# Takayuki Sugiura

> Takayuki Sugiura is a seed investor in Tokyo backing E-Commerce, Fashion and Confectionery. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/takayuki-sugiura-73545936
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/sugiura23
- Website: https://x.com/sugiura23
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/takayuki.sugiura

Takayuki Sugiura is an information security expert, he researches and develops security in various fields such as the Internet, smartphones, virtual currencies, information leakage, and IoT.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $457k–$800k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 50% |
| Fashion | 1 | 25% |
| Confectionery | 1 | 25% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 25% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 1 | 25% |
| Japan | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kids Snack Lab | Kids Snack Lab is a food manufacturing firm that produces and sells nutritional sweets for children. | $456.7K | Seed | Oct 29, 2024 |  |
| Cub McPaws | Cub McPaws is a kids clothing brand which celebrates the most unique trait of childhood - curiosity. They focus on delivering modern, chic designs for boys and girls making them look fashionably adorable. Many of us at Cub McPaws are parents themselves. And hence, they understand that making kids feel comfortable is of utmost importance. Thisreflects in their thoughtful designs and excellent quality materials and construction. What makes us truly unique is that they creatively inspire kids curiosity making them explore the world and giving them joy of discovery. The most pleasurable thing about discovery is sharing it with someone else, often with parents. They thus make kids shopping an engaging experience for parents and kids, building bonds and developing shared learnings. | $800K | Seed | Sep 14, 2020 |  |
| Neukind | Neukind aims to build a decentralized autonomous world and contribute to human evolution. It creates innovative services and products that contribute to human evolution through technologies like blockchain, IoT, deep learning, etc.Its services include NeuNode, a piece of hardware that allows starting PoS staking as soon as it is set up andstakes crypto assets. It also offers CRYPTOMO, provides articles and consulting for blockchain operators to apply (mutually apply) the "FISC Safety Measures Standards" adopted by financial institutions as safety measures standards.It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Hongo, Tokyo. | $157.1K | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2019 |  |
| Neukind | Neukind aims to build a decentralized autonomous world and contribute to human evolution. It creates innovative services and products that contribute to human evolution through technologies like blockchain, IoT, deep learning, etc.Its services include NeuNode, a piece of hardware that allows starting PoS staking as soon as it is set up andstakes crypto assets. It also offers CRYPTOMO, provides articles and consulting for blockchain operators to apply (mutually apply) the "FISC Safety Measures Standards" adopted by financial institutions as safety measures standards.It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Hongo, Tokyo. |  | Angel |  |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Adlib Tech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adlib-tech-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ANOBAKA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kvp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Samyakth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samyakth-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Takayuki Sugiura invest in?

Takayuki Sugiura invests primarily in E-Commerce, Fashion and Confectionery startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Takayuki Sugiura's check size?

Takayuki Sugiura typically joins rounds of $457k–$800k at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Takayuki Sugiura participates in.

### When did Takayuki Sugiura last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Takayuki Sugiura closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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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