# W ventures

> W ventures is a VC fund in Shibuya backing Information Technology and Content. See 76 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shibuya, Japan
- Total investments: 76
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 24%
- Fund size: $688M
- Last fund: Apr 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/w_ventures
- Website: https://wventures.jp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Wventuresvc/

W ventures is a Japan-based venture capital firm investing in Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A rounds. They have been conducting investment to 25 companies in a total of about a year from the start of investment activities in April 2019. The company works not only with investment business but also with companies that provide services related to HR, PR,infrastructure, legal and accounting, etc., as incubation support after investment. It is also characteristic to provide support for the investor companies. In addition, in cooperation with other venture capital companies, Ar Rase TAGE startups regularly hold office hours that allow financing and business consultations to two companies at the same time and actively support startups are doing.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $382k–$17M |
| Series A | $1.3M–$37M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 9 | 12% |
| Content | 6 | 8% |
| Internet | 6 | 8% |
| E-Commerce | 6 | 8% |
| Software | 5 | 7% |

100 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 27 | 36% |
| Funding Round | 16 | 21% |
| Series A | 15 | 20% |
| Series B | 5 | 7% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 55 | 72% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shin Kazuhiro | General Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shin-kazuhiro |
| Akihiro Higashi | GENERAL PARTNER | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akihiro-higashi |
| Hideya Takatsu | Investment Manager | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hideya-takatsu |
| Yangnuo Liu | INVESTMENT MANAGER | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yangnuo-liu |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Visual Bank | Visual Bank operates a stock photo business and provides an AI data platform. It aims to create a society in which the value of Japanese creations is maximized and optimized. | $7.4M | Series B | Aug 25, 2025 |  |
| Ness | Ness is a tech company that offers 3 service websites and analytic tools for NFT marketing tool, TikTok product and NFT holders. |  | Seed | Jul 10, 2025 |  |
| Anaguma | Anaguma handles business development based on the philosophy of helping people with a sustainable structure. The company's business objective is to eliminate concerns about purchases and reservations, and it delivers before-sales social networks. It also provides matching services exclusively for housekeepers' personal contracts. Thecompany also offers influencer marketing services with a focus on removing waste completely from advertising and realizing a world in which good products can be sold regardless of advertising costs.Anaguma was founded in January 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. |  | Series A | Jul 08, 2025 |  |
| Anaguma | Anaguma handles business development based on the philosophy of helping people with a sustainable structure. The company's business objective is to eliminate concerns about purchases and reservations, and it delivers before-sales social networks. It also provides matching services exclusively for housekeepers' personal contracts. Thecompany also offers influencer marketing services with a focus on removing waste completely from advertising and realizing a world in which good products can be sold regardless of advertising costs.Anaguma was founded in January 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. |  | Series A | Jul 08, 2025 |  |
| Super Galaxy Records | Super Galaxy Records is a company that plans and produces IP that creates new works, and is also a record company that produces and manages voice actors and artists. | $695.6K | Seed | May 29, 2025 |  |
| ECloud | E-Cloud is combines the experience and know-how cultivated in finance, IT and venture capital to provide information and opportunities related to venture investment, which has been limited until now, through the equity investment type cloud founding platform e-cloud. It provides to the general investor, and provides entrepreneurs with new means ofraising funds in addition to traditional banks and venture capital. | $3.7M |  | Feb 13, 2025 |  |
| ECloud | E-Cloud is combines the experience and know-how cultivated in finance, IT and venture capital to provide information and opportunities related to venture investment, which has been limited until now, through the equity investment type cloud founding platform e-cloud. It provides to the general investor, and provides entrepreneurs with new means ofraising funds in addition to traditional banks and venture capital. | $3.7M |  | Feb 13, 2025 |  |
| Starley | Starley offers end-to-end development and implementation of artificial intelligence-related products. | $1.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 25, 2024 |  |
| Tradom | Tradom is a company that offers the "Tradam Foreign Exchange Solution," an AI solution for managing foreign exchange risk. | $2.7M | Series A | Nov 15, 2024 |  |
| Newmo | newmo delivers sustainable local public transportation create a user experience (UX) that people may utilize with peace of mind and comfort. | $41.5M | Series A | Oct 31, 2024 |  |

10 of 76 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [XTech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xtech-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [ANRI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anri) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [ANOBAKA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kvp) — VC Fund, 6 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does W ventures invest in?

W ventures invests primarily in Information Technology, Content and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 76 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is W ventures's check size?

W ventures typically joins rounds of $382k–$17M at Seed and $1.3M–$37M 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 W ventures participates in.

### How do I contact W ventures?

Public channels for W ventures 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 W ventures?

The team at W ventures includes Shin Kazuhiro (General Partner), Akihiro Higashi (GENERAL PARTNER) and Hideya Takatsu (Investment Manager). 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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