# Takahara Mizuki

> Takahara Mizuki is a Series A investor at JAFCO (Toyonaka) backing Manufacturing and Retail. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [JAFCO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jafco-co-ltd)
- Location: Toyonaka, Japan
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 18%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mizuki-takahara-05898687
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mizuki.takahara

Takahara Mizuki is a Series A investor at JAFCO in Toyonaka focused on Manufacturing and Retail. Takahara Mizuki - Partner @ JAFCO

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 27% |
| Retail | 2 | 18% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 18% |
| Gift | 1 | 9% |
| Medical | 1 | 9% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 36% |
| Series B | 3 | 27% |
| Series C | 2 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aracan | Aracan is an e-commerce business that provides online and offline car-sharing services for vehicles. |  | Series C | Feb 19, 2026 |  |
| aiESG | aiESG offers an AI platform that conducts ESG assessments of supply chains and facilitates an in-depth sustainability evaluation. | $3.3M | Series A | Dec 03, 2024 |  |
| Micoworks | Micoworks is a planning, development, and sales tool for marketing. It is a communication platform that realizes personalization of the customer experience. | $24.7M | Series B | Dec 27, 2023 |  |
| Nexta | Nexta manufactures site, issues such as analog management, personalization of operations & labor shortages are becoming more serious. | $3M | Series A | Dec 25, 2023 |  |
| Aracan | Aracan is an e-commerce business that provides online and offline car-sharing services for vehicles. |  | Series B | Nov 17, 2023 |  |
| Kyoto Fusioneering | Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors. | $77M | Series C | May 16, 2023 |  |
| Kyoto Fusioneering | Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors. | $184.3M | Series B | Feb 02, 2022 |  |
| Kyoto Fusioneering | Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors. | $11.6M | Series B | Feb 02, 2022 |  |
| Next Innovation | Next Innovation is an online consulting provider for health care. |  | Series A | Sep 30, 2019 |  |
| Yokohama Vanilla | Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand. | $2.5M | Series A |  |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [JIC Venture Growth Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jic-venture-growth-investments) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Coral Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coral-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [DBJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dbj-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [XTech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xtech-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [All Star SAAS Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/all-star-saas-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About JAFCO

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Since its founding in 1973, JAFCO has always worked with leading-edge entrepreneurs. The total capital commitments of its investment funds in Japan and overseas have exceeded 1 trillion yen and the number of portfolio IPOs to date has reached over 1,000. In addition to venture investment, JAFCO also carries out buyout investment and commit to thecreations of innovative technologies and services worldwide. As entrepreneurs’ closest partner in bringing their visions to life, JAFCO provides support in areas of HR, marketing/ sales, and back-office operations, in addition to providing financing.

5 contacts available at JAFCO.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Haruyoshi Onuma | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haruyoshi-onuma |
| Keisuke Miyoshi | President and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keisuke-miyoshi |
| Taira Kobayashi | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taira-kobayashi |
| Takahara Mizuki | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takahara-mizuki |
| Tomotake Kitazawa | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tomotake-kitazawa |

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## FAQ

### What does Takahara Mizuki invest in?

Takahara Mizuki invests primarily in Manufacturing, Retail and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Takahara Mizuki last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Takahara Mizuki closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 11 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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