# Ricoh Leasing

> Ricoh Leasing is a VC fund in Tokyo backing E-Commerce and Apps. See 7 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/リコーリース（株）
- Website: http://www.r-lease.co.jp/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ricohleasing/

Ricoh Leasing is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on E-Commerce and Apps. Ricoh Leasing engages in leases, installments, and financial services. The lease and installments business that accounts for the vast majority of the company's revenue provides business leasing, rental, installment, and credit products for business equipment, information-related equipment, medical equipment, and environment-related equipment.It provides loans to individuals, doctors, and corporations in the financial-services business. It also serves as an agent to collect accounts receivable and provide billing services, and it has a credit card business and an asset-management service.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 29% |
| Apps | 1 | 14% |
| AgTech | 1 | 14% |
| Rental | 1 | 14% |
| Retail | 1 | 14% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Series D | 1 | 14% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 1 | 14% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 14% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tokuharu Nakamura | CEO | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kuradashi | KURADASHI reduces food loss, and part of the sales are donated to social contribution organizations. It is a social goods market that sells products provided by manufacturers that support food loss reduction for customers. | $1.8M | Post-IPO Debt | May 21, 2026 |  |
| Luup | Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets. | $19.8M | Debt Financing | Oct 22, 2024 |  |
| Desamis | Desamis is a major consumer electronics manufacturer who has been engaged in the agribusiness. | $4.2M | Series B | Mar 18, 2024 |  |
| Luup | Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets. | $23.9M | Debt Financing | Nov 07, 2023 |  |
| 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. | $26.4M | Series D | Dec 17, 2020 |  |
| PeaceTecLab | PeaceTecLab is a CtoCsharing service, as its main business. | $3.1M | Seed | Jul 11, 2018 |  |
| mtes Neural Networks | mtes Neural Networks is a IoT platform business,AI / IoT system business,Device / module business and Stock-type service business. | $3.5M | Corporate Round | Nov 11, 2017 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bank of Kyoto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bank-of-kyoto) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GMO VenturePartners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gmo-venturepartners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Resona Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/resona-bank) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Shoko Chukin Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shoko-chukin-bank) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sumitomo-mitsui-banking-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [77 Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/77-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ricoh Leasing invest in?

Ricoh Leasing invests primarily in E-Commerce, Apps and AgTech 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.

### How do I contact Ricoh Leasing?

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### Who are the partners at Ricoh Leasing?

The team at Ricoh Leasing includes Tokuharu Nakamura (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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