Yusuke Murata
General Partner @ Incubate Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Yusuke Murata is a seed investor at Incubate Fund in Tokyo focused on Software and Marketing. In 1999, he founded SaaS startup (towards financial institutions). After exited, he joined the NIF Ventures (now Daiwa Corporate Investment) in 2003, and mainly dealt with investment for internet-related startups and fund management. In 2010, founded Incubate Fund as one of co-founder and general partner, and works on investment and incubation in media, gaming, digital health, and frontier-tech areas. He won #1 prize of Forbes JAPAN’s MIDAS LIST 2017. Since 2015, he is on the Japan Venture Capital Association (JVCA) as General Manager of planing department and Chairperson of Fund Eco-System Committee and Director of LP Relationship department.
- Total investments:
- 48
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 54%
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Industries Yusuke Murata invests in
Stages Yusuke Murata invests in
Countries Yusuke Murata invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $43k–$10M
- Pre-Seed
- $150k–$801k
- Series A
- $1.9M–$9M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (8%)
- Marketing 3 (6%)
- Health Care 3 (6%)
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (6%)
- FinTech 2 (4%)
Stage
- Seed 16 (33%)
- Series A 12 (25%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (8%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (8%)
- Series B 3 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| SolaNika mission is to shackle energy with laser wireless power transfer and accelerate human progress. | Seed / Jun 30, 2026 | ||
| Pixie Dust Technologies is a developer of computational technologies, including its ultrasonic phased array system with which one can generate force in mid-air; transport things in mid-air without touching anything; target and deliver different sounds from person to person in a crowd; direct guide-dogs; and even apply this in agricultural farming. | $20.7M / Series D / May 19, 2026 | ||
| Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service. | Feb 13, 2026 | ||
| Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service. | $843.3K / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 10, 2025 | ||
| UMIAILE is a marine robotics startup spun out of Honda. | $10.5M / Seed / Oct 16, 2025 | ||
| NABLA Mobility develops, so-called, "Smart navigation system for Aviation", an adaptive advisory tool to implement better flight trajectories and flight settings. In fact, airspace is usually filled with many uncertainties in the various aspects of flight conditions. Our solution utilizes the power of AI/ML in the algorithms of dataplatform and optimization solvers and we contribute to augment the operational excellence and the decarbonization of the aviation industry. | $2.8M / Series A / May 01, 2025 | ||
| Fager is an agriculture firm specializing in promoting decarbonization projects, agricultural carbon production, and sales. | $7.5M / Series A / Jan 20, 2025 | ||
| Office de Yasai is an online platform that enables users to order and get vegetables delivered to their offices. The platform’s operations are based in Tokyo, Japan. | $7.4M / Series D / Aug 20, 2024 | ||
| Woodstock is an investment app that allows to invest in US stocks. | $106.3M / May 20, 2024 | ||
| Woodstock is an investment app that allows to invest in US stocks. | $4.8M / Series A / May 20, 2024 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Incubate Fund
Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.
Incubate Fund Contacts
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Tohru Akaura
General Partner
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Dave Kwong
Associate
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Katsunari Goto
Legal Partner
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Kazuki Notsu
General Partner at Incubate Fund US
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Keisuke Wada
General Partner
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FAQ
What does Yusuke Murata invest in?
Yusuke Murata invests primarily in Software, Marketing and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 48 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 Yusuke Murata invest in?
Yusuke Murata typically joins rounds of $43k–$10M at Seed, $150k–$801k at Pre-Seed and $1.9M–$9M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Yusuke Murata's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Yusuke Murata took part in.
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When did Yusuke Murata last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Yusuke Murata closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 48 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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