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Top 50 Social Network Startup Investors in Japan (November 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Japan Social Network startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Social Network startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Venture - Series Unknown round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
East Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, Indonesia, Singapore Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $165k–$27M
Kensuke Furukawa
Angel
3 Japan Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment $63k–$36M
Deep30
VC Fund
2 Japan, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software $136k–$11M
D4V
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce $292k–$14M
gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1.3M–$35M
BEENEXT
VC Fund
2 India, Japan, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, FinTech $456k–$50M
ANRI
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Health Care, Information Technology $253k–$34M
Hironao Kunimitsu
Angel
2 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Virtual Reality, Content, Internet $320k–$2.6M
B Dash Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Information Technology, Apps, Internet $524k–$41M
Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $404k–$11M
Quantum Leaps Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, Malaysia Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Consulting, Health Care, Information Technology $300k–$2M
Kazuhiko Ishikura
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Content, Fashion, Advertising $189k–$1.8M
Yusuke Sato
Angel
1 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel Internet, Content, Software $226k–$27M
ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Belgium Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $1.3M–$29M
Startia
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Software, Social Network, CRM $133k–$2.1M
Regional Revitalization Solution
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown Travel, E-Commerce, Reservations $1M–$6M
AG Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed Finance, Software, Internet $462k–$28M
Toranomon Impact Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Training, Health Care, Apps $815k–$1M
Seiichiro Wada
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Content, Legal $731k–$2.8M
Kentaro Ruichi
Angel
1 Japan Seed Content, Video Games, Social Network
Yuma Umeda
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Gift, AgTech, Internet $836k–$1.1M
Fundinno
VC Fund
1 Japan, France Equity Crowdfunding, Product Crowdfunding Information Technology, Content, Health Care $123k–$582k
SBI Investment
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, South Korea Series B, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Financial Services $1.3M–$62M
Hiroaki Kitano
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Medical, Health Care, Fitness $2.7M–$7.1M
Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Israel Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Internet $1.7M–$69M
Kiraboshi Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Consulting $454k–$33M
Archetype Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $667k–$32M
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Singapore Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Health Care $712k–$34M
Ryo Ishizuka
Angel
1 United States, Japan Seed, Series A SNS, AgTech, Beauty $700k–$10M
JAPAN Creative Platform Group
VC Fund
1 Japan Corporate Round, Seed Video, Events, Concerts $434k–$3.7M
Yuto Nagatomo
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, SNS, Sales $457k–$26M
Dentsu Digital Holdings
VC Fund
1 Japan Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A Internet, Software, Finance $98k–$38M
KSK Angel Fund
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A E-Commerce, Software, Apps $95k–$100M
Masao Ito
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series A, Angel Content, Social Media, Information Technology $147k–$1.1M
Otomi Tomohiro
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Travel, Tourism, Recruiting $377k–$8.5M
IVC
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, Philippines Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency $480k–$9M
Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel
1 Japan, Hong Kong, United States Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Internet, Software, Content $29k–$36M
XTech Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $480k–$11M
KDDI
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, South Korea Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B Software, Mobile, Apps $234k–$209M
Beenos Partners
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Mobile, Internet $176k–$51M
Garnet Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed Medical, Consulting, Social Network $276k–$406k
Kamata Tomihisa
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Fitness, Medical, Genetics
Global Open Network
VC Fund
1 Japan Pre-Seed Banking, Finance, Blockchain
Incubate Fund
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $289k–$20M
Tomihisa Kamada
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Fitness, Medical, Genetics
Yasuyuki Kin
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Recruiting $90k–$7.1M
Takeshi Aoki Yamato
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series B Apps, Fitness, Medical $403k–$1M
Kazuma Ieiri
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Content, Fashion, Finance $19k–$28M
DIMENSION
VC Fund
1 Japan, India, Romania Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Content, Manufacturing $1.9M–$79M
Shinsei Capital Partners
VC Fund
1 Japan Series B, Seed, Series A Health Care, Pharmaceutical, SNS $2.2M–$27M
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East Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Social Network startups

East Ventures is an early stage venture capital (VC) focused on Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Japan. Success cases include Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Mercari.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 722
  • Round size: Seed $173k–$5M; Series A $1.9M–$26M; Venture - