# Visionnaire Ventures

> Visionnaire Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Internet. See 57 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 57
- Last investment: Mar 2018
- Lead investor: 19%
- Last fund: Jul 2016
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/visionnaire-ventures
- Website: http://www.visionnaire.vc

Visionnaire Ventures is a global technology investment firm focused on visionary people and ideas that can become world-class, market-leading companies. Based in San Francisco, California, with unparalleled global access, the team seeks out and funds innovative businesses anywhere in the world that are leveraging technology to evolve and create newInternet and mobile experiences. With the ability to fund companies across all stages from seed to growth, Visionnaire Ventures is focused on key market segments where novel ideas have the ability to become sea changes for people everywhere.The Visionnaire Ventures team consists of seasoned entrepreneurs and executives who have founded and operated global internet, game and online media companies, and thus are able to support entrepreneurs companies as they build globally successful companies.The team is currently seeking and funding companies active in diverse technology market segments including Commerce, Advertising, Mobile, Big Data, IoT.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $350k–$23M |
| Series A | $7M–$37M |
| Series B | $18M–$177M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 11 | 19% |
| Internet | 8 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 8 | 14% |
| Mobile | 7 | 12% |
| Big Data | 7 | 12% |

94 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 22 | 39% |
| Series A | 12 | 21% |
| Series B | 7 | 12% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 5% |
| Convertible Note | 3 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 37 | 65% |
| Japan | 2 | 4% |
| Canada | 2 | 4% |
| Singapore | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kenta Adachi | Principal | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenta-adachi |
| Allan McNichol | Entrepreneur In Residence | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allan-mcnichol |
| Fuyuki Yamaguchi | Managing Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuyuki-yamaguchi |
| Keith Nilsson | Co-Founder, Managing Partner | 31 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keith-nilsson |
| Susan Choe | Co-Founder, Managing Partner | 52 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/susan-choe |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bigfoot Biomedical | Bigfoot Biomedical is a medical device company changing diabetes care for people with insulin-requiring diabetes. The company developing an end-to-end type 1 diabetes management system using a simple design, cloud connectivity, and human-centered automation. It optimizes the dosing and delivery of insulin through an integrated medical deviceecosystem powered by machine learning and enhanced by secure, user-friendly consumer technologies, fundamentally changing the paradigm of care.Biofoot Biomedical ’s pioneering smartphone-enabled systems include both automated infusion pump and connected insulin pen options for consumers and will be delivered via a first-of-its-kind monthly subscription service model. By employing data-driven intelligence across an integrated device ecosystem, they are transforming diabetes care with a fully comprehensive digital drug delivery platform experienced as a service. | $18M | Series B | Mar 21, 2018 |  |
| Bigfoot Biomedical | Bigfoot Biomedical is a medical device company changing diabetes care for people with insulin-requiring diabetes. The company developing an end-to-end type 1 diabetes management system using a simple design, cloud connectivity, and human-centered automation. It optimizes the dosing and delivery of insulin through an integrated medical deviceecosystem powered by machine learning and enhanced by secure, user-friendly consumer technologies, fundamentally changing the paradigm of care.Biofoot Biomedical ’s pioneering smartphone-enabled systems include both automated infusion pump and connected insulin pen options for consumers and will be delivered via a first-of-its-kind monthly subscription service model. By employing data-driven intelligence across an integrated device ecosystem, they are transforming diabetes care with a fully comprehensive digital drug delivery platform experienced as a service. | $37M | Series B | Dec 18, 2017 |  |
| Genies | Genies is a mobile app company that allows users to clone themselves. Through their Avatar Agency, consumer product, and SDK, Genies has set the foundation for swift, widespread adaptation of avatars in society, business, and culture. With over a million clothing and facial options provided, users can create their Genie to represent themselfhowever they’d like.Genies was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Venice, California, United States. | $3M |  | Dec 08, 2017 |  |
