Shohei Yamada
Deputy General Manager, @ SBI Investment
Shohei Yamada is a seed investor at SBI Investment focused on Hardware and Robotics. Shohei Yamada
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 57%
Last updated:
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Industries Shohei Yamada invests in
Stages Shohei Yamada invests in
Countries Shohei Yamada invests in
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Round size
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $13M–$20M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Hardware 2 (29%)
- Robotics 2 (29%)
- Logistics 2 (29%)
- Manufacturing 2 (29%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (29%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (29%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (29%)
- Series B 1 (14%)
- Series C 1 (14%)
- Convertible Note 1 (14%)
Country
- United States 4 (57%)
- Japan 2 (29%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Bulwark Dynamics develops autonomous maritime systems for contested logistics and distributed military operations. Its CARAVEL platform is an autonomous beach-landing resupply vessel that delivers cargo from ship to shore without requiring port infrastructure. The vessel supports JMIC and ISO containers, autonomous cargo handling, GPS-deniednavigation, and operations in shallow or degraded maritime conditions. The company also develops vessel autonomy, command-and-control, hull production, payload integration, and sustainment capabilities for defense and maritime logistics applications. | $6.8M / Seed / Sep 09, 2026 | ||
| GlobalComix is a free digital reading and distribution platform that helps creators and publishers share and sell their comics. GlobalComix helps readers understand the value of artistic labor and help creators earn cash in more consistent and flexible ways. Most importantly, GlobalComix promotes cross-cultural exchange and help comics fans andmakers connect with each other in deeper, more insightful ways. | $13M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 18, 2026 | ||
| LOOPARTS focuses on high-purity metal resource recycling through molten salt electrolysis technology. | Seed / Jan 30, 2026 | ||
| EdgeCortix is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in energy-efficient artificial intelligence (AI) processing at the edge. The company’s platform includes the SAKURA-II AI accelerator, a low-power silicon co-processor capable of real-time generative AI inference on multi-billion-parameter models within an approximately 8 W envelope. Italso offers the MERA compiler and software framework that enables developers to deploy models across heterogeneous systems, leveraging flexibility through the Dynamic Neural Accelerator (DNA) architecture. The hardware-software co-design approach ensures adaptable, runtime-reconfigurable performance for use cases ranging from vision to language applications. | Series B / Aug 17, 2025 | ||
| Alpaca is a financial technology company that provides developer-first APIs and brokerage infrastructure for programmatic access to stock, options, and cryptocurrency markets, enabling businesses and individual traders to integrate trading and investing capabilities into their applications. Its platform offers REST, WebSocket, and event-driveninterfaces that support algorithmic trading, automated strategy execution, real-time market data, backtesting, and portfolio management workflows. Alpaca’s services also include brokerage account functionality, clearing and settlement services, and tools that allow firms to embed investing features into their products or to build custom trading systems on top of its API-centric architecture. The company supports global fintech partners with solutions such as tokenization, high-yield cash programs, multi-leg options trading, and advanced order types that align with diverse trading and investment use cases. Its technology is used by developers, quant traders, fintech platforms, and financial institutions seeking programmable market access and integrated financial services. | $15M / Convertible Note / Oct 12, 2023 | ||
| EdgeCortix is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in energy-efficient artificial intelligence (AI) processing at the edge. The company’s platform includes the SAKURA-II AI accelerator, a low-power silicon co-processor capable of real-time generative AI inference on multi-billion-parameter models within an approximately 8 W envelope. Italso offers the MERA compiler and software framework that enables developers to deploy models across heterogeneous systems, leveraging flexibility through the Dynamic Neural Accelerator (DNA) architecture. The hardware-software co-design approach ensures adaptable, runtime-reconfigurable performance for use cases ranging from vision to language applications. | $20.1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 03, 2023 | ||
| Mujin develops intelligent robot controllers that serve as a universal platform for industrial robots. These controllers address the limitations of conventional robots, which struggle with adaptability in dynamic environments due to manufacturer-specific operations and complex setups. Using advanced motion planning technology, Mujin automatesheavy, repetitive tasks in logistics and manufacturing, streamlining processes traditionally handled by humans. | $1.7B / Series C / Sep 05, 2023 |
Co-Investors
About SBI Investment
SBI Investment supports the business development and growth of private venture companies through fund investment. It manages and manages venture capital funds under the management philosophy of becoming a leading company responsible for the creation and development of core industries in the 21st century as a "new industry creator".SBIInvestment has invested in a total of 986 companies in the past, of which 169 (17.1% of investment companies) have exited through IPO or M & A.
SBI Investment Contacts
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Takashi Goto
Executive Vice President and Director
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Ahn Jae- gwang
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Hashidzume Jun
Investment Department
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Katsuya Kawashima
Director and President
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Koshiro Ashizawa
Assistant Manager
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FAQ
What does Shohei Yamada invest in?
Shohei Yamada invests primarily in Hardware, Robotics and Logistics startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Shohei Yamada invest in?
Shohei Yamada typically joins rounds of $13M–$20M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Shohei Yamada's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Shohei Yamada took part in.
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When did Shohei Yamada last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Shohei Yamada closed in Sep 2026. Shizune tracks 7 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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