# TransCosmos

> TransCosmos is a VC fund in Mountain View backing Internet and Software. See 68 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mountain View, United States
- Total investments: 68
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/transcosmos-america-inc-
- Website: http://www.transcosmos.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/transcosmosamerica

TransCosmos is a VC fund in Mountain View focused on Internet and Software. Transcosmos Investments & Business Development, Inc., is a strategic corporate investor and an active local business partner for Internet-based U.S. technology companies expanding into the Japanese and Asian marketplace.It is offering capitalization of joint ventures, infrastructure development, strategic relationships, and localization tocompanies in the U.S. technology sector. Transcosmos Investments' portfolios, which focus on companies specializing in digital marketing, e-commerce and digital media, include such brand names as Ask.com, DoubleClick Inc., RealNetworks Inc., NetRatings Inc., Atom/Shockwave Entertainment, Inc., Become, Inc., Pheedo, Inc. and Brightcove, Inc.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for TransCosmos. Shizune tracks 7 team members at TransCosmos. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/transcosmos?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $1.1M–$20M |
| Series B | $6M–$30M |
| Series C | $3M–$60M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 18 | 26% |
| Software | 12 | 18% |
| E-Commerce | 12 | 18% |
| Advertising | 9 | 13% |
| SaaS | 6 | 9% |

86 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 23 | 34% |
| Series A | 14 | 21% |
| Series C | 10 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 8 | 12% |
| Seed | 4 | 6% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 41 | 60% |
| Singapore | 3 | 4% |
| China | 2 | 3% |
| Japan | 2 | 3% |
| Indonesia | 2 | 3% |

