# Tokyo Gas

> Tokyo Gas is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Energy and Internet of Things. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 21%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tokyo-gas-asia-pte-ltd/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/tg_valuelease
- Website: http://www.tokyo-gas.co.jp/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tokyogas.jp

Tokyo Gas is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Energy and Internet of Things. Tokyo Gas provides energy solutions and engages in the production and supply of city gas. Tokyo Gas is a provider of city gas, serving more than 11 million customers for over 130 years, primarily in the Tokyo metropolitan area and surrounding Kanto region. The company was established in 1885 and based in Tokyo, Japan.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $4.7M–$17M |
| Series B | $6.3M–$38M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 4 | 21% |
| Internet of Things | 3 | 16% |
| SNS | 2 | 11% |
| SaaS | 2 | 11% |
| Internet | 2 | 11% |

46 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 5 | 26% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 21% |
| Corporate Round | 3 | 16% |
| Series A | 2 | 11% |
| Seed | 1 | 5% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 14 | 74% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Asano Sōichirō | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asano-s%C5%8Dichir%C5%8D |
| Hisao Watanabe | Chief Executive of Information Technology Division | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hisao-watanabe |
| Michiaki Hirose | Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michiaki-hirose |
| Osamu Tanabe | Head of Fundamental Technology Department | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/osamu-tanabe |
| Shibusawa Eiichi | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shibusawa-eiichi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Creattura | Creatura assists companies in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by generating and distributing carbon credits and promoting the adoption of renewable energy sources. | $6.3M | Series B | Aug 07, 2026 |  |
| Shizen Connect | Shizen Connect develops energy management systems that coordinate distributed energy resources such as battery storage systems, electric vehicles, solar power equipment, and virtual power plant platforms. The company provides software and control services that support demand response, battery storage operations, microgrid management, remotemonitoring, and energy optimization for utilities, real estate companies, and energy operators. Its platform integrates IoT and cloud-based technologies to manage energy consumption, electricity trading, and grid balancing across residential, commercial, and industrial environments. Shizen Connect also offers edge devices and SaaS-based tools that support remote metering, energy visualization, and device control across multiple energy assets. | $17M | Series A | May 25, 2026 |  |
| Ugo | UGO is creating future avatar robots and a platform that connects the administration of multiple robots to achieve the ''fusion of humans and robots,'' or ''collaboration with robots to perform employment that used to be performed only by humans. |  | Series B | Apr 15, 2026 |  |
| MeetsMore | MeetsMore is a service that matches professionals and users who mainly provide face-to-face services |  | Series B | Mar 04, 2025 |  |
| Meson | Meson Tokyo provides Games, Entertainment, AR, software, game basic technology, application development, VR & AR. |  | Seed | Dec 10, 2024 |  |
| Nature | Nature offers a product that enables its users to save money by controlling the use of their air conditioners.The product that the company offers is an air conditioner controller that transforms any window-mounted or through-wall AC into a smart one, equipped with infrared, power control, and sensors that, along with a mobile app for voicesensors, enabling users to operate household appliances with just one smartphone to control their ACs. It transforms the operation of room air conditioners (ACs) to improve comfort and efficiency for consumers while reducing energy demand peaks for utilities with simple, inexpensive, and easy-to-install device.The Boston, Massachusetts-based company was incorporated by Mash Ohtsuka and Haruumi Shiode in 2014. | $7.6M | Series D | Jun 27, 2024 |  |
| Enechain | enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy. | $38M | Series B | Apr 26, 2024 |  |
| AIsing | AIsing specializes in developing embedded mechanical-motion-prediction solutions and statistical analysis tools. Its product includes Deep Binary Tree SaaS. It is an artificial intelligence program for mechanical control that predicts mechanical motion. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 13, 2024 |  |
| Nature | Nature offers a product that enables its users to save money by controlling the use of their air conditioners.The product that the company offers is an air conditioner controller that transforms any window-mounted or through-wall AC into a smart one, equipped with infrared, power control, and sensors that, along with a mobile app for voicesensors, enabling users to operate household appliances with just one smartphone to control their ACs. It transforms the operation of room air conditioners (ACs) to improve comfort and efficiency for consumers while reducing energy demand peaks for utilities with simple, inexpensive, and easy-to-install device.The Boston, Massachusetts-based company was incorporated by Mash Ohtsuka and Haruumi Shiode in 2014. | $6.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 07, 2024 |  |
| Octopus Energy Group | Octopus Energy builds technology that reduces the cost of energy to improve the customer experience. | $790.8M | Private Equity | Dec 18, 2023 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Energy & Environment Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/energy-environment-investment) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Origin Energy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/origin-energy) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [CPP Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canada-pension-plan-investment-board) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Generation Investment Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/generation-investment-management) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [CPP Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cpp-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Tokyo Gas invest in?

Tokyo Gas invests primarily in Energy, Internet of Things and SNS startups, most often at Series B and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Tokyo Gas's check size?

Tokyo Gas typically joins rounds of $4.7M–$17M at Series A and $6.3M–$38M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Tokyo Gas participates in.

### How do I contact Tokyo Gas?

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### Who are the partners at Tokyo Gas?

The team at Tokyo Gas includes Asano Sōichirō (Co-Founder), Hisao Watanabe (Chief Executive of Information Technology Division) and Michiaki Hirose (Chairman), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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