# Shinya Kasuga

> Shinya Kasuga is a seed investor at IT-Farm backing Medical, Chemical and Analytics. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [IT-Farm](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/it-farm)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shinyakasuga/

Shinya Kasuga is a seed investor at IT-Farm focused on Medical and Chemical. As an entrepreneur, Shinya Kasuga has engaged in new business development of international and Japanese startups in software, information services, blockchain, and game/entertainment areas, including Swift Inc. (Director of Board), Broadtail Co. Ltd. (Co-founder), and Ubitus Inc. (Japan Country Manager). Leveraging his engineering backgroundas a researcher in IBM Research Tokyo and M.S. in Information at University of Michigan, he assesses technology of investment candidates and supports portfolios’ business development on a hands-on basis.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 1 | 50% |
| Chemical | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 50% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ac-Planta | Ac-Planta manufactures the product Skeepon, which can promote the adaptability of plants to heat and drought conditions. Skeepon is a radical agricultural solution that can address climate change issues by using cutting-edge epigenetics technology. The company aims to maximize the potential of plant epigenetics to improve how humans and plantsinteract in climate change. | $3.2M | Series A | Mar 15, 2024 |  |
| BitBiome | BitBiome is a biotechnology company focused on analyzing microbial genomes and discovering enzymes and proteins that can be applied across industries such as pharmaceuticals, food production, and sustainable manufacturing. The company uses single-cell microbial sequencing technology to study microbes that are difficult to culture throughconventional laboratory methods, enabling the creation of a large microbial genome database called bit-GEM. Its platform supports enzyme discovery, genome analysis, and bioengineering efforts aimed at developing bio-based alternatives for industrial processes. bitBiome also works with academic institutions and commercial partners on research projects involving areas such as biodegradable materials, biomass conversion, and pharmaceutical ingredient synthesis. The company positions microbes as a resource for advancing the bioeconomy by providing tools and data that support biotechnology research and industrial applications. |  | Seed |  |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Darwin Venture Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darwin-venture-management) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IQT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/in-q-tel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The Norinchukin Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-norinchukin-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Universal Materials Incubator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/universal-materials-incubator-b260) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Valuence Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valuence-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About IT-Farm

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

IT-Farm is a venture capital firm which specializes in seed, start-up, and early stage companies. It primarily invests in mobile, big-data, connected car, IoT, OTT service, Helth care, Bio Tech and other IT industries. The firm actively invests in SF bay area and Japan, as well as other geometries including Asia and Europe. We support portfoliocompanies, especially on the partnership with Japanese enterprises.

5 contacts available at IT-Farm.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Julien Nguyen | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julien-nguyen |
| Morio Kurosaki | Founder & President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morio-kurosaki |
| Shinya Kasuga | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shinya-kasuga |
| Takashi Mukaibayashi | VP | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takashi-mukaibayashi |
| Takehiro Shirai | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takehiro-shirai |

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## FAQ

### What does Shinya Kasuga invest in?

Shinya Kasuga invests primarily in Medical, Chemical and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Shinya Kasuga last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shinya Kasuga closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 2 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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