# Uenoyama Katsuya

> Uenoyama Katsuya is a seed investor at PKSHA Technology (Burlingame) backing Fashion and Software. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [PKSHA Technology](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pksha-technology-inc-)
- Location: Burlingame, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/uenoyama-katsuya-a15b5b17
- Website: https://x.com/katsuyauenoyama
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uenoyama.katsuya

Uenoyama Katsuya is a seed investor at PKSHA Technology in Burlingame focused on Fashion and Software. Uenoyama Katsuya is based out of Burlingame, California, and is the CEO and Founder of PKSHA Technology. Uenoyama previously worked at The Boston Consulting Group as a Consultant. Uenoyama Katsuya attended The University of Tokyo.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $9M–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fashion | 2 | 40% |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Advertising | 2 | 40% |
| SNS | 1 | 20% |
| Legal | 1 | 20% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Angel | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reiwa Travel | Reiwa Travel Company Overview Reiwa Travel is a digital travel agency with the mission to "Design New Travel Experiences." We aim to offer innovative experiences and new societal value in international travel. Since April 2022, we have been offering the international travel booking app 'NEWT'. Our goal is to maximize the digitaltransformation (DX) of booking and management tasks in the travel industry, providing unprecedented “easy, affordable, customizable, and secure” package tours. We are committed to creating social value through the experience of international travel.International Travel Booking App 'NEWT' Service Overview 'NEWT' is an international travel booking app designed to create new travel experiences for new era. It offers an easy booking process, achieves cost-effective pricing, creates customizable trips that meet individual needs, and provides the security that makes travelers feel they made the right choice with NEWT.International Travel Booking App 'NEWT': https://app.adjust.com/iidu9wiWeb version 'NEWT': https://newt.net/ | $33.5M | Series A | Sep 09, 2024 |  |
| Mntsq | MNTSQ is a legal tech venture company that provides products to law firms to streamline legal due diligence operations. | $113.4M | Corporate Round | Oct 21, 2019 |  |
| Neural Pocket | Neural Pocket provides Smart City related services for commercial buildings and urban spaces utilizing AI enabled image recognition technology. The company focuses on business development and co-creation serve its clients. Other applications include solutions for digitalization of factories, warehouses, parking lots and retail stores. | $9M | Seed | Mar 01, 2018 |  |
| AppBrew | AppBrew is a technology company that develops internet services focused on the beauty industry. The company operates the LIPS platform, which features user reviews and various campaigns for social commerce. AppBrew also offers a marketing tool called "LIPS for BRANDS" to help beauty companies analyze user behavior and design strategies. | $10.8M | Seed | Oct 30, 2017 |  |
| Babel | Babel is creating meaningful media for users and expanding globally. |  | Angel | Aug 31, 2017 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SMBC-GB Growth Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-gb-growth-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [31Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/31ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Akatsuki Securities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akatsuki-securities) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ANRI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anri) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chiba Dojo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chiba-dojo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About PKSHA Technology

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

PKSHA Technology is an information technology company that provides data analytics solutions for its clients. PKSHA technology was founded in 2012 by engineers and researchers who research algorithms. It is composed of engineers and researchers in the field of information science in order to provide one-stop services from the most advancedtechnology in the algorithm domain to its application.

5 contacts available at PKSHA Technology.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daisuke Fujioka | Corporate Auditor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daisuke-fujioka |
| Masayuki Shimomura | part-time auditor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masayuki-shimomura |
| Mizutani Takehiko | Outside Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizutani-takehiko |
| Uenoyama Katsuya | CEO and Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uenoyama-katsuya |
| Yosuke Matsushima | Outside Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yosuke-matsushima |

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## FAQ

### What does Uenoyama Katsuya invest in?

Uenoyama Katsuya invests primarily in Fashion, Software and Advertising startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Uenoyama Katsuya's check size?

Uenoyama Katsuya typically joins rounds of $9M–$11M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Uenoyama Katsuya participates in.

### When did Uenoyama Katsuya last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Uenoyama Katsuya closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 5 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?

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