# Yusuke Ando

> Yusuke Ando is a Series A investor in Yokohama backing Content, Education and Social Media. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Yokohama, Japan
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2018
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://jp.linkedin.com/in/yusuke-ando-4b75b313a

YUSUKE ANDO is a Outside Director at hachidori.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Content | 2 | 100% |
| Education | 2 | 100% |
| Social Media | 2 | 100% |
| Drones | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Flights | FLIGHTS is a multidisciplinary drone services from EC, media, pilot training, consulting, insurance and localization of foreign softwares. |  |  | Oct 02, 2018 |  |
| Aidemy | Aidemy is a web service where you can learn AI programming online. | $13M | Series A | May 10, 2018 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/utec) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Yusuke Ando invest in?

Yusuke Ando invests primarily in Content, Education and Social Media startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round 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 Yusuke Ando last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yusuke Ando closed in Oct 2018. 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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