# Umeda Takuya

> Umeda Takuya is a venture - series unknown investor at Sun Asterisk backing Education. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sun Asterisk](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sun-asterisk)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/takuya-umeda-9bba7435

Umeda Takuya is a venture - series unknown investor at Sun Asterisk focused on Education and Recruiting. Umeda Takuya - Director @ Sun Asterisk

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 1 | 100% |
| Recruiting | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sun Asterisk | Sun Asterisk provides digital creative studio business promoting industrial digitalization. | $3.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 28, 2020 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [15th Rock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/15th-rock) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Innovation Growth Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovation-growth-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [So-net](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/so-net) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Sun Asterisk

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Sun Asterisk provides digital creative studio business promoting industrial digitalization.

3 contacts available at Sun Asterisk.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Umeda Takuya | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/umeda-takuya |
| Taihei Kobayashi | President and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taihei-kobayashi |
| Takakura Kenichi | Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takakura-kenichi |

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## FAQ

### What does Umeda Takuya invest in?

Umeda Takuya invests primarily in Education and Recruiting startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Umeda Takuya last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Umeda Takuya closed in Feb 2020. Shizune tracks 1 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?

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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