# Uzabase

> Uzabase is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Content and Information Services. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/uzabase-inc.
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/UZABASE_info
- Website: http://www.uzabase.com/en/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/uzabase

Uzabase is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Content and Information Services. UZABASE is home to Japan's largest industry and corporate database, backed by an in-house team of specialised analysts. Their flagship service, SPEEDA organizes company and industry information and intelligence allowing for more efficient management in the workplace. NewsPicks is a product that uses content provides insight into thediscussions and decisions vital to business in Asia.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Uzabase. Shizune tracks 10 team members at Uzabase. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/uzabase?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.6M–$61M |
| Series A | $1.5M–$16M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Content | 3 | 23% |
| Information Services | 3 | 23% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 23% |
| SNS | 2 | 15% |
| Apps | 2 | 15% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 38% |
| Series A | 4 | 31% |
| Angel | 1 | 8% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 6 | 46% |
| United States | 2 | 15% |
| Singapore | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arano Ryosuke | Business counsel | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arano-ryosuke |
| Mifnaz Jawahar | Executive Officer, SPEEDA Chief Research Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mifnaz-jawahar |
| Oki Matsumoto | External Director | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oki-matsumoto |
| Ota Tomoyuki | Executive officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ota-tomoyuki |
| Shimada Noriko | Corporate Auditor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shimada-noriko |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Baseconnect | Baseconnect Co., Ltd. connects people from all over the world and spends one-tenth the time it takes for people to “know”. | $41.2M | Series B | Feb 07, 2023 |  |
| EventHub | EventHub is an event technology company on a mission to connect people. Since their inception they have provided event apps and communication tools to a wide variety of events, from conferences, exhibitions, symposiums to music festivals. Their main product "EventHub" helps event organizers create the best networking experience for theirattendees, exhibitors and sponsors. | $4.5M | Series A | Nov 01, 2022 |  |
| Knowledge Work | Knowledge Work specializes in the development and sales of software for companies. | $1.5M | Series A | Jun 17, 2022 |  |
| Arches | Arches is a sharing platform focusing on Asian market. It's mission is to accelerate the growth of our global clients sharing the respectable knowledge, network, resources of local experts on our platform. We provide the experts / distributors matching platform and help our clients to understand the industry, enter Asian market throughknowledge sharing between the local experts and clients. | $1.6M | Seed | Dec 16, 2021 |  |
| Enquire AI | Enquire is on a mission to make organizations knowledge-efficient. We provide the world’s leading enterprises an AI-powered platform to leverage global subject-matter expertise in real time.Our uniqueness is defined by our software, which starts with Network Pulse. Through Network Pulse, all that clients need to do is submit a question. Fromthere, our AI-driven multifactor algorithm identifies the experts best placed to provide tailored, actionable analysis in 250 words, which smartly arrives in the client’s dashboard within minutes. There on, clients can assess answers according to the experts’ professional background and platform ratings and go deeper with any expert of their choice on a Pulse Call or collaborate longer-term on a Pulse Project. We have made this knowledge journey uniquely empowering and seamless for the client by fitting it to their established workflows for data gathering and research. | $6M | Series A | Dec 14, 2021 |  |
| ONLY STORY | ONLY STORY is a manager matching platform. | $11.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 14, 2021 |  |
| Enquire AI | Enquire is on a mission to make organizations knowledge-efficient. We provide the world’s leading enterprises an AI-powered platform to leverage global subject-matter expertise in real time.Our uniqueness is defined by our software, which starts with Network Pulse. Through Network Pulse, all that clients need to do is submit a question. Fromthere, our AI-driven multifactor algorithm identifies the experts best placed to provide tailored, actionable analysis in 250 words, which smartly arrives in the client’s dashboard within minutes. There on, clients can assess answers according to the experts’ professional background and platform ratings and go deeper with any expert of their choice on a Pulse Call or collaborate longer-term on a Pulse Project. We have made this knowledge journey uniquely empowering and seamless for the client by fitting it to their established workflows for data gathering and research. | $2M | Seed | May 22, 2020 |  |
| Baseconnect | Baseconnect Co., Ltd. connects people from all over the world and spends one-tenth the time it takes for people to “know”. | $16.4M | Series A | Feb 10, 2020 |  |
| Realm | Serial Box is an entertainment company that provides serialized entertainment for readers and listeners. The company creates short, immersive stories that you can listen to or read. They produce completely original series and tell official new stories around story worlds like BBC's Orphan Black and characters like Marvel's Black Pantherand Jessica Jones.Serial Box is designed for consumption on smartphones in either an audiobook or e-book format, users can read or listen to each weekly episodic installment. It produces original fiction with a focus on science fiction, fantasy, mystery, crime, and thrillers. The users can use the Serial Box mobile app to access both audio and text and even toggle between them.Serial Box was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY, United States | $9.6M | Seed | Mar 08, 2019 |  |
| Baseconnect | Baseconnect Co., Ltd. connects people from all over the world and spends one-tenth the time it takes for people to “know”. | $61M | Seed | Nov 16, 2018 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Uzabase invest in?

Uzabase invests primarily in Content, Information Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Uzabase's check size?

Uzabase typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$61M at Seed and $1.5M–$16M 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 Uzabase participates in.

### How do I contact Uzabase?

Public channels for Uzabase include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. 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 Uzabase?

The team at Uzabase includes Arano Ryosuke (Business counsel), Mifnaz Jawahar (Executive Officer, SPEEDA Chief Research Officer) and Oki Matsumoto (External Director), among 10 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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