# Spiral Regional Innovation Fund

> Spiral Regional Innovation Fund is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 15%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://jp-bank-spiral-regional-innovation-fund.com

Spiral Regional Innovation Fund is an investment fund.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.1M–$27M |
| Series A | $1.4M–$6.7M |
| Series B | $1.6M–$24M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 15% |
| Apps | 2 | 10% |
| Robotics | 2 | 10% |
| B2B | 1 | 5% |
| SaaS | 1 | 5% |

39 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 5 | 25% |
| Seed | 4 | 20% |
| Series A | 2 | 10% |
| Series C | 1 | 5% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hiroshi Oka | General Partner | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroshi-oka |
| Kazuhiro Kamata | General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kazuhiro-kamata-826b |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MW | MW is a smart home solution company that develops smart residential physical AI, robotics, and home design services. | $18.7M | Seed | Jun 11, 2026 |  |
| MW | MW is a smart home solution company that develops smart residential physical AI, robotics, and home design services. | $18.7M | Seed | Jun 11, 2026 |  |
| Lisse | Lisse offers legal business innovation through the use of AI. | $6.5M | Series C | Nov 07, 2025 |  |
| Lisse | Lisse offers legal business innovation through the use of AI. | $6.5M | Series C | Nov 07, 2025 |  |
| SAKANA Dream | SAKANA Dream develops unique farmed fish species by leveraging an innovative breeding technology "Surrogate Broodstock Technology". The company selects outstanding fish from over 4,000 species living in Japan and produces remarkable hybrid fish which have both great taste and high productivity. | $6.7M | Series A | Sep 02, 2025 |  |
| Brainbuddy | Brainbuddy specializes in sales support, business growth, recruiting, consulting, and training services. | $5.5M | Series B | Jun 09, 2025 |  |
| Sanu | SANU is a home subscription service company that guides customers on a first-come, first-served basis as the number of slots increases. They develop a hotel and residence platform that offers a monthly subscription and proposes a lifestyle with another house in nature. | $23.6M | Series B | May 12, 2025 |  |
| Otetsutabi | Otetsutabi is a regional revitalization platform that offers the opportunity for participants to help at accommodations and breweries in rural areas that struggle with seasonal labor shortages. The locals offer transportation expenses and places to stay in return, so participants can travel to the areas with ease. | $1.4M | Series A | Apr 30, 2025 |  |
| Otetsutabi | Otetsutabi is a regional revitalization platform that offers the opportunity for participants to help at accommodations and breweries in rural areas that struggle with seasonal labor shortages. The locals offer transportation expenses and places to stay in return, so participants can travel to the areas with ease. | $1.4M | Series A | Apr 30, 2025 |  |
| Smart Bank | Smart Bank is a softawre firm that has developed an application for money spending management. | $1.6M | Series B | Jan 16, 2025 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [FFG Venture Business Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ffg-venture-business-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Spiral Innovation Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spiral-innovation-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [aSTART](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/%EF%BD%81start) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Globis Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/globis-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Spiral Regional Innovation Fund invest in?

Spiral Regional Innovation Fund invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Apps and Robotics startups, most often at Series B and Seed stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Spiral Regional Innovation Fund's check size?

Spiral Regional Innovation Fund typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$27M at Seed, $1.4M–$6.7M at Series A and $1.6M–$24M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Spiral Regional Innovation Fund participates in.

### How do I contact Spiral Regional Innovation Fund?

Public channels for Spiral Regional Innovation Fund include 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 Spiral Regional Innovation Fund?

The team at Spiral Regional Innovation Fund includes Hiroshi Oka (General Partner) and Kazuhiro Kamata (General Partner). 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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