# Venture United

> Venture United is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Software and Travel. See 50 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 50
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last fund: Oct 2017
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A6%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%86%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E6%A0%AA%E5%BC%8F%E4%BC%9A%E7%A4%BE
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/VENTURE_UNITED_
- Website: https://ventureunited.jp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A6%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%86%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E6%A0%AA%E5%BC%8F%E4%BC%9A%E7%A4%BE-744738645716207/

Venture United is a provider of venture capital for entrepreneurs, especially for internet-related businesses.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Venture United. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Venture United. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/venture-united?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $39k–$21M |
| Series A | $500k–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 18% |
| Travel | 8 | 16% |
| Apps | 7 | 14% |
| Content | 7 | 14% |
| Internet | 6 | 12% |

83 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 25 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 13 | 26% |
| Series A | 8 | 16% |
| Angel | 1 | 2% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 2% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Yozo Kaneko | CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yozo-kaneko |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Meetcareer | Meetcareer offers a career programme. The users can understand their strengths and make use of them. The company identifies organizational issues for clients to investigate further, as well as issues based on hidden real intentions. The services help users consult with a professional career counsellor online and offer a text programme that isconducted by email, enabling clients to solve career development problems. | $410.6K | Seed | Jun 02, 2021 |  |
| Zest | ZEST is an IT firm that offers consulting and management support services to its clients. It is based in Tokyo. | $679.3K | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 08, 2021 |  |
| FamiOne | FamiOne is creating a society that will support the future of couples who want to receive children. | $1.4M | Series A | Apr 06, 2020 |  |
| Xmart | Xmart is a Costs can be reduced by simply sending invoices for one month. | $17M | Seed | Sep 24, 2019 |  |
| Hubble | Cloud-based software specialized for contracts and other legal documents | $21.3M | Seed | Aug 19, 2019 |  |
| Hubble Japan | Hubble is created for document management by organizations of all sizes and industries! | $21.3M | Seed | Aug 19, 2019 |  |
| PoliPoli | PoliPoli is a next-generation politics co-creation platform where you can participate like a game. Politicians from all over Japan post their policies in an easy-to-understand manner, and those who sympathize can enjoy working on the "missions" necessary to realize the policies. | $8.5M |  | Jan 17, 2019 |  |
| Tanp | Gracia is an EC business and media business that provides coloring precious moments and enriching human connections. | $17M | Series A | Oct 22, 2018 |  |
| zens Japan | Zens is a Tokyo-based property management service. Via its platform ZensHome, the company enables property owners to become Airbnb hosts and helps guests to find medium- or long-term rentals in Japan. | $7.1M |  | Oct 02, 2018 |  |
| Mewcket | Mewcket creating a new platform for AI scientists, globally. On the platform, they can challenge many AI competitions. Companies, our clients can get contact them and make sure their skills. Mewcket (ミューケット), fka ハチキュ, is a job search & reading platform for engineers, enabling a job candidate to review articles & information on ITcompanies, startups, and products; and learning the candidate's preferences. | $4.1M | Seed | Sep 07, 2018 |  |

10 of 50 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ANOBAKA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kvp) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [ANRI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anri) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [CyberAgent Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyberagent) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Incubate Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/incubate-fund) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Saison Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saison-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Archetype Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/archetype-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Venture United invest in?

Venture United invests primarily in Software, Travel and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 50 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Venture United's check size?

Venture United typically joins rounds of $39k–$21M at Seed and $500k–$30M 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 Venture United participates in.

### How do I contact Venture United?

Public channels for Venture United 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 Venture United?

The team at Venture United includes Yozo Kaneko (CEO). 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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