# Soichiro Swimmy Minami

> Soichiro Swimmy Minami is a seed investor at Luxa backing Information Technology and Sports. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Luxa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luxa)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/swimmy
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/swimmym
- Website: https://x.com/swimmym
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sminami

Soichiro Swimmy Minami is a seed investor at Luxa in Tokyo focused on Information Technology and Sports. In 1999, after graduating from both the Department of Quantitative Economics and the Faculty of International Relations of Tufts University, he joined Morgan Stanley Japan Securities Co., Ltd. He is engaged in M ​​& A advisory work at the Investment Banking Division of Tokyo Branch.In 2004, it will become a founding member of Rakuten Eagles.Later, inaugurated Biz Ricci Co., Ltd., in April 2009 opened a "Biz Ricci" change job site that connects immediate fighting human resources and companies.In the field of "HR Tec (HR × Technology)", we will develop various businesses that support future work and management, and work on improving productivity of the Japanese economy.In addition, in August 2010, within Biz Riqi company, launched a select outlet type EC site "LUXA (Luxa)", and in October of the same year, became a spin-off company as Luxha Corporation. In May 2015, Luxa will become a consolidated subsidiary of KDDI Corporation.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 2 | 67% |
| Sports | 1 | 33% |
| Finance | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |
| Security | 1 | 33% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Scott Coker MMA | Scott Coker is building it to organize and promote professional MMA events worldwide. | $60M | Seed | May 21, 2026 |  |
| Flyle | Flyle provides a cloud based platform for product management helping customers to improve productivity & creativity in product development. | $739.7K | Seed | Jun 01, 2021 |  |
| Visional | Visional is creating a company that promotes industrial digital transformation (DX). It works to solve problems in various fields that will arise in the future and to support Japan's productivity improvement. | $57.3M |  | Oct 27, 2020 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Creator Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creator-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Globis Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/globis-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Griffin Gaming Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/griffin-gaming-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Salesforce Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/salesforce-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sumitomo-mitsui-trust-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [First Light Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ub-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Luxa

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Luxa is a Japanese group coupon buying site.Luxa is similar to daily-deals site Groupon, but it positions itself towards the higher-income demographic by listing only premium items such as branded cosmetics and alcohol, and up-market restaurants. It says it has around 350,000 members in Japan.Swimmy Minami Profile PhotoIts headquarters isin Tokyo, and it just opened offices in Nagoya and Fukuoka, to add to its second office in Osaka, which it opened last year.

1 contacts available at Luxa.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Soichiro Swimmy Minami | Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swimmy-minami |

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## FAQ

### What does Soichiro Swimmy Minami invest in?

Soichiro Swimmy Minami invests primarily in Information Technology, Sports and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Soichiro Swimmy Minami last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Soichiro Swimmy Minami closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 3 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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