# The Bank of Okinawa

> The Bank of Okinawa is a VC fund in Okinawa backing Apps, EdTech and Security. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Okinawa, Japan
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.okinawa-bank.co.jp/english/

The Bank of Okinawa is a VC fund in Okinawa focused on Apps and EdTech. The Bank of Okinawa Group comprises the Bank, 8consolidated subsidiaries, and 1 affiliate not accounted for using the equity method.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| EdTech | 1 | 33% |
| Security | 1 | 33% |
| Education | 1 | 33% |
| IT Management | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 33% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HelloWorld | EdTech, International Exchange between Schools | $1.3M | Debt Financing | Aug 30, 2024 |  |
| SecureInnovation | Secure Innovation offers a variety of services and products so that we can propose information security that is tailored to each key, so that we choose the key depending on what we protect.We will respond to various issues that our customers face, such as "I don't know where to start," "I want to strengthen our ownmeasures," so please help us solve information security issues. | $7.1M | Corporate Round | Jul 25, 2018 |  |
| Payke | Payke Multicomponent is an application that allows to view all the information of products in their mother tongue.The application "Payke" makes it possible to connect products around the world to the Internet by utilizing the bar codes that are scattered throughout the world. the company's goal is to build an enormous database basedon barcodes. It is to reorganize and organize products around the world into a single database and allow anyone to freely access there. Anytime, anywhere, anyone will be able to touch the information of products around the world. | $28.3M |  | Jun 28, 2017 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Okinawa Development Finance Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/okinawa-development-finance-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bank of the Ryukyus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bank-of-the-ryukyus) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bank-of-tokyo-mitsubishi-ufj) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beenos Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beenos-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Colopl Next](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colopl-next) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Koza Shinkin Bank — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does The Bank of Okinawa invest in?

The Bank of Okinawa invests primarily in Apps, EdTech and Security startups, most often at Funding Round and Debt Financing 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 The Bank of Okinawa last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for The Bank of Okinawa closed in Aug 2024. 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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