UNITED
VC Fund
Shibuya, Japan
UNITED is a VC fund in Shibuya focused on Apps and Software. UNITED, Inc. is developing the smart phone app and the advertising technology business.
- Total investments:
- 89
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 28%
Last updated:
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Industries UNITED invests in
Stages UNITED invests in
Countries UNITED invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 8 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $645k–$4.4M
- Series A
- $868k–$43M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $1.1M–$30M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Apps 11 (12%)
- Software 11 (12%)
- Information Technology 10 (11%)
- Media and Entertainment 10 (11%)
- Consulting 9 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 35 (39%)
- Series A 16 (18%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 13 (15%)
- Funding Round 8 (9%)
- Corporate Round 5 (6%)
Country
- Japan 80 (90%)
- Nigeria 1 (1%)
- Indonesia 1 (1%)
- Singapore 1 (1%)
- United States 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Enomoto Yoshikane
Executive Officer
|
Executive Officer | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Hidetoshi Izuoka
Director & Executive Officer
|
Director & Executive Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Igarashi Ken
Operating Officer
|
Operating Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Kumi Nakamura
Executive Officer-Finance, Corporate Planning, IR, Legal
|
Executive Officer-Finance, Corporate Planning, IR, Legal | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Masashi Irako
Operating Officer
|
Operating Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAKA is a studio that produces metaverse games and specializes in contract development for domestic businesses. | $1.6M / Seed / May 31, 2026 | ||
| Movus Technologies Indonesia is automotive company that provides car ownership rental services. | Corporate Round / May 15, 2026 | ||
| Movus Technologies Indonesia is automotive company that provides car ownership rental services. | $10.5M / Series B / May 15, 2026 | ||
| Platform Focus: A core supply chain system designed to be easy to use for all business sizes, connecting enterprises through integrated data. LEAN PATH, a company providing order optimization services for trading companies and manufacturers. | Seed / Mar 24, 2026 | ||
| Penguin Securities is an investment banking firm. The company offers institutional-grade cryptocurrency derivative investment products with innovative structures using traditional finance. | Seed / Feb 04, 2026 | ||
| Shonai is a real estate company that focuses on the development of residential and commercial properties. | $6.4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 30, 2026 | ||
Livetoon
|
Livetoon creates intellectual property characters to access various content artificial intelligence. | $481.5K / Seed / Dec 12, 2025 | |
| Nehan is a software firm that offers AI bidding information and a media outlet that delivers to local government businesses. | $1M / Seed / Dec 04, 2025 | ||
| 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. | $1.4M / Sep 05, 2025 | ||
| FUNDiT is an IT-focused M&A and business consolidation company that specializes in acquiring, managing, and scaling IT companies. | Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 19, 2025 | ||
| See all 89 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does UNITED invest in?
UNITED invests primarily in Apps, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 89 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is UNITED's check size?
UNITED typically joins rounds of $645k–$4.4M at Seed, $868k–$43M at Series A and $1.1M–$30M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds UNITED participates in.
How do I contact UNITED?
Public channels for UNITED include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.
Who are the partners at UNITED?
The team at UNITED includes Enomoto Yoshikane (Executive Officer), Hidetoshi Izuoka (Director & Executive Officer) and Igarashi Ken (Operating Officer), among 8 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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