# Value Create

> Value Create is a VC fund in Tokyo backing E-Commerce and SNS. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/value-create/about/
- Website: http://valuecreate.net/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/valuecreate1/

Value Create is a venture capital firm focused on management consulting business and investment business.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Value Create. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Value Create. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/value-create?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 33% |
| SNS | 1 | 17% |
| Apps | 1 | 17% |
| Retail | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 3 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Akira Sato | Co-Founder | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akira-sato |
| Barry O'Neill | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barry-o-neill-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| YeLL | YeLL is a company that help transform the organization by making the real sound of employees visible. | $2.1M | Series B | Jun 04, 2024 |  |
| IIF | A farm in your pocket. | $2.2M | Seed | Mar 01, 2024 |  |
| Knowledge Merchants Works | Knowledge Merchant Works Co., Ltd. is offering the next-generation leader “Juku” series, which provides business and organizational transformation projects to the next generation of store service leaders, and the application series, “Hata,” which helps improve store productivity. Luck® Platform ”. | $38.3M | Series A | Sep 03, 2018 |  |
| Virtusize | Virtusize is a revolutionary service that helps you find your right size and fit when shopping fashion online, by comparing a garment you are looking to buy with a garment you own. By installing our solution with online retailers, Virtusize helps to remove the largest obstacle to shopping for clothes online, significantly increasing sales andreducing returns. Our rapidly growing number of leading global brands include Uniqlo, New Balance, Kate Spade, Acne, Balenciaga, Allsaints, United Arrows and Lumine etc. | $212.6M |  | Jun 20, 2018 |  |
| Branding Enginner | BrandingEnginner is an IT-based company that develops web services and smartphone apps for its clients. It is committed to developing IT human resources market. The company is based in Shibuya, Kanagawa. | $14.2M |  | Jul 04, 2016 |  |
| Hachimenroppi | Hachimenroppi provides a fish delivery service for restaurants. It buys fish from markets and brokers and delivers it to Japanese restaurants or diners. | $1.5M |  | Oct 09, 2013 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Vector](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vector-inc-) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AgFunder](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agfunder) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Brainpad](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brainpad) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [D4V](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/d4v) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DD Holdings Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dd-holdings-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Value Create invest in?

Value Create invests primarily in E-Commerce, SNS and Apps startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Value Create?

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### Who are the partners at Value Create?

The team at Value Create includes Akira Sato (Co-Founder) and Barry O'Neill (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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