Top 10 Retail Angel Investors in Japan (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Allen Miner
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series B | Software, Food and Beverage, Information Technology | $429k–$20M |
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Kevin Brockland
Angel
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1 | Malaysia, Philippines, Japan | Pre-Seed, Seed | E-Commerce, Education, Logistics | $50k–$1.2M |
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Masaki Yamamoto
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Human Resources, Freelance, Management Consulting | $1.4M–$44M |
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Yusuke Sato
Angel
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1 | Japan | Series A | Retail, Wholesale, E-Commerce | |
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Takero Kaneda
Angel
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1 | Japan | Angel, Series D | Retail, Sports, Content | |
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Yasuyuki Kin
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Media and Entertainment, Recruiting, Career Planning | $1.4M–$14M |
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Hirofumi Miki
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Content, Internet, Software | $2.8M–$16M |
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Makoto Takano
Angel
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1 | Japan, Philippines | Seed, Series B, Angel | Content, Sports, Human Resources | $1.4M–$221M |
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Yoshikazu Azuma
Angel
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1 | Japan | Series A | Retail, Security, Marketing | |
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Niklas Eklund
Angel
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1 | Sweden, Japan, Denmark | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Apps, Internet | $289k–$7.4M |
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Allen Miner is a founder/General Partner of SunBridge Partners and the founder/CEO of SunBridge Corporation. Allen has significant experience in Internet, enterprise and open-source software, entrepreneurship, and international technology transfer. Allen has been actively involved in each of the firm’s investments resulting in numeroussuccessful IPOs, including salesforce.com, MacroMill, ITMedia and G-Mode, among others. Allen is currently a member of the Board of Directors of salesforce Japan.Allen graduated from Brigham Young University with degrees in Computer Science and Asian Studies. He joined Oracle Corporation in 1986 and was dispatched to Japan, where he founded and helped lead Oracle Japan to a successful IPO on the Japan stock market. Allen returned from Japan in 1996 to serve as Oracle’s Vice President in charge of Linux/Open Source.Allen created SunBridge Corporation in 1999. Allen currently serves on the Boards of several SunBridge portfolio companies and as an advisor to government-affiliated organizations focused on innovation and entrepreneurship. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Japan Venture Capital Association upon its founding in 2002.
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- Industry: Software, Food and Beverage, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Seed $600k–$16M; Series B $429k–$20M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- U-ZERO — U-ZERO provides services as an integrated partner for its implementation and establishment.
- Favy — Favy is a platform that enables businesses such as restaurants and beauty salons to launch subscription services.
- BONAVENTURA — BONAVENTURA is a luxury leather goods brand redefining the essence of next-generation luxury under the vision of 'Beyond Luxury,' combining a robust e-commerce foundation with an expanding network of retail stores.Embark on life's journey with BONAVENTURA, where Italian craftsmanship meets timeless design. Blending elegance,functionality, and premium materials, our creations are crafted to bring lasting joy and stand the test of time.The name "BONAVENTURA" and our symbol "Infinity Clover' symbolize good luck and eternal happiness for those who cherish life’s moments.
Kevin Brockland Investor, Business Coach, Entrepreneur.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Education, Logistics
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Malaysia, Philippines, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$1.2M; Pre-Seed $50k–$59k
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Howuku — Use Howuku to literally see what your web visitors are doing on your website with tools, such as heatmaps, A/B testing, recordings & more.
- Kimaru AI — kimaru.ai empowers managers to streamline inventory, pricing, and supply chain logistics by reducing time-to-decision and enhancing productivity through targeted decision support.Our intuitive decision builder maps your goals and recommends the most impactful actions to achieve them.By connecting your organization’s data seamlessly, kimaru.aipowers prescriptive analytics models that simulate multiple scenarios, letting you visualize potential outcomes and make data-backed decisions with confidence.Say goodbye to decision fatigue and focus on what matters most – productivity and growth.
- Vase.ai — Know what consumers are saying when it comes to your brand, product and ads. Get insights in as little as 24 hours.
Masaki Yamamoto is a CEO at Chatwork.
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- Industry: Human Resources, Freelance, Management Consulting
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- StartPass —
- Tooon — Tooon Inc. is a technology company that deals with development and operations of business management tools .
- Compass — Compass is a Solve problems in the local labor market with Consultation x Technology
Yusuke Sato is a data analyst at Stores.
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- Industry: Retail, Wholesale, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Orosy — Space Engine, Inc. provides wholesale platform "orosy" that connects D2C brands and retailers from Japan.
Takero Kaneda
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- Industry: Retail, Sports, Content
- Stage:Angel, Series D
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jeplan — JEPLAN Creates New Recycling Infrastructures & Managements For the Future of Our Planet.
