# Shin Kazuhiro

> Shin Kazuhiro is a seed investor at W ventures backing Beauty, Consulting and Web Design. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [W ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/w-ventures-5f08)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Shin Kazuhiro is a seed investor at W ventures focused on Beauty and Consulting. After serving in alliances and business acquisitions at Mixi in 2011, he became Vice President at the same time as the launch of I Mercury Capital in 2013, and became the company's CEO in 2015. Major investments include FIVE (M & A in LINE 2017), Laxul (IPO in 2018), Pocket Concierge (M & A in AMEX 2019), and Study Plus (outsidedirector). Prior to that, he was in charge of corporate sales, business planning, and venture investment at NTT DOCOMO. I'm the oldest at W ventures, but I want to be young. I like food and drink with a lot of pudding, and I like watching football and playing basketball.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beauty | 1 | 33% |
| Consulting | 1 | 33% |
| Web Design | 1 | 33% |
| IT Management | 1 | 33% |
| Career Planning | 1 | 33% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Meetcareer | Meetcareer offers a career programme. The users can understand their strengths and make use of them. The company identifies organizational issues for clients to investigate further, as well as issues based on hidden real intentions. The services help users consult with a professional career counsellor online and offer a text programme that isconducted by email, enabling clients to solve career development problems. | $410.6K | Seed | Jun 02, 2021 |  |
| Brhino | Brhino provides planning, development, and management of web services. The company's product, Monokabu, is a site where people can buy and sell sneakers and things like stock. Brhino is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | $62.2M |  | Dec 15, 2020 |  |
| RABO | RABO is a Cat-Tech Company that "watches cat life with technology. | $13.8M | Seed | Jan 15, 2020 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gunosy Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gunosy-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Heart Driven Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heart-driven-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ikigai Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ikigai-asset-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [iPLAB Startups](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iplab-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [iSGS Investment Works](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isgs-investment-works) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [UNITED](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/united-inc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About W ventures

VC Fund · Shibuya, Japan

W ventures is a Japan-based venture capital firm investing in Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A rounds. They have been conducting investment to 25 companies in a total of about a year from the start of investment activities in April 2019. The company works not only with investment business but also with companies that provide services related to HR, PR,infrastructure, legal and accounting, etc., as incubation support after investment. It is also characteristic to provide support for the investor companies. In addition, in cooperation with other venture capital companies, Ar Rase TAGE startups regularly hold office hours that allow financing and business consultations to two companies at the same time and actively support startups are doing.

4 contacts available at W ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shin Kazuhiro | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shin-kazuhiro |
| Akihiro Higashi | GENERAL PARTNER | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akihiro-higashi |
| Hideya Takatsu | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hideya-takatsu |
| Yangnuo Liu | INVESTMENT MANAGER | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yangnuo-liu |

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## FAQ

### What does Shin Kazuhiro invest in?

Shin Kazuhiro invests primarily in Beauty, Consulting and Web Design startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Shin Kazuhiro last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shin Kazuhiro closed in Jun 2021. Shizune tracks 3 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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