# Shuhei Abe

> Shuhei Abe is a Series B investor at SPARX Group backing Robotics, SaaS and Automotive. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SPARX Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sparx-group)
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 54%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Shuhei Abe is a CEO of SPARX Group.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robotics | 3 | 23% |
| SaaS | 2 | 15% |
| Automotive | 2 | 15% |
| Consulting | 2 | 15% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 15% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 4 | 31% |
| Series C | 2 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 15% |
| Seed | 1 | 8% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 4 | 31% |
| United States | 3 | 23% |
| Singapore | 2 | 15% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ElevationSpace | ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment . | $39.7M | Series B | Jun 19, 2026 |  |
| Oishii | 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 | 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 | 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 | Nealle offers business development, business planning and consulting services. | $241M | Series A | Aug 01, 2023 |  |
| UnaBiz | 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 | 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 |  |
| Nealle | Nealle offers business development, business planning and consulting services. | $15.7M | Series A | Apr 06, 2022 |  |
| UnaBiz | 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 |  |
| DeepX | DeepX is an AI startup company based in Tokyo that was founded in 2016 by graduates from the University of Tokyo, Japan’s leading institution of higher education. After three strong years of establishing ourselves, we continue to grow and are ready to make an impact on society through our work. Our core mission is to ‘automate any machinery’ andsupported by our successful projects, we believe that Deep Learning and its real-world implementations will bring an unprecedented breakthrough to solve current and future societal problems. A key challenge that Japan is currently facing is a super-aging society and a shrinking labor population leading to shortages. We develop software to automate machines ranging from small industrial robots to big heavy equipment. Our control models can achieve flexible operation for various environments and conditions using cutting-edge technology such as Deep Reinforcement Learning. | $226.8M |  | Jul 31, 2020 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SBI Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sbi-investment-2) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [KDDI Open Innovation Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kddi-open-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Nissay Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nissay-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [G. K. Goh](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/g-k-goh) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About SPARX Group

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

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. .

1 contacts available at SPARX Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shuhei Abe | President, CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shuhei-abe |

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## FAQ

### 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.

### When did Shuhei Abe last invest?

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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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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