# Satoshi Shinada

> Satoshi Shinada is a seed investor at Kepple Africa Ventures backing Supply Chain Management. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kepple Africa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kepple-africa-ventures)
- Location: Lagos, Nigeria
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/satoshi-shinada-50743427/

Satoshi Shinada is a general partner of Kepple Africa Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Supply Chain Management | 3 | 43% |
| Internet | 2 | 29% |
| Logistics | 2 | 29% |
| Transportation | 2 | 29% |
| SMS | 1 | 14% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 4 | 57% |
| Senegal | 1 | 14% |
| Tunisia | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zone | Zone is a regulated blockchain network that enables payments and acceptance of digital currencies. | $8.5M | Seed | Mar 18, 2024 |  |
| Paps | Paps is a transport and logistics company that offers innovative distribution and delivery solutions to companies and merchants.The company's e-commerce platform helps companies and traders with scheduling and tracking deliveries on a real-time basis. It offers the distribution of documents and parcels, storage of goods in a secure warehousethat meets standards, and delivery of insured parcels in relay point or last mile. It also provides professional services such as management and repayment of cash on delivery, provision of couriers, management of returns, collection, and periodic reporting.The Dakar, Dakar, Senegal-based company was founded in 2016 | $4.5M | Seed | Jan 19, 2022 |  |
| MVX | MVX is a freight forwarding business and logistics platform that offers freight financing, tracking, and shipping services to help trade. | $1.3M | Seed | Aug 06, 2021 |  |
| Mvxchange | MVX makes freight shipping easier and more coordinated for companies of any size by bringing the whole booking and deployment process online. We simplify Africa’s end-to-end import and export trade transactions by aggregating and organizing 7+ services through 1 digital channel. | $1.3M | Seed | Aug 05, 2021 |  |
| Termii | Termii is an online platform that helps teams secure repeat customers by sending personalized emails and SMS through multiple.Termii helps African businesses communicate with customers across SMS, email, voice, and instant messaging channels. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria. | $1.4M | Seed | Feb 24, 2021 |  |
| Paps | Paps is a transport and logistics company that offers innovative distribution and delivery solutions to companies and merchants.The company's e-commerce platform helps companies and traders with scheduling and tracking deliveries on a real-time basis. It offers the distribution of documents and parcels, storage of goods in a secure warehousethat meets standards, and delivery of insured parcels in relay point or last mile. It also provides professional services such as management and repayment of cash on delivery, provision of couriers, management of returns, collection, and periodic reporting.The Dakar, Dakar, Senegal-based company was founded in 2016 | $1.2M | Seed | Jan 02, 2021 |  |
| Onboard | Onboard helps hardware companies transform their text manuals to 3D, intelligent manuals with instant customer support capabilities. |  | Seed |  |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [4DX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4dx-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Continent Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/continent-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Enza Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enza-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [54 Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-factory-africa) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Launch Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-africa) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LoftyInc Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/loftyinc-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Kepple Africa Ventures

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.

4 contacts available at Kepple Africa Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ryosuke Yamawaki | Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryosuke-yamawaki-a570 |
| Satoshi Shinada | Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/satoshi-shinada |
| Takahiro Kamisaki | Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takahiro-kamisaki |
| Takahiro Kamisaki | General Partner and Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kanzaki-takahiro |

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## FAQ

### What does Satoshi Shinada invest in?

Satoshi Shinada invests primarily in Supply Chain Management, Internet and Logistics startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Satoshi Shinada last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Satoshi Shinada closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 7 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?

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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