Sansan
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Sansan is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Software and SaaS. Since its founding in 2007, Sansan has focused on delivering its cloud based contact management service to customers in Japan and beyond. Sansan is setting the standard in Japan for cloud-based contact management, with annually doubling numbers of users from over 7,000 premium corporate users including the Japanese Government (METI). Sansan Inc. isbased in Tokyo, Japan and has its subsidiary Sansan global Pte. Ltd. in Singapore since October 2015. The company began offering its business card app Eight in 2012. It has over 1.5 million registered users as a new business network that incorporates a social media framework to transform business cards into business connections.Founded: June 11, 2007 URL： https://www.corp-sansan.com/ Address: Aoyama Oval Building, 13F, 5-52-2, Jingu-mae Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150-0001 Business scope: Planning, development, and sales of cloud-based business card management services Sansan for business users: https://www.sansan.com Eight for individual users: https://8card.net
- Total investments:
- 15
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 27%
Last updated:
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Industries Sansan invests in
Stages Sansan invests in
Countries Sansan invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 9 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $1.6M–$2.5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (27%)
- SaaS 3 (20%)
- Information Technology 3 (20%)
- Internet 2 (13%)
- Marketing 2 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 6 (40%)
- Series A 3 (20%)
- Series C 2 (13%)
- Corporate Round 2 (13%)
- Funding Round 1 (7%)
Country
- Japan 11 (73%)
- Indonesia 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Muneyuki Hashimoto
Director, Executive Officer, CFO
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Director, Executive Officer, CFO | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Chikahiro Terada
President, CEO & Founder
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President, CEO & Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Joraku Satoru
Founder
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Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Kei Tomioka
Co-Founder, Director
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Co-Founder, Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Kenji Shiomi
General Manager
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General Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pickleball one is to become an enabler of the pickleball industry , spreading the joy of "Fun as one" to the world. | Seed / Apr 07, 2026 | ||
| Monit is a B2B fintech startup that helps SMEs manage their finances. | $2.5M / Seed / Jul 01, 2025 | ||
| Lisse offers legal business innovation through the use of AI. | $8M / Series C / Apr 23, 2025 | ||
| Wewill is a consulting company that provides accounting, SaaS, business development, and business consulting services. | $1.6M / Seed / Dec 09, 2024 | ||
| Instanto is a consulting firm providing an automated service for acquiring business negotiations that completes negotiations with clients. | $2.2M / Series A / Jul 17, 2024 | ||
| kickflow provides a cloud-based workflow service. | Seed / Oct 26, 2023 | ||
| Knowledge Work specializes in the development and sales of software for companies. | $1.5M / Series A / Jun 17, 2022 | ||
| hokan is developing an InsurTech service called "hokan" which is CRM/SFA SaaS service for insurance agents. | $35.5M / Oct 05, 2020 | ||
| hokan is developing an InsurTech service called "hokan" which is CRM/SFA SaaS service for insurance agents. | $2.4M / Seed / Oct 05, 2020 | ||
| ToBe Marketing is an information technology company that provides services to combine marketing automation and CRM. It offers consulting services, IT, and marketing consultation. The company is driven by a mission is to realize the engagement of companies and their customers by creating marketing and sales activities using IT or digitaltechnology.ToBe Marketing was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | $249K / Series C / Apr 03, 2020 | ||
| See all 15 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Sansan invest in?
Sansan invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Sansan's check size?
Sansan typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$2.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sansan participates in.
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Who are the partners at Sansan?
The team at Sansan includes Muneyuki Hashimoto (Director, Executive Officer, CFO), Chikahiro Terada (President, CEO & Founder) and Joraku Satoru (Founder), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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