# SPORTS NIPPON NEWSPAPERS

> SPORTS NIPPON NEWSPAPERS is a VC fund in Koto backing Audio, Content and Infrastructure. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Koto, Japan
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://sponichi.jp/

Sports Nippon Newspapers is a sports newspaper publisher that features newspaper-type weekly manga.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Audio | 1 | 100% |
| Content | 1 | 100% |
| Infrastructure | 1 | 100% |
| Management Consulting | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Voicy | Voicy is a mobile platform that recruits both media personalities and news organizations, the entertainers read the news so users can get the latest info from favorite voices. As it enters the age of IoT, interfaces have begun to evolve into seamless forms, such as AR, that allow to access information without stopping daily lives, but in this era,it has focused on the ear. | $6.3M | Series A | Feb 18, 2019 | https://corp.voicy.jp/ |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Chukyo TV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chukyo-tv) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [D4V](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/d4v) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dentsu Innovation Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dentsu-innovation-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TBS Innovation Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tbs-innovation-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does SPORTS NIPPON NEWSPAPERS invest in?

SPORTS NIPPON NEWSPAPERS invests primarily in Audio, Content and Infrastructure startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did SPORTS NIPPON NEWSPAPERS last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for SPORTS NIPPON NEWSPAPERS closed in Feb 2019. Shizune tracks 1 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?

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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