| LeapMind | LeapMind makes deep learning “small and compact” and accessible across a broad spectrum of applications, evolving the Internet of Things into the “Deep Learning of Things (DoT).” While improving the accuracy of neural network models, we are researching and developing our own innovative algorithms that can reduce the computational complexity of deeplearning to use within a small computing environment. We also conduct research on original chip architectures that can efficiently implement deep neural networks on a circuit with low power and limited memory. | $176.7M | Series B | Oct 20, 2017 |  |
| SpaceIQ | SpaceIQ is an innovative technology driven software company that provides cloud-based workplace management platform. SpaceIQ is a Silicon Valley, VC backed technology company founded by seasoned business and technology leaders to transform every workplace from a cost center into a competitive advantage. The SpaceIQ workplace management platform isa smart IWMS and CAFM solution with a suite of powerful and easy-to-use workplace optimization features such as space planning, move management, real estate forecasting, and more, helping companies of any size to increase engagement, fuel productivity and reduce costs through operational efficiency, and centralized visibility. SpaceIQ is headquartered in Mountain View, California with offices in Sandy, Utah. The company was founded on 2016. | $7M | Series A | Jul 16, 2017 |  |
| JoyRun | JoyRun is a peer-to-peer platform that makes group deliveries for the community, by the community, social, affordable and rewarding. JoyRun’s feed lets you see who wants what in your area, create or spontaneously join existing requests, and then connects the groups with community members willing to do JoyRuns. And when you do a JoyRun, you get paida few dollars and build your social cred. For local businesses, JoyRun wakes up latent demand, builds brand preference and grows top line revenue. Started in 2015, JoyRun is based in Silicon Valley. Today, college campuses nationwide. Tomorrow, offices and neighborhoods around the world. | $8.5M | Series A | Mar 30, 2017 |  |
| JoyRun | JoyRun is a peer-to-peer platform that makes group deliveries for the community, by the community, social, affordable and rewarding. JoyRun’s feed lets you see who wants what in your area, create or spontaneously join existing requests, and then connects the groups with community members willing to do JoyRuns. And when you do a JoyRun, you get paida few dollars and build your social cred. For local businesses, JoyRun wakes up latent demand, builds brand preference and grows top line revenue. Started in 2015, JoyRun is based in Silicon Valley. Today, college campuses nationwide. Tomorrow, offices and neighborhoods around the world. | $1.3M | Seed | Mar 29, 2017 |  |
| Lifekee | Lifekee is a customer data and identity platform with a cool app where users update their contact information on behalf of enterprises and other users, changing the way people share contact information and creating a new model for connecting people and businesses all over the world. |  | Seed | Dec 15, 2016 |  |
| Hacobu | Hacobu offers an integrated solution "MOVO (MOVO)" centering on the operation management system utilizing in-vehicle terminals. Connect with carriers and shipping companies sending luggage using an easy-to-use online mechanism. To provide tools to support the management of the shipping company. Through these, it becomes a platform toaccumulate distribution data of various companies, aiming at overall optimization of physical distribution system. That is, "to optimize carrying". That is Hacobu 's mission. | $22.7M | Seed | Nov 18, 2016 |  |
| Price.com | Price.com develops a money savings platform used for comparison shopping, cashback, coupons, price history, and price alerts.The platform provides a free cross-platform experience for consumers. Its patented, AI-powered matching algorithm enables real-time discovery of new, white-label, used, local, refurbished, and rental products, takingcomparison shopping to new heights. Price.com is available as a desktop and mobile website, browser extension, native app, and chatbot.RJ Rain founded Price.com in San Francisco, California in 2016. | $2M | Convertible Note | Nov 15, 2016 |  |

10 of 57 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Visionnaire Ventures invest in?

Visionnaire Ventures invests primarily in Software, Internet and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 57 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Visionnaire Ventures's check size?

Visionnaire Ventures typically joins rounds of $350k–$23M at Seed, $7M–$37M at Series A and $18M–$177M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Visionnaire Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Visionnaire Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Visionnaire Ventures?

The team at Visionnaire Ventures includes Kenta Adachi (Principal), Allan McNichol (Entrepreneur In Residence) and Fuyuki Yamaguchi (Managing Partner), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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