# Shin Murakami

> Shin Murakami is a seed investor at YJ Capital (Tokyo) backing Gift and Snack Food. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [YJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yj-capital)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shin-murakami

Shin Murakami is a seed investor at YJ Capital in Tokyo focused on Gift and Snack Food. Shin is an experienced entrepreneur and joined Yahoo Japan in 2000 due to the merger of PIM Corporation and Yahoo Japan. He has long experience in mobile and currently serves as a Chief Mobile Officer. He is also an expert in mobile and wireless technology and is the board member at Y!mobile which is a mobile carrier under SoftBank Mobile. Shinreceived his bachelor's degree in Science Engineering from Aoyama Gakuin University

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gift | 1 | 100% |
| Snack Food | 1 | 100% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Misaky Tokyo | MisakyTokyo provides food and beverage services. | $1M | Seed | Feb 09, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Chiba Dojo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chiba-dojo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Coconala Skill Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coconala-skill-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About YJ Capital

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

YJ Capital is a Corporate Venture Capital of Yahoo Japan. Our value is to help global minded entrepreneurs build successful and lasting internet companies. We invest in all stages, all sectors in Asia, US and Israel.YJ Capital has a unique access to Yahoo Japan's operational experience and unparalleled Japan market entry support. Oursole LP allows us to focus only on our portfolio companies and make fast decision making.

5 contacts available at YJ Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kohei Okubo | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kohei-okubo |
| Shin Murakami | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shin-murakami-2 |
| Yosuke Tomatsuri | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yosuke-tomatsuri |
| Yusuke Tanaka | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yusuke-tanaka |
| Gen Miyazawa | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gen-miyazawa |

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## FAQ

### What does Shin Murakami invest in?

Shin Murakami invests primarily in Gift, Snack Food and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Shin Murakami last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shin Murakami closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 1 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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