# Shohei Yamada

> Shohei Yamada is a venture - series unknown investor at SBI Investment backing Comics and FinTech. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SBI Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sbi-investment-2)
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Shohei Yamada is a venture - series unknown investor at SBI Investment focused on Comics and FinTech. Shohei Yamada

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $13M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Comics | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |
| Hardware | 1 | 17% |
| Robotics | 1 | 17% |
| Software | 1 | 17% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 33% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |
| Series C | 1 | 17% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| Japan | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GlobalComix | 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 | LOOPARTS focuses on high-purity metal resource recycling through molten salt electrolysis technology. |  | Seed | Jan 30, 2026 |  |
| Edgecortix | 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 | 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 | 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 | Mujin develops and sells "intelligent robot controllers," designated as a common platform for industrial robots. Conventional robots, even though they are suitable for the automation of repetitive work, were difficult to install in environments where handled products and the surroundings are liable to change, due to the robots’operations differing by manufacturer and the complex settings. Mujin has solved this problem using technology called motion planning, and is providing solutions in which heavy/simple work done by humans at the logistics/manufacturing scene are automated by robots. | $1.7B | Series C | Sep 05, 2023 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Hands-On VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-hands-on-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Kyoto University Innovation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyoto-university-innovation-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pacific Bays Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pacific-bays-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Renesas Electronics Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/renesas-electronics-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aero X Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aero-x-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CDIB Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cdib-capital-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About SBI Investment

VC Fund · Minato, Japan

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.

5 contacts available at SBI Investment.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ahn Jae- gwang | director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ahn-jae-gwang |
| Hashidzume Jun | Investment Department | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hashidzume-jun |
| Katsuya Kawashima | Director and President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katsuya-kawashima |
| Koshiro Ashizawa | Assistant Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koshiro-ashizawa |
| Kyota Suzuki | Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyota-suzuki-21ee |

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## FAQ

### What does Shohei Yamada invest in?

Shohei Yamada invests primarily in Comics, FinTech and Hardware startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Shohei Yamada's check size?

Shohei Yamada typically joins rounds of $13M–$20M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Shohei Yamada participates in.

### When did Shohei Yamada last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shohei Yamada closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 6 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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