# Yuki Sato

> Yuki Sato is a seed investor at obniz (Tokyo) backing Soccer, Sports and Internet. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [obniz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cambrian-robotics-inc)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/yukisato1987
- Website: https://yuki-sato.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yukisato1987

Yuki Sato is a seed investor at obniz in Tokyo focused on Soccer and Sports. Engineer since 10 years old. Electronics, Mechanical, Web, iOS Android

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Soccer | 1 | 50% |
| Sports | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Recruiting | 1 | 50% |
| Task Management | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Now Do | Now Do provides online growth revolution platform. | $4.3M | Seed | Mar 31, 2021 |  |
| Waaq | Waaq is an actively recruiting members who want to change the work environment in Japan. |  | Seed | Sep 20, 2018 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Akatsuki Games Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akatsuki-3) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Makuake](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/makuake) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Wantedly](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wantedly) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About obniz

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

obniz let you to create IoT in few minutes. It cloud based IoT system provide realtime and bi-directional access to real hardware form the Cloud. IoT development is cost thing because two kind of software development is needed. Cloud side and edge side. Software development for edge is hard because It handle connected hardwares. It increase thecost and time. By using obniz, your cloud can control connected hardware directly through their system without development. This is their firmware-less technology and they have patents for it. Even a company who only has few machines can start IoT with obniz.

2 contacts available at obniz.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yuki Sato | CEO \| Founder & Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yuki-sato |
| Kido Kohei | Co-Founder & Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kido-kohei |

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## FAQ

### What does Yuki Sato invest in?

Yuki Sato invests primarily in Soccer, Sports and Internet startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Yuki Sato last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yuki Sato closed in Mar 2021. Shizune tracks 2 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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