Shuhei Abe
President, CEO @ SPARX Group
Shuhei Abe is a CEO of SPARX Group.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 54%
Last updated:
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Industries Shuhei Abe invests in
Stages Shuhei Abe invests in
Countries Shuhei Abe invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Robotics 3 (23%)
- SaaS 2 (15%)
- Automotive 2 (15%)
- Consulting 2 (15%)
- Manufacturing 2 (15%)
Stage
- Series B 4 (31%)
- Series C 2 (15%)
- Funding Round 2 (15%)
- Seed 1 (8%)
- Series A 1 (8%)
Country
- Japan 4 (31%)
- United States 3 (23%)
- Singapore 2 (15%)
- United Kingdom 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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ElevationSpace
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ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment . | $39.7M / Series B / Jun 19, 2026 | |
Oishii
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Oishii Farm provides indoor vertical farming technology. Oishii sells via supermarkets, offering a container of between eight and 11 strawberries for $50 per package. Hiroki Koga and Brendan Somerville started the company in 2017. | $152.2M / Series C / May 13, 2026 | |
New Innovations
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New Innovations company is offering a snuggling service to many people who support Japan's “high quality”. AI and robots do not take away the job, but robots support the work that is accomplished without the involvement of people, and many working people are aiming for the future to create a more humanoid life. With the problem of lack oftalent, it was difficult to reflect technology on OFF Line until now, trying to provide robots in the “food and drink” and “retail” industry, CEKAI's first demand forecast AI unmanned cafeThe robot “√C” was developed. √C is not “looking for coffee that suits me”, but instead realizes “coffee is perfect for me” with demand forecasting AI. Today, people who drink coffee are choosing their favorite cafe, canned coffee, convenience store coffee, etc., according to their taste needs, SPEED needs, and hospitality needs. The company developed the service as a new choice of coffee, and in the future, the perfect coffee according to the taste preferences, busy, physical condition and mood of the day., which aims to provide. In July 2019, the company receives a third party quota increase of 70 million yen from Zashid Capital and DEEPCORE. From August 1, 2019, with the cooperation of Nankai Electric Railway, “√C” will be installed at Namba Station/Namba Skyo, and demonstration experiments will begin. | $8M / Series B / May 27, 2025 | |
QunaSys
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Quantum physics is a relatively new field built since the beginning of the 20th century, but we have used MRI (nuclear magnetic resonance equipment) and lasers used for close examinations in hospitals, and semiconductors mounted on computers. Supports the technology that supports the daily life of people.QunaSys was established to bring out thequantum physics that has been active behind the scenes to the front stage, and to make use of quantum properties to realize technologies that could not be achieved with existing technologies. | $11.1M / Series B / Nov 01, 2024 | |
Nealle
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Nealle offers business development, business planning and consulting services. | $241M / Series A / Aug 01, 2023 | |
UnaBiz
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UnaBiz is the enabler of massive IoT in Asia. The company deployed the first IoT-dedicated network in Singapore and specialises in providing affordable, well-designed solutions that are energy efficient, highly scalable and simple to deploy in Taiwan. Today, it provides a diversified range of expertise from product design to manufacturing, andleverages on a global IoT ecosystem of System Integrators, solution providers and module makers to power business growth. In 2018, UnaBiz raised over US10 Million in its series A funding round, and was since accredited with the ISO 9001:2015 certification for Design of IoT Product and Provider of Network Connectivity Solutions. The company is presently selling in 28 countries and focusing on key verticals such as facilities management, asset management, asset tracking and smart parking. | $25M / Series B / Dec 07, 2022 | |
May Mobility
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May Mobility specializes in autonomous vehicle technology development and deployment. The company's technology studies the city's traffic and commuter flow, identifying bottlenecks and gaps in the current public transit schema to design the optimal routes for communities. The company also offers a fleet operation service and providesdaily transit by deploying autonomous shuttles to reduce human error in driving, reduce pollution, and create greater economic benefit for communities and riders, enabling public transportation systems to create a safer, greener, more efficient environment. | $111M / Series C / Jul 12, 2022 | |
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Nealle
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Nealle offers business development, business planning and consulting services. | $15.7M / Series A / Apr 06, 2022 | |
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UnaBiz
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UnaBiz is the enabler of massive IoT in Asia. The company deployed the first IoT-dedicated network in Singapore and specialises in providing affordable, well-designed solutions that are energy efficient, highly scalable and simple to deploy in Taiwan. Today, it provides a diversified range of expertise from product design to manufacturing, andleverages on a global IoT ecosystem of System Integrators, solution providers and module makers to power business growth. In 2018, UnaBiz raised over US10 Million in its series A funding round, and was since accredited with the ISO 9001:2015 certification for Design of IoT Product and Provider of Network Connectivity Solutions. The company is presently selling in 28 countries and focusing on key verticals such as facilities management, asset management, asset tracking and smart parking. | $25M / Series B / Oct 12, 2021 | |
Local Motors
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Local Motors is an American motor vehicle company that creates and delivers safe and accessible mobility solutions for local communities. The company utilizes its growing system of microfactories, rather than gigantic megafactories, to build small, just-in-time batches of vehicles through direct digital manufacturing, the process of using softwareto map, create, and edit designs. This allows Local Motors to make its ideas big and its footprint small, reducing the need for capital and decreasing its environmental impact.Local Motors operates under the belief that co-creation (the process of open collaboration for the design and development of vehicles) and micro-manufacturing can change the world of transportation. Local Motors operates a growing global network of microfactories, where each destination is a place for innovators to create amazing products and consumers the opportunity to marvel and shop. It has rallied a global network of inspired innovators ready to confront the world’s most formidable challenges. These dreamers and doers have brought to life a portfolio of vehicles, including Olli, the world's first cognitive, self-driving shuttle. Their creative potential is launching a new industrial revolution. Local Motors offers this unique software as a service platform known as Launch Forth, to offer the power of co-creation and micro-manufacturing to select partners, including GE and Airbus, looking for manufacturing agility and boundless creative potential.Local Motors was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, USA. | $15M / Oct 16, 2020 | |
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Co-Investors
About SPARX Group
The origins of SPARX Group Co., Ltd. date back to 1989 when company founder Shuhei Abe set up one of Japan's first independent asset management boutiques specializing in Japanese equities, SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. Since then, the company has grown exponentially as it evolved into a diversified asset management company that now coversthe whole breadth and width of Asia-Pacific markets. Since the 2000s, the company has developed into new investment fields such as clean-tech and renewable energy investments, and venture capital investment through Mirai Creation Fund established together with Toyota Motor Corporation and SMBC in 2015. .
SPARX Group Contacts
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What does Shuhei Abe invest in?
Shuhei Abe invests primarily in Robotics, SaaS and Automotive startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 13 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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The most recent investment recorded for Shuhei Abe closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 13 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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