First Light Capital
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
First Light Capital is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Information Technology and Software. First Light Capital is venture capital firm.
- Total investments:
- 48
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 27%
- Fund size:
- $1.5B
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries First Light Capital invests in
Stages First Light Capital invests in
Countries First Light Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $50k–$1.9M
- Series A
- $2M–$16M
- Series B
- $3.2M–$18M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 9 (19%)
- Software 6 (13%)
- Advertising 4 (8%)
- SaaS 3 (6%)
- Health Care 3 (6%)
Stage
- Seed 16 (33%)
- Series A 8 (17%)
- Series B 6 (13%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 5 (10%)
- Series C 3 (6%)
Country
- Japan 26 (54%)
- United States 2 (4%)
- Hong Kong 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chiamin Lai
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Ayaka Suzuki
Investment Associate
|
Investment Associate | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Osamu Iwasawa
President, Founder and CEO
|
President, Founder and CEO | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
Riho Mashima
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 3 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyle provides a cloud based platform for product management helping customers to improve productivity & creativity in product development. | $11.9M / Series A / Oct 06, 2026 | ||
| Genba Hub specializes in providing business management systems for construction and maintenance enterprises. | $440.6K / Seed / Aug 24, 2026 | ||
| Monochrome is creating a home operating system in order to power the next generation of energy-producing homes and roofs. The company is based in Chuo Ward, Tokyo. | $10.7M / Series B / Apr 22, 2026 | ||
| LobbyAI provides a wide range of services related to artificial intelligence, particularly around database construction and management. | $1.9M / Seed / Mar 17, 2026 | ||
| Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services. | $3.2M / Series B / Nov 12, 2025 | ||
| Monoxer is a Information Technology. | $12.2M / Series C / Oct 28, 2025 | ||
| Coco is a communication tool. They develop software that will help the service sector become more customer-oriented. They improve customer satisfaction by digitizing customer surveys and converting telephone interactions with customers to text chat. | $2M / Series A / Oct 21, 2025 | ||
| SoftRoid provides a software robot that patrols and collects data for analyzing the construction site. | $10M / Series A / Sep 25, 2025 | ||
| Commune is a developer of a platform that supports connections, community building, and customers between organizations and people. | $27M / Series C / Sep 03, 2025 | ||
| Oohmatch is an advertising company that specializes in marketing products and businesses through outdoor promotions and publicity. | $813.4K / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 05, 2025 | ||
| See all 48 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does First Light Capital invest in?
First Light Capital invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Advertising startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 48 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does First Light Capital invest in?
First Light Capital typically joins rounds of $50k–$1.9M at Seed, $2M–$16M at Series A and $3.2M–$18M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not First Light Capital's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds First Light Capital took part in.
How do I contact First Light Capital?
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Who are the partners at First Light Capital?
The team at First Light Capital includes Chiamin Lai (Managing Partner), Ayaka Suzuki (Investment Associate) and Osamu Iwasawa (President, Founder and CEO). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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