# Tofuku Kawakami

> Tofuku Kawakami is a funding round investor at Industrial Growth Platform backing Finance. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Industrial Growth Platform](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/industrial-growth-platform)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Tofuku Kawakami is a funding round investor at Industrial Growth Platform focused on Finance and Artificial Intelligence. Tofuku Kawakami - Managing Director @ Industrial Growth Platform

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ACES | ACES is providing image recognition algorithms such as object recognition and face and expression recognition | $45.4M |  | Dec 03, 2020 |  |
| ACES | ACES is providing image recognition algorithms such as object recognition and face and expression recognition |  |  | May 22, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Deep30](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deep30) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Industrial Growth Platform

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Industrial Growth Platform provides operational and financial services to companies. It also offers management support, strategic planning, and mergers and acquisition advisory services. Industrial Growth Platform was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

5 contacts available at Industrial Growth Platform.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kazuhiko Toyama | President & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kazuhiko-toyama |
| Makoto Shiono | Partner , Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/makoto-shiono |
| Tofuku Kawakami | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tofuku-kawakami |
| Toshinari Furusawa | Founding Member and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toshinari-furusawa |
| Kawakami Takayoshi | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kawakami-takayoshi |

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## FAQ

### What does Tofuku Kawakami invest in?

Tofuku Kawakami invests primarily in Finance and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Tofuku Kawakami last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tofuku Kawakami closed in Dec 2020. Shizune tracks 2 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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