Top 20 Social Impact Angel Investors in Japan (September 2026)

Born in Tokyo in 1983. After graduating from Tokyo University of Science, Faculty of Engineering, worked at NTT DATA Corporation. He retired after a year and a half and started working as an engineer with almost no experience at Ururu Co., Ltd. After working for 4 years and 3 months, he founded Peraichi Co., Ltd.

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, Consulting, Manufacturing
Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
Geography: Japan

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
Treasure in Stomach — Treasure in Stomach is a food manufacturing company that develops vegan, gluten-free, and Muslim-friendly products and content.

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Daishi Fukudome is the President & CEO of Change Japan.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Wellness, Lifestyle
Stage:Series A, Series B
Geography: Japan

Investor stats

Total investments: 3
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.
Compass — Compass is a Solve problems in the local labor market with Consultation x Technology

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Tatsuo Sakamoto is a Head of Sales, Japan at MOLOCO. He Attended The University of Tokyo.

Investment focus

Industry: Information Technology, Content, Education
Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Geography: Japan

Investor stats

Total investments: 20
Round size: Seed $90k–$14M; Pre-Seed $272k–$622k
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
Kids Snack Lab — Kids Snack Lab is a food manufacturing firm that produces and sells nutritional sweets for children.
Metaverse Creators — Metaverse Creators is a feature-rich virtual platform providing gamers with a wide range of games, creation tools, and avatar editing tools.

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Sotaro Karasawa - Chief Technology Officer @ STAR FESTIVAL

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Geography: Japan

Investor stats

Total investments: 8
Round size: Seed $109k–$14M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Taian — Taian, which specializes in bridal industry services and software. They also provide ''Concept Marry,'' which allows couples to design invites and seating charts that match their wedding theme, as well as display guest information on Oiwaii.
Cloudbase — Cloudbase is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of cloud services and management.
OPERA TECH — OPERA Lead is a sales-focused AI web chatbot service from Opera Technology that turns websites into 24/7 "exhibit booths" for lead generation.It deploys AI sales assistants on existing sites (via simple tag embedding, no redesign needed) to engage the 99% of visitors who don't convert via inbound methods alone. Key capabilitiesinclude direct booking of meetings, guiding users to whitepapers/webinars, and targeted lead qualification for efficient deal progression.

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Born in 1975, Kenji Kasahara grew up in Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from the Department of Economics at the University of Tokyo. Inspired by the case studies of IT business he studied in a university seminar on management strategy and by the rapid rise of Internet business in Silicon Valley in the USA, he started up “Find Job !”, an online jobinformation site, in 1997. In 1999 Kasahara established eMercury, Inc. (mixi, Inc.) and assumed the post of representative director.

Investment focus

Industry: Information Technology, Aerospace, Education
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 15
Round size: Seed $329k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $3M–$3.4M; Series A $3.1M–$7.7M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Voicetep — Voicetep is a unique dating app that enables users to begin meaningful connections without needing to share photos or exchange messages, instead fostering relationships through voice-based interactions that emphasize personality, authenticity, and genuine communication from the very first encounter.
AVIATE — AVIATE Inc. is a Tokyo-based technology startup that designs and builds AI-driven business automation systems. The company develops TASKBASE, an operational workflow layer that allows enterprise teams to run backend business operations entirely from natural language prompts.
Nicoli — Nicoli is a company that creates content and advertisements that increase happy time for parents and children .

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