# Tomotake Kitazawa

> Tomotake Kitazawa is a Series B investor at JAFCO (Tokyo) backing Information Technology and CRM. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [JAFCO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jafco-co-ltd)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomotake-kitazawa-29b24449/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kitazawa.tomotake

Tomotake Kitazawa is a Series B investor at JAFCO in Tokyo focused on Information Technology and CRM. Joined JAFCO in 2010. Main investments include Aiming, GameWith, MUJIN, Synspective, Splink, atama plus, Aperza, Holmes, dotData, and Campfire. Received a Master's degree from Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 2 | 29% |
| CRM | 1 | 14% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| Web3 | 1 | 14% |
| Legal | 1 | 14% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 3 | 43% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series C | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Commune | Commune is a developer of a platform that supports connections, community building, and customers between organizations and people. | $27M | Series C | Sep 03, 2025 |  |
| Synspective | Synspective provides SAR data and remote monitoring services to government agencies. Its satellite data technology utilizes and integrates data from satellite constellations, big data, and machine learning. It provides various satellite services, including remote sensing and satellite imagery using small-sized SAR satellites that can measure humanactivity over a wide area on earth, regardless of time or weather. | $96.3M | Series B | Mar 28, 2022 |  |
| Splink | Splink is a health-tech company that specialises in “brain healthcare,” developing AI-driven medical solutions that support the prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and management of brain disorders such as dementia in an ageing society. The company combines brain science and artificial intelligence to build software and data platforms thatassist clinicians and health systems in improving neurological care. | $9.8M | Seed | Nov 17, 2021 |  |
| Thirdverse | Thirdverse is a web3 and virtual reality game studio that develops and operates multiplayer virtual reality games. The company combines the technology of blockchain to create an economic zone and a virtual world, enabling customers to experience seamless gameplay in a virtual environment.Thirdverse was founded in 2016 and is headquartered nTokyo, Japan. | $11.5M | Series B | Aug 10, 2021 |  |
| Aperza | Aperza's mission is to contribute to redesigning the manufacturing industry by eliminating three barriers in the industry which are the barrier of information, transaction and communication which most of companies and people often face in this industry.Manufacturing industry is Japanese core industry. We would like to contribute to therebirth of this industry by those activities such as supporting those companies who challenges the global market and supporting those start-ups who tries brand-new industry trend such as Industry 4.0, smart factory or IoT. We believe that this lead to the increase of the people in this industry, and the growth of the industry eventually. | $170.1M | Series B | Jul 31, 2019 |  |
| Holmes | Holmesis a cloud contract system to consistently carry out the creation, conclusion and management of contracts in the cloud. | $73.7M | Series A | Nov 01, 2018 |  |
| Aperza | Aperza's mission is to contribute to redesigning the manufacturing industry by eliminating three barriers in the industry which are the barrier of information, transaction and communication which most of companies and people often face in this industry.Manufacturing industry is Japanese core industry. We would like to contribute to therebirth of this industry by those activities such as supporting those companies who challenges the global market and supporting those start-ups who tries brand-new industry trend such as Industry 4.0, smart factory or IoT. We believe that this lead to the increase of the people in this industry, and the growth of the industry eventually. | $85M | Series A | Jul 04, 2017 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [GMO VenturePartners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gmo-venturepartners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Japan Post Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japan-post-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Startups Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500startups-japan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Abies Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abies-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BEENEXT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bee-next) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About JAFCO

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Since its founding in 1973, JAFCO has always worked with leading-edge entrepreneurs. The total capital commitments of its investment funds in Japan and overseas have exceeded 1 trillion yen and the number of portfolio IPOs to date has reached over 1,000. In addition to venture investment, JAFCO also carries out buyout investment and commit to thecreations of innovative technologies and services worldwide. As entrepreneurs’ closest partner in bringing their visions to life, JAFCO provides support in areas of HR, marketing/ sales, and back-office operations, in addition to providing financing.

5 contacts available at JAFCO.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Haruyoshi Onuma | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haruyoshi-onuma |
| Keisuke Miyoshi | President and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keisuke-miyoshi |
| Taira Kobayashi | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taira-kobayashi |
| Takahara Mizuki | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takahara-mizuki |
| Tomotake Kitazawa | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tomotake-kitazawa |

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## FAQ

### What does Tomotake Kitazawa invest in?

Tomotake Kitazawa invests primarily in Information Technology, CRM and SaaS startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Tomotake Kitazawa last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tomotake Kitazawa closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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