# Takuo Inoue

> Takuo Inoue is a funding round investor at Carbide Ventures backing Hardware and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Carbide Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carbide-ventures)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2005
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://jp.linkedin.com/pub/takuo-inoue/1/28/1a

Takuo Inoue is a funding round investor at Carbide Ventures focused on Hardware and Software. Takuo Inoue

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hardware | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nozomi Photonics | Nozomi Photonics Co., Ltd. engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of thin film optical waveguide wafers, components, and subsystems. The company develops wave guide optical switches and beam deflectors. Its solutions are used in optical cross connects, add-drop multiplexers, packet switches, interconnections, line protection switches,laser beam printers, and surface inspection systems. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Kawasaki City, Japan. | $8M |  | Aug 30, 2005 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [NTT Finance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ntt-finance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [T Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tokio-marine-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Carbide Ventures

VC Fund

Carbide Ventures is a venture capital firm.

4 contacts available at Carbide Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pankaj Tibrewal | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pankaj-tibrewal |
| Bill Tai | Special Limited Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-tai |
| Dan Weirich | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-weirich |
| Takuo Inoue | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takuo-inoue |

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## FAQ

### What does Takuo Inoue invest in?

Takuo Inoue invests primarily in Hardware and Software startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Takuo Inoue last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Takuo Inoue closed in Aug 2005. Shizune tracks 1 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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