# Yusuke Umeda

> Yusuke Umeda is a seed investor at Monochrome backing Sports and Communities. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Monochrome
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://jp.linkedin.com/in/yusuke-umeda-b4942212
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ume_log
- Website: https://x.com/ume_log
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yusuke.ume

Yusuke Umeda is a seed investor at Monochrome in New York focused on Sports and Communities. Yusuke Umeda is the Chief Executive Officer of Monochrome Co., Ltd.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sports | 1 | 50% |
| Communities | 1 | 50% |
| Food Processing | 1 | 50% |
| Content Discovery | 1 | 50% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Break Sports | We are on a mission to empower anyone to become an athlete. We are doing this by building and online destination for players to discover and connect with competitive and recreational sport activities through one platform. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2020 |  |
| 6curry | 6curry is a brand that creates a new community around “curry”, one of the world's best Japanese foods. The concept is to mix many people and ideas like curry made by mixing various ingredients and spices. Original menu development, weekly events are held in the central kitchen, open only to members. We design and produce communication bornfrom food, such as event catering for over 500 people and communication proposals within the company. |  | Seed | Aug 21, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## About Monochrome

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Monochrome is creating a home operating system in order to power the next generation of energy-producing homes and roofs. The company is based in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.

1 contacts available at Monochrome.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yusuke Umeda | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yusuke-umeda |

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## FAQ

### What does Yusuke Umeda invest in?

Yusuke Umeda invests primarily in Sports, Communities and Food Processing startups, most often at Seed and Pre-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.

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### When did Yusuke Umeda last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yusuke Umeda closed in Sep 2020. 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.

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