# Tohru Akaura

> Tohru Akaura is a seed investor at Incubate Fund (Tokyo) backing Manufacturing and Aerospace. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Incubate Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/incubate-fund)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 39%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tohru-akaura-74172a5

Tohru Akaura is a seed investor at Incubate Fund in Tokyo focused on Manufacturing and Aerospace. Tohru Akaura joined Incubate Fund as General Partner in 2010.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 6 | 26% |
| Aerospace | 4 | 17% |
| Space Travel | 3 | 13% |
| Robotics | 2 | 9% |
| Software | 2 | 9% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 39% |
| Series A | 5 | 22% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 13% |
| Series B | 2 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nutribase | Nutribase is a manufacturing company that develops and sells nutritional powders for the growth and development of children. | $316.9K | Seed | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| Mjolnir Spaceworks | Mjolnir Spaceworks desings and manufactures state-of-the-art novel space rockets with efficient engines as well as other space equipments. | $7.5M | Series B | May 29, 2026 |  |
| PathAhead | PathAhead develops materials for road and infrastructure construction using underutilized desert sand. The company’s core product, Rising Sand, is an artificial aggregate engineered to provide high durability for paved roads. PathAhead focuses on improving road longevity and performance while using locally available sand resources. Its solutionstarget public infrastructure projects and private developers in regions with growing transportation networks. The organization works with partners including corporate backers to advance material development and deployment. | $853.4K | Seed | Apr 27, 2026 |  |
| Innovative Space Carrier | Innovative Space Carrier is a aerospace company that offers space transportation systems, planning, drafting and technology strategies. | $20.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 11, 2026 |  |
| SUiCTE | SUiCTE develops advanced semiconductor image sensors and high-performance camera systems specifically engineered for space satellites, delivering reliable, radiation-tolerant, and precision-driven imaging solutions under contract for aerospace agencies, research institutions, and commercial space missions. | $911.7K | Seed | Feb 18, 2026 |  |
| pHydrogen | pHydrogen advancing electrolyzers with earth-abundant resources. | $2.1M | Seed | Jun 23, 2025 |  |
| Ark Edge Space | ArkEdge Space is a manufacturer of microsatellites aimed at promoting space development and usage. The company develops and tests an ultra-small spacecraft that is responsible for communication and positioning systems for lunar activities, as well as establishes a method for cost reduction and mass production of high-performance 6U satellites,allowing businesses in positioning and communication technology to benefit the community by meeting their space needs. | $51.9M | Series B | Feb 04, 2025 |  |
| Mjolnir Spaceworks | Mjolnir Spaceworks desings and manufactures state-of-the-art novel space rockets with efficient engines as well as other space equipments. | $2M | Series A | Jan 10, 2025 |  |
| Letara | Letara operates a space technology platform with the intention to serve a logistics network covering the solar system. The company produces hybrid propulsion engines for small spacecraft, promoting groundbreaking advances in space propulsion with high thrust, safe, and inexpensive propulsion system technology. | $3.2M | Seed | Nov 29, 2024 |  |
| Paytner | Paytner is providing services to support freelance people's funding. The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation whereproblems such as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated. | $8.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 08, 2024 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [JIC Venture Growth Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jic-venture-growth-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [DOGAN beta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dogan) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ENEOS Innovation Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eneos-innovation-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [JAFCO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jafco-co-ltd) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Incubate Fund

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.

5 contacts available at Incubate Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tohru Akaura | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tohru-akaura |
| Dave Kwong | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dave-kwong |
| Katsunari Goto | Legal Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katsunari-goto |
| Kazuki Notsu | General Partner at Incubate Fund US | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kazuki-nozu |
| Keisuke Wada | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keisuke-wada |

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## FAQ

### What does Tohru Akaura invest in?

Tohru Akaura invests primarily in Manufacturing, Aerospace and Space Travel startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Tohru Akaura last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tohru Akaura closed in Aug 2026. Shizune tracks 23 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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