superheated steamer, food processing equipment and food powders. | $30.5M | Series A | Sep 06, 2023 |  |
| SARAH | SARAH has been working on the planning and operation of the gourmet community app "SARAH", which operates a menu gourmet site "SARAH" that allows you to search for items you want to eat from menu-based posts. | $2.7M | Series D | Mar 08, 2023 |  |

10 of 40 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ANOBAKA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kvp) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Asahi Media Lab Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asahi-medialab-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [REALITY ACCELERATOR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reality-accelerator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [TUSIC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tusic) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Vector](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vector-inc-) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does PE&HR invest in?

PE&HR invests primarily in Software, Fashion and Education startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 40 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is PE&HR's check size?

PE&HR typically joins rounds of $474k–$4.5M at Seed and $2.1M–$31M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds PE&HR participates in.

### How do I contact PE&HR?

Public channels for PE&HR include the website linked on this profile. 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 PE&HR?

The team at PE&HR includes Ryojiro Yamamoto (Representative Director and Founder). 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 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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