# Shunsuke Sasaki

> Shunsuke Sasaki is a seed investor at Jiraffe (Tokyo) backing Content and Social Media. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Jiraffe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jiraffe)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jan 2019
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Shunsuke Sasaki is a seed investor at Jiraffe in Tokyo focused on Content and Social Media. Shunsuke Sasaki - Executive officer @ Jiraffe

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Content | 2 | 33% |
| Social Media | 2 | 33% |
| SNS | 1 | 17% |
| Video | 1 | 17% |
| Finance | 1 | 17% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Angel | 1 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 4 | 67% |
| Myanmar | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hackazouk | Hackazouk is an HR Tech company that operates Official-Alumni.com, an alumni relationship management system in Japan and the Philippines to help companies stay connected with their alumni. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 16, 2019 |  |
| Linklusion | Linklusion is a system development and management support for microfinance institutions in developing countries | $4.3M | Angel | Jul 09, 2018 |  |
| bond Japan | Bond Co., Ltd. is a video learning platform specializing in Japanese language studies. |  | Seed | May 31, 2018 |  |
| Jiraffe | jiraffe focusses on Internet service planning, development, and management. | $56.7M | Series B | Nov 06, 2017 |  |
| Topica Japan | Topica operate video media and conduct video marketing business.Topica company philosophy is "Create a place where the topic starts, connect hearts, and color our everyday life." . |  | Seed | Jun 14, 2017 |  |
| Jiraffe | jiraffe focusses on Internet service planning, development, and management. | $18.4M | Series A | Mar 15, 2017 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Dream Incubator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dream-incubator) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Adventure](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adventure) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gree](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gree) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [iMercury Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/imercury-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mercari](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mercari) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [PE&HR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pe-hr-co-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Jiraffe

VC Fund · Shinjuku, Japan

jiraffe focusses on Internet service planning, development, and management.

5 contacts available at Jiraffe.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shunsuke Sasaki | Executive officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shunsuke-sasaki |
| Takeshi Kaneko | Outside director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaneko-takeshi |
| Masato Shibata | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masato-shibata |
| Motoki Nakai | Director and CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/motoki-nakai |
| Teruaki ASO | Representative Director / Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/teruaki-aso |

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## FAQ

### What does Shunsuke Sasaki invest in?

Shunsuke Sasaki invests primarily in Content, Social Media and SNS startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Shunsuke Sasaki last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shunsuke Sasaki closed in Jan 2019. 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?

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