# Ryojiro Yamamoto

> Ryojiro Yamamoto is a seed investor at PE&HR backing Health Care and Manufacturing. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [PE&HR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pe-hr-co-ltd)
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/%E4%BA%AE%E4%BA%8C%E9%83%8E-%E5%B1%B1%E6%9C%AC-8ab6575b

Ryojiro Yamamoto is an Outside Director at Soup and innovation.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 20% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 20% |
| Food Processing | 2 | 20% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 20% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 20% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 40% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 30% |
| Series A | 2 | 20% |
| Series D | 1 | 10% |

## 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 |  |
| 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 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Ranimaru | Ranimaru is pet service providing company that offers pet sitting, care of your pet dog in events, professional course about pet sitting. | $940.3K | Seed | Oct 24, 2022 |  |
| CoCooking | CoCooking uses food and cooking to create ample opportunity for dialogue and thought, fostering creativity, diversity, and well-being of individuals and communities. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 13, 2020 |  |
| DINETTE | DINETTE is a cosmetics manufacturing company that engages in the advertising, marketing, and production of beauty and skin care products. | $2.8M | Seed | Oct 06, 2017 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [TUSIC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tusic) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Act Co., Ltd.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/act-co-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Agribusiness Investment Development](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agribusiness-investment-consultation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ajinomoto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajinomoto) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Edge Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edge-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hamamatsu Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hamamatsu-photonics-corporate-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About PE&HR

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

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.

1 contacts available at PE&HR.

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

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## FAQ

### What does Ryojiro Yamamoto invest in?

Ryojiro Yamamoto invests primarily in Health Care, Manufacturing and Food Processing startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ryojiro Yamamoto last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ryojiro Yamamoto closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 10 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?

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