12 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| James Geddes | Co-Founder & Senior Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-geddes |
| Kenji Kamiya | Senior Managing Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenji-kamiya |
| Kenji Matsubara | Director, Senior Corporate Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenji-matsubara |
| Kentaro Ogata | Senior Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kentaro-ogata |
| Kohara Hiroyuki | Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kohara-hiroyuki |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Erasco | Erasco is Indonesia’s largest B2B trucking platform. Kargo’s product suites can seamlessly integrate with any business and empower supply chains to work with more transparency & efficiency. Kargo’s workflow tools allow freight to be priced, tracked and billed with technology. Kargo’s platform has highly managed and vetted transporters alongwith reputation systems to instill trust. The platform has managed to grow to tens of thousands of truckers and attracted notable clients such as some of the world's largest MNCs, the largest eCommerce platforms, and thousands of SME businesses | $1.1M | Series A | Nov 15, 2022 |  |
| Bambuser | Bambuser is a SaaS software offering live video shopping.Bambuser was founded in 2007 as the world's first company with a platform for interactive mobile live video broadcasting and is a leading supplier in the live video segment. In late 2019, Bambuser launched a new flagship product that enables live shopping directly on the brand'swebsite. Live Video Shopping is the first of its kind outside of Asia and is today used by some of the world's largest brands and e-commerce companies. Bambuser is listed on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market and is headquartered in Stockholm. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Mar 15, 2022 |  |
| Anchanto | Anchanto is an eCommerce distributor, an asset-light enabler, an offline retailer transforming to omni-channel, a B2B logistics company trying to start eCommerce fulfillment, or an SME scaling online business, you have your own unique set of challenges. Anchanto’s cutting-edge technology simplifies backend operations, and helps you achieveunprecedented productivity through automated selling management. | $7.1M | Series B | May 09, 2017 |  |
| Reply.ai | We're on a mission to remove frustration and save people's time when interacting with a business.We build software that makes serving customers at scale more efficient by automating repetitive processes and delivering instant and personalized attention on the customer's preferred communication channels. Our goal is to save time,reduce cost and improve the overall customer experience. | $1.2M | Seed | Dec 01, 2016 |  |
| Infracommerce | Infracommerce is a full-service e-commerce and is established in 2012 with the objective of providing technology and management solutions for retail and industry.Based in Brazil, Infracommerce brings together the expertise of professionals with over twenty years experience, more than 4500 employees divided into three business units. Thecompany's mission is to provide services and systems that enable the retailer a greater efficiency and scale while selling online. Infracommerce excels because of the constant search for technological innovation, improvement of services, and a model that optimizes the actions of customers generating greater sales performance and ecosystem efficiency. |  | Series C | Nov 07, 2016 |  |
| EmporioCommerce | EmporioCommerce provides a regional e-commerce solution for brands.Emporio Commerce offers a turn key solution for brands to sell their products online including Warehouse & Fulfillment, Logistics, Customer Service, Payments, Business Intelligence, IT Software Development and Online Marketing.With offices in Argentina, Mexico, Brasil,Colombia, Chile and Uruguay Emporio Commerce has partnered with today’s top global brands across Latin America.Emporio Commerce is backed by MercadoLibre, Inc and Transcosmos, Inc. |  | Series A | Jan 01, 2016 |  |
| italist | italist is one of the first platforms to offer direct-to-consumer imports of luxury and designer goods exclusively from partner boutiques in Italy. Through italist, savvy shoppers find the latest, expertly-curated luxury fashion at the Italian retail price—40% lower on average.More details here:https://www.italist.com/us/about_us | $500K | Seed | Feb 02, 2015 |  |
| Luxola | Luxola was launched in Singapore in 2011 and has quickly grown into the destination for beauty in Southeast Asia; carrying over 4000 products and serving customers across the region including Australia, India and the UAE. Easily accessible. Luxola is committed to providing you with outstanding customer service and bringing you the best brandsfrom around the world, under one platform. All of our products are 100% authentic. We carry over 250 brands, of which over 65 brands across multiple markets are exclusive to Luxola.Education empowers our customers. With each product, Luxola provides ‘how-to’ advice and a review platform, giving you the power to hear from others with similar skin tones and types.Staying relevant is at the core of everything we do. In addition to providing a platform to purchase all your beauty favourites when you want, every week we pen LX Edit, our digital lifestyle magazine, offering inspiration and the latest insight into makeup, skincare, hair and celebrity fashion. | $3M | Series C | May 26, 2014 |  |
| Ookbee | Ookbee Group is the largest storytelling ecosystem in Thailand who operates reputable user-generated content platforms among young generations concerning novels, e-books, music, audio, and video live-streaming including Joylada, Tunwalai, Ookbee, Fictionlog, Storylog, Beeber and Fungjai. | $7M | Series B | Apr 07, 2014 |  |
| Luxola | Luxola was launched in Singapore in 2011 and has quickly grown into the destination for beauty in Southeast Asia; carrying over 4000 products and serving customers across the region including Australia, India and the UAE. Easily accessible. Luxola is committed to providing you with outstanding customer service and bringing you the best brandsfrom around the world, under one platform. All of our products are 100% authentic. We carry over 250 brands, of which over 65 brands across multiple markets are exclusive to Luxola.Education empowers our customers. With each product, Luxola provides ‘how-to’ advice and a review platform, giving you the power to hear from others with similar skin tones and types.Staying relevant is at the core of everything we do. In addition to providing a platform to purchase all your beauty favourites when you want, every week we pen LX Edit, our digital lifestyle magazine, offering inspiration and the latest insight into makeup, skincare, hair and celebrity fashion. | $10M | Series B | Mar 10, 2014 |  |

10 of 68 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mayfield Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mayfield-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [Attractor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/attractor-investment-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Audax Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/audax-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does TransCosmos invest in?

TransCosmos invests primarily in Internet, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 68 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is TransCosmos's check size?

TransCosmos typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$20M at Series A, $6M–$30M at Series B and $3M–$60M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds TransCosmos participates in.

### How do I contact TransCosmos?

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### Who are the partners at TransCosmos?

The team at TransCosmos includes James Geddes (Co-Founder & Senior Managing Director), Kenji Kamiya (Senior Managing Executive Officer) and Kenji Matsubara (Director, Senior Corporate Executive Officer), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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