Yu Akasaka
Angel Investor
Tokyo, Japan
Yu Akasaka is a seed investor in Tokyo focused on Content and Food and Beverage. During Hosei University student, and intern at Hakuhodo C & D. After joining the Image-net, I do media monetization of EC site as a media planner. Then, new business, engaged in Alliance. Launched a crowdsourcing site "MILLION DESIGNS" of design in the individual, sold to Ransazu Corporation. Established the Eureka Co., Ltd., wasappointed Representative Director CEO.
- Total investments:
- 41
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 7%
Last updated:
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Industries Yu Akasaka invests in
Stages Yu Akasaka invests in
Countries Yu Akasaka invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $302k–$4.3M
- Angel
- $28k–$474k
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $538k–$6.2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Content 7 (17%)
- Food and Beverage 7 (17%)
- Internet 6 (15%)
- Apps 5 (12%)
- E-Commerce 5 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 19 (46%)
- Angel 10 (24%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 6 (15%)
- Series A 4 (10%)
- Corporate Round 1 (2%)
Country
- Japan 35 (85%)
- Australia 1 (2%)
- Hong Kong 1 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Now Do provides online growth revolution platform. | $4.3M / Seed / Mar 31, 2021 | ||
| Vitalogue Health is a hormone testing service intended to provide access to hormones and medical care. They allow users to self-check the physical condition for pregnancy and how hormones affect it, whether the symptoms are related to menopause, and provide personalized test results, commented on by physicians. | Seed / Feb 01, 2021 | ||
| RE specializes in smartphone application design and development. | $537.7K / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 08, 2020 | ||
| MOSH is an online health platform that provides clinical treatments for men. They also provide men with discreet online treatment for hair loss, sexual health, skincare, mental health, and weight loss. They are a digital healthcare platform for prescribing and delivering medicines direct to consumers. | $2.8M / Series A / Oct 16, 2020 | ||
| MOSH is a web page creation services for individual business owners. | $2.8M / Series A / Oct 16, 2020 | ||
| Recipio is an receipt management platform specialized in providing digital receipt solution. Their innovative digital receipt solution and breakthrough receipt-scanning technology. | $1.6M / Seed / Sep 16, 2020 | ||
| Recipio is a service that can suggest recipes just by entering ingredients the user already has at home. The app can also refine suggestions based on the user's mood, the occasion, and how many people the user is eating with, and more. | $1.6M / Seed / Sep 16, 2020 | ||
| Tebiki is a company which is Development of on-site support system for industries. | $2.8M / Seed / Sep 15, 2020 | ||
| BLAST, Inc. operates as a media company. BLAST, Inc. produce news and interviews on topics like career, fashion, lifestyle, and social justice issues. | $471.8K / Seed / Sep 08, 2020 | ||
| Paytner is providing services to support freelance people's funding. The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation whereproblems such as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated. | $1.2M / Seed / Jul 29, 2020 | ||
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FAQ
What does Yu Akasaka invest in?
Yu Akasaka invests primarily in Content, Food and Beverage and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 41 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Yu Akasaka invest in?
Yu Akasaka typically joins rounds of $302k–$4.3M at Seed, $28k–$474k at Angel and $538k–$6.2M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Yu Akasaka's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Yu Akasaka took part in.
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When did Yu Akasaka last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Yu Akasaka closed in Mar 2021. Shizune tracks 41 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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