# X&KSK

> X&KSK is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence, Furniture and E-Commerce. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xandvc
- Website: https://create.xand.fi

X&KSK is a VC fund focused on Artificial Intelligence and Furniture. X&KSK seeks to push and redefine the boundaries of technology, design, the arts, and leadership.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.4M–$50M |
| Series A | $4.3M–$41M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 25% |
| Furniture | 2 | 17% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 17% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 17% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 6 | 50% |
| Seed | 3 | 25% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |
| Series D | 1 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 10 | 83% |
| China | 1 | 8% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Snack Technologies | Snack Technologies specializes in the development and operation of “SnaTech,” an innovative business support application designed for snack bars, helping operators streamline daily management, improve customer engagement, optimize inventory and sales tracking, and enhance overall business efficiency through digital solutions tailored to the foodand hospitality industry. | $1.4M | Seed | Jun 08, 2026 |  |
| Alpaca | Alpaca is a financial technology company that provides developer-first APIs and brokerage infrastructure for programmatic access to stock, options, and cryptocurrency markets, enabling businesses and individual traders to integrate trading and investing capabilities into their applications. Its platform offers REST, WebSocket, and event-driveninterfaces that support algorithmic trading, automated strategy execution, real-time market data, backtesting, and portfolio management workflows. Alpaca’s services also include brokerage account functionality, clearing and settlement services, and tools that allow firms to embed investing features into their products or to build custom trading systems on top of its API-centric architecture. The company supports global fintech partners with solutions such as tokenization, high-yield cash programs, multi-leg options trading, and advanced order types that align with diverse trading and investment use cases. Its technology is used by developers, quant traders, fintech platforms, and financial institutions seeking programmable market access and integrated financial services. | $150M | Series D | Jan 14, 2026 |  |
| Genki Robotics | Genki Robotics is a humanoid robotics that offers to aid practical applications of physical AI. | $50M | Seed | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| Helical Fusion | Helical Fusion is a startup company that aims to commercialize fusion energy using magnetic confinement of high-temperature plasmas. It is a spin-off startup from the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS) in Japan that provides a fusion reactor based on the stellarator design, a magnetic confinement approach that enables inherently stable,continuous plasma operation. | $14.9M | Series A | Jul 11, 2025 |  |
| Kagu E-commerce | Kagu E-commerce engages in cross-border e-commerce related to furniture and home products. | $4.5M | Series A | May 19, 2025 |  |
| Caguuu | Caguuu offers high-quality designer furniture at affordable prices, through e-commerce, eliminating middlemen and store operating costs. | $4.3M | Series A | Mar 31, 2025 |  |
| Infobox | Infobox is a sales data platform that includes every detail from market research to creating a list of companies and contacting decision-makers. | $10.6M | Series A | Jan 21, 2025 |  |
| Starley | Starley offers end-to-end development and implementation of artificial intelligence-related products. | $1.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 25, 2024 |  |
| Craif | Icaria's mission is to create a new society in which people will not lose their lives by using urine tests to provide "early, painless and accurate early diagnosis of cancer."It is known that detecting cancer early increases the survival rate 5 to 10 times and greatly improves the prognosis. However, it is not unusual for manycancers to have no subjective symptoms, and when they become aware they have progressed to a stage where treatment is impossible. The most effective way to detect cancer at an early stage that can be treated is to have regular and high-precision cancer diagnosis, but existing cancer diagnosis is painful and However, many of them are not accurate enough and are not suitable for regular diagnosis and early stage diagnosis. | $22M | Series C | Dec 05, 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 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [JAFCO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jafco-co-ltd) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [ANRI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anri) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Spiral Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spiral-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [DCM Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dcm) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Dentsu Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dentsu-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does X&KSK invest in?

X&KSK invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Furniture and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is X&KSK's check size?

X&KSK typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$50M at Seed and $4.3M–$41M 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 X&KSK participates in.

### When did X&KSK last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for X&KSK closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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