# Shuichi Takenaga

> Shuichi Takenaga is a seed investor at Smart Sourcing backing Marketing and Financial Services. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Smart Sourcing](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smart-sourcing)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shuichi-takenaga-018b9b12/

Shuichi Takenaga is a seed investor at Smart Sourcing in Tokyo focused on Marketing and Financial Services. Takenaga Shuuichi is an individual investor.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $926k–$62M |
| Angel | $14M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marketing | 2 | 17% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 17% |
| Management Consulting | 2 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 17% |
| Drones | 1 | 8% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 50% |
| Angel | 2 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| H&H Group Japan | H&H Holdingsis a Professional Services company. | $2M | Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| Morght | Morght is an information technology service company. | $925.6K | Seed | Apr 21, 2021 |  |
| Elaly | Elaly Technology makes life better for people around the world.We aim to make the value of money and the experience gained from it flatter.As many people as possible will use technology to realize a happier life, independent of the money economy. | $13.8M | Seed | Jul 24, 2019 |  |
| Cross C | It is a company that optimizes the use of Chinese communication infrastructure based on social media. |  | Corporate Round | Feb 28, 2019 |  |
| Aeronext | Aeronext is a Japanese startup that provides a center of gravity control technology to enhance the basic performance of drone. | $10.8M | Seed | Jun 28, 2018 |  |
| Tagpic | Tagpic offers influencer marketing targeting services such as influencer casting, SNS branding, and talent production. |  | Series A | Jan 10, 2016 |  |
| Mirai Works | Mirai Works provides business matching services and career change support specialized for professional human resources. | $62.2M | Seed | Sep 29, 2015 |  |
| Eltes | Eltes specializes in providing solutions by big data analysis specialized in risk detection. | $318K |  | Feb 24, 2015 |  |
| imio | Imio is a Japan-based company that manufactures and sells sports goods. | $14.2M |  | Dec 15, 2014 |  |
| Zuu Online | ZUU online is a Tokyo-based financial media which provides original insights on financial market news,the latest business trend and personal finance advice | $14.5M | Angel | Aug 24, 2014 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Colopl Next](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colopl-next) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Drone Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drone-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FFG Venture Business Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ffg-venture-business-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [F Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/f-ventures-e328) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Inspire](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inspirecorp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ANOBAKA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kvp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Smart Sourcing

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Smart Sourcing is a company that manages Tempo Guide Next. It offers online advertising and used car sale services.

1 contacts available at Smart Sourcing.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shuichi Takenaga | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takenaga-shuuichi |

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## FAQ

### What does Shuichi Takenaga invest in?

Shuichi Takenaga invests primarily in Marketing, Financial Services and Management Consulting startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Shuichi Takenaga's check size?

Shuichi Takenaga typically joins rounds of $926k–$62M at Seed and $14M–$15M at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Shuichi Takenaga participates in.

### When did Shuichi Takenaga last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shuichi Takenaga closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 12 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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