- Golf Digest Online — Golf digest online is an online golf store that provides service to Japan and sells golf gear, apparel, and accessories.
Yasuyuki Kin
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- Industry: Media and Entertainment, Recruiting, Career Planning
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Onepair — Onepair is a job consulting and recruiting company. Onepair is to co-creating careers by talking about real-world ace with active ace.
- Strainer Co., Ltd. — Strainer Co., Ltd. is an information distribution platform that conveys corporate information centered on financial data. Although there are not a few media to deliver financial information, the company's strengths are strong to be easily viewed, including financial information of overseas companies.
- LAMILA — LAMILA develops system that improves the creation of retail stores.
After JTB Co., Ltd. and CYBIRD Co., Ltd. as an initial member of Glee Co., Ltd. is responsible for business development. Currently, he is mainly engaged in venture support in the Internet area, investing in venture and venture capital, and served as management advisor for dozens of companies. Hands-on business development, growth strategydevelopment, financing advice, HR organization design support, partner referral and Recruit Support. He is also engaged in business support for ventures in the healthcare and university venture fields. He served as Digital Health Meetup Advisor, NEDOTCP Mentor and Future 2016 Mentor.
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- Industry: Content, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $2.8M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AceRNA Technologies — AceRNA contributes to regenerative medicine and drug discovery through the discovery of novel miRNA functions. It began operation in April 2018, with its headquarters in Kyoto in Japan.
- Epicbase — Epicbase is an AI-based automatic voice transcription service based on voice recognition technology.
- Flagellin — Flagellin is a pharmaceutical and medical industry.Development and sales of SaaS that supports sales and marketing of database and analysis services in the pharmaceutical and medical industries
Makoto Takano is CEO of atomixmedia, inc., publisher and editor-in-chief of Forbes Japan and Rolling Stone Japan since June, 2014. Prior to joining Atomixmedia, Inc., he was Managing Director and President of PIMCO Japan Ltd. Before joining PIMCO in 2001, he was head of marketing at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Makoto's prior experiencealso includes work at Daiwa Securities where he was head of the strategists team at Daiwa Institute of Research. He has published extensively on the capital markets. In 1992, he was awarded Securities Analysts Journal Prize by the Securities Analyst Association of Japan. He has also given lectures on asset management at Waseda University and Kyoto University. He holds master’s and undergraduate degrees in engineering from Waseda University. Makoto serves as Director of Nippon Finance Association and Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation.
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- Industry: Content, Sports, Human Resources
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Philippines
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$48M; Series B $5.2M–$221M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BeatFit — BeatFit is a fitness-tech startup based in Japan.
- CAN EAT —
- Progrit — PROGRIT is an English-related media management company.
Yoshikazu Azuma - Representative Director and CEO @ TWO
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- Industry: Retail, Security, Marketing
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AWL — AWL is a company that provides the leading edge AI camera solutions company .
- W Tokyo — W TOKYO is a content production company that offers the latest and highest quality solutions by multiplying its own original content and solutions, centered on women, using the know-how cultivated in the Tokyo Girls Collection as a weapon .
Over the past 25 years, Niklas has an entrepreneur built and internationalized a range of companies in the area of reservation systems, revenue management, online marketing, and web publishing; amongst others he was the CEO and co-founder Bookatable, Livebookings, Infogate, and Epani.Over the past 8 years, Niklas has a direct investor and advisorto investment companies and venture capital companies; amongst others he was a co-founder and general partner at D-Ax (Axel Johnson Group CVC), a venture partner for Wellington Partners Venture Capital. Niklas is currently a general partner for PES Holdings. Investment focus is the Digital Media Sector and Digital Growth Companies, primarily in the Nordic countries and across Europe. Niklas describes himself as a ‘computer software geek and wizard turned businessman’ as he started his career at the age of 15. His achievements in building internationally successful companies have been recognized by various industry awards.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Sweden, Japan, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $289k–$3.3M; Series A $675k–$7.4M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Savr — Savr is an Investment platform disrupting the Swedish fund industry with a lower fee structure and a new business model.
- PinMeTo — Optimize your time and local presence with an all-in-one local SEO tool. Show up in local search, manage listings, reviews, messages from one dashboard.
- Winnow — Winnow builds artificial intelligence tools to help chefs run more profitable and sustainable kitchens by cutting food waste in half. They develop technology to cut food waste in their operations. Their digital tools provide data to drive improvements in kitchen production processes and reduce environmental footprint.Winnow's mission is toconnect commercial kitchen, create a movement of chefs, and inspire others. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in London, England, United Kingdom.
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