# SOURCENEXT

> SOURCENEXT is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Software and Reservations. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/sourcenext_usa
- Website: http://www.sourcenext.com/

SOURCENEXT is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Software and Reservations. SOURCENEXT is principally engaged in the planning, development and sale of software.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for SOURCENEXT. Shizune tracks 5 team members at SOURCENEXT. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/sourcenext-corporation?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $43M–$43M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 50% |
| Reservations | 3 | 50% |
| Travel | 2 | 33% |
| Video | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 5 | 83% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aoyama Fumihiko | Managing Executive Officer/IR | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aoyama-fumihiko |
| Fujimoto Kosa | Operating officer | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fujimoto-kosa |
| Matsuda Rimi | Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matsuda-rimi |
| Noriyuki Matsuda | Founder & CEO | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/noriyuki-matsuda |
| Tomoaki Kojima | President and COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tomoaki-kojima |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Owl Labs | Owl Labs is a collaborative tech company revolutionizing how the world communicates through inclusive and immersive video experiences. Built for modern organizations, we’re dedicated to empowering hybrid and remote teams with our award-winning collaborative technology and product suite. | $25M | Series C | Nov 14, 2022 |  |
| Soracom | SORACOM is a company that provides IoT (Internet of Things) platform of data communication by delivering scalable and elastic cloud technologies running on Amazon Web Services (AWS), which makes IoT solution providers/developers to efficiently deliver and extend their services, and also allow the flexibility and customization to fit thevarious needs of IoT services.With SORACOM, the data communication of IoT / M2M device become more secure and ensure reliable data transfer by supporting many devices and custom protocols. It also provides reduced time-to-market for M2M/IoT services, while significantly reducing the cost of delivering such services, and extend the business by paying as you grow cost structures. SORACOM Air is a service that provides data communication for IoT devices SIM "Air SIM". Users can change the settings from Web console (user console) or by API control, and monitor the data traffic, as well as manage the configuration of data communication of IoT devices centrally. Air SIM provides connectivity for LTE/3G mobile data communication as MVNO, and supports wide coverage area required for IoT and secure communication achieved through a closed network using LTE/3G.SORACOM Beam is a service that offloaded data from IoT devices to cloud with a high encryption load and connection destination setting without directly setting to large devices onsite, that can be controlled from a remote location on cloud. It also has a benefit to manage the data securely without going through the Internet, if the cloud data storage of IoT devices is located in AWS.SORACOM officially launched its service on the 30th of September 2015, and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 10, 2021 |  |
| Fun Group | Hello! We are Fun Group (formally Tabinaka) and we are Japan's first Travel and Leisure startup offering unique tours and experiences. We currently offer experiences in 7 different locations globally. | $42.5M | Angel | Nov 12, 2018 |  |
| Tabinaka | Tabinaka is a Japanese booking & reservation platform for overseas tours and travel activities. | $42.5M | Seed | Nov 12, 2018 |  |
| Fun | Fun is a sightseeing entertainment company that makes the world even more of a fun place. | $42.5M | Seed | Nov 12, 2018 |  |
| Money Forward | Money Forward provides online personal accounting for individuals, allowing them to easily manage their daily expenses by integrating with their bank passbooks and credit purchase history with information scraped from their web bank and credit accounts. The service is also available for desktop, as well as iOS and Android platforms. The companyalso announced that it will launch a cloud-based accounting service for individual and corporate users, and it will also start publishing an online newsletter. | $12.6M | Series B | Dec 18, 2014 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Vector](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vector-inc-) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Credit Saison](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/credit-saison) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dentsu](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dentsu) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GMO VenturePartners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gmo-venturepartners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hitachi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hitachi) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HP Tech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hp-tech-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does SOURCENEXT invest in?

SOURCENEXT invests primarily in Software, Reservations and Travel 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.

### What is SOURCENEXT's check size?

SOURCENEXT typically joins rounds of $43M–$43M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds SOURCENEXT participates in.

### How do I contact SOURCENEXT?

Public channels for SOURCENEXT include X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at SOURCENEXT?

The team at SOURCENEXT includes Aoyama Fumihiko (Managing Executive Officer/IR), Fujimoto Kosa (Operating officer) and Matsuda Rimi (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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