Yoshikazu Tanaka
Founder & CEO @ Gree
Yoshikazu Tanaka is a seed investor at Gree focused on Apps and Gaming. Yoshikazu Tanaka founded GREE in December 2004, and serves as the company's founder and chief executive officer. Before founding GREE, he previously worked at So-net Entertainment Corporation and Rakuten, Inc. While at Rakuten, Inc., he started developing SNS GREE in his spare time. This project became GREE.Tanaka earned abachelor's degree in Law from Nihon University in 1999.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Yoshikazu Tanaka invests in
Stages Yoshikazu Tanaka invests in
Countries Yoshikazu Tanaka invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1.1M–$28M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Apps 1 (33%)
- Gaming 1 (33%)
- Sports 1 (33%)
- Software 1 (33%)
- Marketing 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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RATEL
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Since its establishment in 2018, the company has been operating and broadcasting esports tournaments with the mission of making esports the best entertainment in the universe. We mainly run official tournaments and large-scale tournaments for various titles such as CoD Mobile, CoDBOCW, ApexLegends, VALORANT, and Knives out. We are also developing avoice chat application called “VOLBOX” to solve the issues raised by many esports players. | $1.1M / Seed / Apr 13, 2021 | |
Appify Technologies
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Appify Technologies operates a no-code development service that enables users to create personal e-commerce applications. | $28.3M / Seed / Oct 12, 2020 | |
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Appify Technologies
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Appify Technologies operates a no-code development service that enables users to create personal e-commerce applications. | $28.3M / Seed / Oct 12, 2020 |
Co-Investors
East Ventures
3 deals together
ABBALab - Atom to Bit, Bit to Atom
1 deal together
F Ventures
1 deal together
GREE Ventures
1 deal together
NOW Japan
1 deal together
About Gree
Gree is a Japanese internet media company that provides mobile social networking, and mobile technology services for its users. Gree shares development and operational expertise across all its studios as Gree always works to create new game models for its customers.
Gree Contacts
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Aikawa Shintaro
Executive officer
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Andy Keidel
VP, Engineering
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Isaka Tomoyuki
Executive officer
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Masada Matsuda
Executive officer
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Masahiro Seyama
Corporate Auditor
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FAQ
What does Yoshikazu Tanaka invest in?
Yoshikazu Tanaka invests primarily in Apps, Gaming and Sports startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Yoshikazu Tanaka's check size?
Yoshikazu Tanaka typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$28M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Yoshikazu Tanaka participates in.
When did Yoshikazu Tanaka last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Yoshikazu Tanaka closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 3 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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