# UNITED

> UNITED is a VC fund in Shibuya backing Apps and Software. See 89 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shibuya, Japan
- Total investments: 89
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 28%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ユナイテッド株式会社
- Website: http://united.jp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/united.jp.inc

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.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for UNITED. Shizune tracks 8 team members at UNITED. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/united-inc?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $645k–$4.4M |
| Series A | $868k–$43M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 11 | 12% |
| Software | 11 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 10 | 11% |
| Media and Entertainment | 10 | 11% |
| Consulting | 9 | 10% |

156 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 35 | 39% |
| Series A | 16 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 16 | 18% |
| Corporate Round | 5 | 6% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 5 | 6% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 80 | 90% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1% |
| Singapore | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Enomoto Yoshikane | Executive Officer | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enomoto-yoshikane |
| Hidetoshi Izuoka | Director & Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hidetoshi-izuoka |
| Igarashi Ken | Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ken-ken-igarashi |
| Kumi Nakamura | Executive Officer-Finance, Corporate Planning, IR, Legal | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kumi-nakamura |
| Masashi Irako | Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masashi-irako |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WAKA | WAKA is a studio that produces metaverse games and specializes in contract development for domestic businesses. | $1.6M | Seed | May 31, 2026 |  |
| Movus Technologies | Movus Technologies Indonesia is automotive company that provides car ownership rental services. |  | Corporate Round | May 15, 2026 |  |
| Movus Technologies | Movus Technologies Indonesia is automotive company that provides car ownership rental services. | $10.5M | Series B | May 15, 2026 |  |
| LEAN PATH | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |

10 of 89 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [ANOBAKA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kvp) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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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 and $868k–$43M at Series A. 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 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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