Yusuke Asakura
Joint representative @ Signifiant
Tokyo, Japan
Yusuke Asakura is an entrepreneur, a businessman, a venture investor, a scholar and the co-founder of Signifiant Inc. At Signifiant, Yusuke manages a ¥20 billion growth fund “THE FUND” aimed at growth-stage startups.
- Total investments:
- 20
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 15%
Last updated:
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Industries Yusuke Asakura invests in
Stages Yusuke Asakura invests in
Countries Yusuke Asakura invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $389k–$7.6M
- Series A
- $1.4M–$3.3M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $973k–$6.8M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 4 (20%)
- Medical 3 (15%)
- Software 3 (15%)
- Health Care 3 (15%)
- SaaS 2 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 11 (55%)
- Series A 4 (20%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (20%)
- Series D 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Kikuvi
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Kikuvi develops an AI-driven interview agent that automates question design, execution, and analysis. It eliminates the effort of listening, allowing users to focus their time on decision-making and creativity. | $2.5M / Seed / Apr 20, 2026 | |
Mign
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Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields. | $1.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 08, 2026 | |
Cosomil
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Cosomil develops early diagnostic drugs for diseases and provides research and development support to healthcare companies. | Series A / Feb 06, 2026 | |
Chorakuchoju
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Chorakuchoju is a healthcare organization that tries to avoid isolation by implementing AI technologies and medical services. | $3.8M / Seed / Aug 04, 2025 | |
Unito
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Unito is a hospitality firm that offers lodging and accommodation facilities. | $7M / Series D / Apr 10, 2025 | |
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Mign
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Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields. | Seed / Feb 12, 2025 | |
Rakubil
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Rakubil is a software development firm that develops applications and platforms for the commercial real estate sectors. | $973.1K / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 04, 2025 | |
Hagino
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Hagino is a recruitment company that provides paid employment services for the hotel and lodging industries. | $389.4K / Seed / Jan 30, 2025 | |
Takumi Giken Kogyo
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Takumi Giken Kogyo is a price technology developer to help parts manufacturers quickly identify acceptable product prices. Takumi Giken Kogyo assists in estimate calculation and product function through AI drawing search and repeat project determination function, enabling manufacturers with flexible customization of product functions based oncustomer requirements. | $3.3M / Series A / Dec 17, 2024 | |
RemitAid
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RemitAid is a fintech company that operates an overseas payment platform for cross-border transactions between companies. | $1M / Seed / Aug 20, 2024 | |
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Co-Investors
About Signifiant
Signifiant offers management support for unlisted startups and emerging listed companies, as well as industrial finance business, with the theme of "creating an industry that will be passed on to future generations. The firm believes that the development of post-IPOs and startups is essential for the further expansion of the startup ecosystemin Japan and the evolution of the Japanese industry. Signifiant Style is committed to providing insights into the management of post-IPO startups as well as unlisted startups.
Signifiant Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Kenji Kobayashi
Joint Representative
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Takafumi Murakami
Co-representative
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Yusuke Asakura
Joint representative
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FAQ
What does Yusuke Asakura invest in?
Yusuke Asakura invests primarily in Information Technology, Medical and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Yusuke Asakura's check size?
Yusuke Asakura typically joins rounds of $389k–$7.6M at Seed, $1.4M–$3.3M at Series A and $973k–$6.8M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Yusuke Asakura participates in.
When did Yusuke Asakura last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Yusuke Asakura closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 20 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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