# Shinichi Iwata

> Shinichi Iwata is a Series A investor backing Information Technology. See 14 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 21%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Shinichi Iwata is a outside Director at SETE MARES.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 3 | 21% |
| Robotics | 2 | 14% |
| Marketing | 2 | 14% |
| Consulting | 2 | 14% |
| Virtual Reality | 2 | 14% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 6 | 43% |
| Seed | 5 | 36% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 7% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 10 | 71% |
| United States | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Plainer | Plainer is an IT company that provides software development, data management, and SaaS solutions. | $2.8M | Series A | May 20, 2025 |  |
| CareLink | CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare. | $382.6K | Seed | Apr 10, 2025 |  |
| JIZAIE | JIZAIE is an artificial intelligence firm that wants to combine VR, robots, and wearable computing to create solution. |  | Series A | Apr 08, 2025 |  |
| Colega AI | Colega is the first AI agent that automates social media marketing for businesses, eliminating the need to hire expensive marketers. Through an AI-powered chat, Colega executes entire social media workflows and builds your online presence, so you can focus on what you do best: running your business. |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 05, 2025 |  |
| SUSHI TOP MARKETING | SUSHI TOP MARKETING is an IT company that offers marketing, NFT utilization, and consulting services. | $899.6K | Series A | Aug 26, 2024 |  |
| CuboRex | CuboRex realizes creative mobility using its crawler technology. | $1.7M | Series A | Aug 22, 2024 |  |
| Yozboshi | Yozboshi is a software firm that develops accounting software along with legal compliance consulting services. |  | Seed | Apr 18, 2024 |  |
| SUSHI TOP MARKETING | SUSHI TOP MARKETING is an IT company that offers marketing, NFT utilization, and consulting services. | $768K | Seed | Jan 24, 2023 |  |
| Yume Cloud Japan | Yume Cloud provides online stress management services to maintain and improve mental health. It combines scientific analysis and improvement programs to help patients grasp stress and increase their productivity. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 10, 2023 |  |
| oVice | oVice is a virtual spatial platform that allows people to gather in one place, move, talk, and collaborate freely as avatars. With the mission of maximizing effective online communication, oVice develops and provides lifelike features that offer users a close-to-reality interactive online experience. It features customization that can change thelayout to match the theme of the user's usage, build lockable rooms, place down static objects, and more.It can be used as a remote office, an event venue, an academic conference hall, or even a space for parties.oVice was conceptualized by its founder, Sae Hyung Jung, as he strived to create a platform to reconnect his divided team through the COVID pandemic. | $15.8M | Series A | Nov 02, 2021 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Angel Bridge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-bridge) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [NOBUNAGA Capital Village](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nobunaga-capital-village) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Spiral Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spiral-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [15th Rock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/15th-rock) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Shinichi Iwata invest in?

Shinichi Iwata invests primarily in Information Technology, Robotics and Marketing startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Shinichi Iwata last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shinichi Iwata closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 14 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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