# Yoshida Yukihiro

> Yoshida Yukihiro is a seed investor at POL (Tokyo) backing Hospitality and Reservations. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [POL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pol)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/yukihiro.yoshida.399

Yoshida Yukihiro is a seed investor at POL in Tokyo focused on Hospitality and Reservations. Former executive director of Gulliver International (currently IDOM), one of the few hyper-growth companies in Japan that made public public public in four years and achieved 10 billion sales in 10 years. He held a role in charge of FC business, management strategy, marketing, human resources, education, IT and finance.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hospitality | 1 | 100% |
| Reservations | 1 | 100% |
| Media and Entertainment | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fun | Fun is a sightseeing entertainment company that makes the world even more of a fun place. | $42.5M | Seed | Nov 12, 2018 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SOURCENEXT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sourcenext-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Vector](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vector-inc-) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About POL

VC Fund · Otemachi, Japan

POL is creating a platform that maximizes the possibilities of researchers. It is a laboratory that is a place where innovative science and technology are created that greatly advances society.Its first project "LabBase" would like to create a society that can solve problems in job hunting for science-based human resources, issues ofcompanies wanting to adopt them, issues faced by laboratories, and so that science-based human resources can be used more effectively.

5 contacts available at POL.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yoshida Yukihiro | Director/Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yoshida-yukihiro |
| Kamo Michiaki | Chairman and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kamo-michiaki |
| Kentaro Okada | Development Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kentaro-okada |
| Matsuzaki Taiga | Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matsuzaki-taiga |
| Shinji Watanabe | Executive Officer/New Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shinji-watanabe |

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## FAQ

### What does Yoshida Yukihiro invest in?

Yoshida Yukihiro invests primarily in Hospitality, Reservations and Media and Entertainment startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Yoshida Yukihiro last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yoshida Yukihiro closed in Nov 2018. Shizune tracks 1 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?

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