# Sumitomo Life Insurance Company

> Sumitomo Life Insurance Company is a VC fund in Osaka backing Software and SNS. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Osaka, Japan
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/sumitomolife_v
- Website: http://www.sumitomolife.co.jp/english/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sumitomolife

Sumitomo Life Insurance Company is a VC fund in Osaka focused on Software and SNS. Sumitomo Life Insurance Company provides life insurance products to support numerous customers and their families primarily in Japan. It was established in 1907 and is based in Osaka, Japan.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $3M–$7.3M |
| Series B | $7.5M–$24M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| SNS | 1 | 11% |
| Apps | 1 | 11% |
| Content | 1 | 11% |
| Elderly | 1 | 11% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 33% |
| Series B | 3 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 22% |
| Series C | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Masahiro Hashimoto | President & Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masahiro-hashimoto |
| Toru Motobayashi | Outside Corporate Auditor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toru-motobayashi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LIFESCAPES | LIFESCAPES is a research and manufacturer of brain-computer interface equipment. | $3.7M |  | Jun 15, 2026 |  |
| JPYC | JPYC is a financial institution that issues the community stablecoin JPYC, which is pegged to the yen of Japanese. They want to create a society where everyone can develop by fusing the real world with the world of cryptocurrencies and increasing the liquidity of capital to achieve their goal of overcoming the social conundrum. It will promotecapital's liquidity and create an environment that helps in development for all. | $17.6M | Series B | Apr 20, 2026 |  |
| Terass | TERASS is a High-end real estate information site. | $13.4M | Series C | Jul 30, 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 |  |
| ACCEL Stars | ACCEL Stars is a fitness and wellness firm that offers sleep diagnosis and examinations like sleep health, hygiene and medical devices. | $7.3M | Series A | Nov 29, 2024 |  |
| A10 Lab | A10 Lab is a company that aims to make people happy with technology that is independent of Sony's new business creation program. It provides Google Play with an app that allows users to do things that they have never been able to do with the custom app 'Min Chale' selected for two consecutive years. It is a company that bringsprofits to companies by improving lifetime value sales through the habitation of users that companies have. | $3M | Series A | Jan 22, 2024 |  |
| Trinity Technology | Trinity Technology is technology company that provides services related to asset protection and inheritance planning. | $7.5M | Series B | Jan 17, 2024 |  |
| DeCurret | DeCurret is into Cryptocurrency Business. | $481.9M |  | Jul 11, 2019 |  |
| Emimen | EMIMEN is a platform that aims to support the elderly and their loved ones. |  | Series A | Dec 12, 2018 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Fast Track Initiative, Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fast-track-initiative) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FFG Venture Business Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ffg-venture-business-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [Paramount Bed Healthcare Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paramount-bed-healthcare-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Sumitomo Life Insurance Company invest in?

Sumitomo Life Insurance Company invests primarily in Software, SNS and Apps startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sumitomo Life Insurance Company's check size?

Sumitomo Life Insurance Company typically joins rounds of $3M–$7.3M at Series A and $7.5M–$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 Sumitomo Life Insurance Company participates in.

### How do I contact Sumitomo Life Insurance Company?

Public channels for Sumitomo Life Insurance Company include X (Twitter), the website linked on this profile and Facebook. 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 Sumitomo Life Insurance Company?

The team at Sumitomo Life Insurance Company includes Masahiro Hashimoto (President & Chief Executive Officer) and Toru Motobayashi (Outside Corporate Auditor). 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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