# Yuya Taketani

> Yuya Taketani is a seed investor at Gunosy (Tokyo) backing Apps, News and Mobile. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Gunosy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gunosy)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuya-taketani-69093040
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/taketani0304
- Website: https://gunosy.co.jp/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yuya.taketani?fref=mentions

Yuya Taketani is a seed investor at Gunosy in Tokyo focused on Apps and News. Yuya Taketani - Chief Executive Officer @ Gunosy

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| News | 1 | 33% |
| Mobile | 1 | 33% |
| Politics | 1 | 33% |
| Automotive | 1 | 33% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MySherpa | MySherpa fosters a culture in which people can openly discuss mental health issues. | $824.8K | Series A | Aug 31, 2023 |  |
| Telescope | Telescope Japan Internet Company |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2016 |  |
| Gunosy | Gunosy is a news curation application that covers a wide range of news from entertainment news to political news. The application finds its news from multiple web sources and presents them according to how hot the topic is. Gunosy’s features include categorized tabs; the ability to customize the categories that users need to follow and create theirown personal magazine; instant access to a wide variety of news; and push notifications to remind users of news updates.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Japan. | $4.5M | Seed | Feb 05, 2013 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [B Dash Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-dash-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KIBOW](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kibow-1265) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kyushin Social Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyushin-social-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Seiho Investment Works](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seiho-investment-works) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Gunosy

VC Fund · Minato, Japan

Gunosy is a news curation application that covers a wide range of news from entertainment news to political news. The application finds its news from multiple web sources and presents them according to how hot the topic is. Gunosy’s features include categorized tabs; the ability to customize the categories that users need to follow and create theirown personal magazine; instant access to a wide variety of news; and push notifications to remind users of news updates.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Japan.

5 contacts available at Gunosy.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nishio Kentaro | Executive officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nishio-kentaro |
| Tetsuya Nagashima | Director COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tetsuya-nagashima |
| Yuya Taketani | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taketani-yuya |
| Chiba Hisayoshi | Operating officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chiba-hisayoshi |
| Hiroki Teshima | Outside Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroki-teshima |

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## FAQ

### What does Yuya Taketani invest in?

Yuya Taketani invests primarily in Apps, News and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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 Yuya Taketani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yuya Taketani closed in Aug 2023. 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?

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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