# Yasumasa Manabe

> Yasumasa Manabe is a seed investor in Tokushima backing Information Technology and Drones. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Tokushima, Japan
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/yasmanabe

Yasumasa Manabe is a seed investor in Tokushima focused on Information Technology and Drones. Yasumasa Manabe

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $194k–$700k |
| Series A | $1.7M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 2 | 33% |
| Drones | 1 | 17% |
| EdTech | 1 | 17% |
| Big Data | 1 | 17% |
| Internet | 1 | 17% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Angel | 1 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amateras Space | Amateras Space is a startup driven by the mission to “expand the realm of human activity,” aiming to establish a next-generation spacesuit business by developing advanced, practical technologies that enable humans to work, explore, and thrive in space and other extreme environments. |  | Angel | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| For you | For you is a comprehensive Advertising agency business specializing in SNS. | $1.7M | Series A | Mar 25, 2025 |  |
| MoonJapan | MoonJapan is an educational impact startup that offers a variety of programs and thorough assistance. | $194.4K | Seed | May 15, 2024 |  |
| Metro Weather | Metroweather is a venture from Kyoto University that develops a high-performance Doppler lidar that measures the direction and speed of wind several tens of kilometers away from minute movements of fine particles in the atmosphere. We aim to contribute to the safety of the sky by completing a three-dimensional wind map, which has never beenrealized,based on years of research at the Kyoto University Research Institute for Sustainable Areas. | $30.4M | Series A | Nov 19, 2018 |  |
| Miraikikai | Miraikikai is a start-up originating from Kagawa University with a mission to create intelligent mobile robots for professional-use.Their robots products, designed based on field reseach to provide the high quality and the best cost effective solution, are achieved with mechanical design and control technology backed by the latest researchachievements and years of experience. | $99.2M |  | Aug 30, 2018 |  |
| XTREME-D | XTREME-D, formerly known as XTREME-Design Inc., is well-known in Japan for architecting technical computing in the cloud. The award-winning company develops and sells XTREME-DNA, a cloud-based, virtual, supercomputing-on-demand service. XTREME-DNA was launched to cut costs and make it easy to build HPC clusters in just in 10 minutes.XTREMEDEISIGN Inc. was founded in February 2015 by Naoki Shibata. And it is based in Tokyo. | $700K | Seed | Jan 31, 2017 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Real Tech Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/real-tech-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [UntroD Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/real-tech-holdings) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Setouchi Startups](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/setouchi-startups) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Chugoku Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chugoku-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Drone Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drone-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GENDA Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genda-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Yasumasa Manabe invest in?

Yasumasa Manabe invests primarily in Information Technology, Drones and EdTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.

### What is Yasumasa Manabe's check size?

Yasumasa Manabe typically joins rounds of $194k–$700k at Seed and $1.7M–$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 Yasumasa Manabe participates in.

### When did Yasumasa Manabe last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yasumasa Manabe closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 6 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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