# SAKURA Internet

> SAKURA Internet is a VC fund backing Education and Artificial Intelligence. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Osaka, Japan
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Feb 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sakura-internet-inc-3778-/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/sakura_pr
- Website: https://www.sakura.ad.jp/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SAKURA.Internet

SAKURA Internet is a data center operator that provides rental and dedicated servers, cloud solutions, and housing services supporting the business needs of large-scale network businesses and enterprises. Ishikari Data Center, a data center established by SAKURA Internet in 2011, employs advanced power consumption reduction technologies which usecold air outside to cool electronic appliances and improve energy efficiency.SAKURA Internet’s operations are based in Osaka, Japan.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 2 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 50% |
| Robotics | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Training | 1 | 25% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 75% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kunihiro Tanaka | President & CEO | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kunihiro-tanaka |
| Kazuhisa Kawamura | Auditor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kazuhisa-kawamura |
| Kosuke Mori | President/Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kosuke-mori-6ca3 |
| Kunihiro Nozaki | Full-time Auditor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kunihiro-nozaki |
| Masataka Kawada | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masataka-kawada |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mirairo | Mirairo provides various services for improving the user experience. The company provides making spaces that are welcoming and secure for everyone, developing products and services that add value, comprehending diversity and promoting awareness, ensuring that everyone can access the web easily, removing barriers to communication, disseminating theneeded information, and connecting people with businesses. Mirairo aims to convey the voices of people with disabilities, the elderly, and sexual minorities by engaging in social and economic activities. | $2.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 12, 2021 |  |
| Qubena | Qubena is an AI platform that analyzes each child's strengths and weaknesses. | $1.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 31, 2020 |  |
| Lean on Me | Lean on Me provides e-learning training for people with disabilities. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 26, 2020 |  |
| ABEJA | ABEJA is a technology firm that specializes in AI-driven digital transformation. Its suite of offerings includes the ABEJA Platform for automating core business processes, retail analytics via ABEJA Insight for Retail, AI ethics consulting, DX workforce training, and Large Language Model implementations (ABEJA LLM Series). |  | Seed | Jul 11, 2014 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Smart Value](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smart-value) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Archetype Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/archetype-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Axel Mark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axel-mark-inc-) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Inspire](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inspirecorp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [iSGS Investment Works](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isgs-investment-works) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ITOCHU Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/itochu-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does SAKURA Internet invest in?

SAKURA Internet invests primarily in Education, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed 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.

### How do I contact SAKURA Internet?

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### Who are the partners at SAKURA Internet?

The team at SAKURA Internet includes Kunihiro Tanaka (President & CEO), Kazuhisa Kawamura (Auditor) and Kosuke Mori (President/Founder), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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