# Shigeru Urushibara

> Shigeru Urushibara is a Series A investor at UL Systems backing Task Management. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [UL Systems](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ul-systems)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shigeru-urushibara-5872501

Shigeru Urushibara is a Series A investor at UL Systems in Tokyo focused on Task Management and Artificial Intelligence. Shigeru Urushibara - President & CEO @ UL Systems

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $3.5M–$33M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Task Management | 2 | 20% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 20% |
| Apps | 1 | 10% |
| Video | 1 | 10% |
| Rental | 1 | 10% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 40% |
| Seed | 2 | 20% |
| Angel | 1 | 10% |
| Series B | 1 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 10% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tooon | Tooon Inc. is a technology company that deals with development and operations of business management tools . |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 22, 2024 |  |
| Ecbo cloak | Ecbo cloak is a sharing service that connects "persons who want to store luggage with shops with space to store luggage. Instead of coin lockers, you can pre-order places online online and store your luggage in the open space of stores of various types of business. |  | Series B | Jun 28, 2024 |  |
| Aziz Express | AE delivery service is a delivery company that delivers parcels and orders from national and foreign online stores. | $3.5M | Series A | Aug 01, 2021 |  |
| Space Walker | SPACE WALKER specializes in the design, manufacture, and sale of reusable rockets and peripheral components. SPACE WALKER also plans and submits proposals for space-related events and other related businesses. | $19.8M | Angel | Nov 13, 2020 |  |
| SingulaNet | SingulaNet Ltd provides a total solution using cutting-edge blockchain services. |  | Seed | Dec 16, 2019 |  |
| EmbodyMe | EmbodyMe is developing patented AI technology that will revolutionize the way you video chat, live stream, and create videos. | $32.6M |  | Sep 12, 2019 |  |
| EmbodyMe | EmbodyMe is developing patented AI technology that will revolutionize the way you video chat, live stream, and create videos. | $32.6M | Series A | Sep 12, 2019 |  |
| Smartround | Smartround is a specialized finance management platform for startups and their investors. For start-ups, for entrepreneurs who are not familiar with finance, simply enter the necessary information according to the guide, prepare appropriate financing round, and prepare a function that can simulate and execute a capital increase. Support informationsharing and communication with shareholders even after the capital increase. | $7.6M | Seed | Mar 06, 2019 |  |
| Aidemy | Aidemy is a web service where you can learn AI programming online. | $13M | Series A | May 10, 2018 |  |
| Tagpic | Tagpic offers influencer marketing targeting services such as influencer casting, SNS branding, and talent production. |  | Series A | Jan 10, 2016 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Deep30](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deep30) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Deepcore](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deepcore) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Incubate Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/incubate-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [NEDO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nedo) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About UL Systems

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

UL Systems is an IT consulting company specializing in support of the user companies.

1 contacts available at UL Systems.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shigeru Urushibara | President & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shigeru-urushibara |

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## FAQ

### What does Shigeru Urushibara invest in?

Shigeru Urushibara invests primarily in Task Management, Artificial Intelligence and Apps startups, most often at Series A and Seed 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.

### What is Shigeru Urushibara's check size?

Shigeru Urushibara typically joins rounds of $3.5M–$33M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Shigeru Urushibara participates in.

### When did Shigeru Urushibara last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shigeru Urushibara closed in Aug 2024. 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?

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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