# Yosuke Iwai

> Yosuke Iwai is a angel investor at Arara (Tokyo) backing Cooking and Recipes. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Arara](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/repica)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iwaiyosuke

Yosuke Iwai is a angel investor at Arara in Tokyo focused on Cooking and Recipes. Yosuke Iwai is Founder & CEO at repica.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cooking | 1 | 100% |
| Recipes | 1 | 100% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VCook | VCook is a website for posting recipes that offer vegan food. They give users the ability to search for and save vegan recipes on VCook. They post and share vegan recipes with everyone. | $229.1K | Angel | Mar 15, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Taliki](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taliki) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Arara

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

With new ideas and technologies, arara offer an innovative service that is enjoyable yet convenient. Arara strive to make the world better and make the people happier. It offers an innovative service to people around the world using new ideas and technologies. Arara service is convenient, enjoyable, thrilling and exciting.

5 contacts available at Arara.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yosuke Iwai | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yosuke-iwai |
| Gaku Higano | Executive Officer, Sales Division, Director, Messaging Solutions Department | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaku-higano |
| Hiroki Inoue | Director Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroki-inoue-8853 |
| Koki Inoue | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koki-inoue |
| Nobukuni Taneya | Outside Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nobukuni-taneya |

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## FAQ

### What does Yosuke Iwai invest in?

Yosuke Iwai invests primarily in Cooking, Recipes and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Angel 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.

### How do I contact Yosuke Iwai?

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### When did Yosuke Iwai last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yosuke Iwai closed in Mar 2021. 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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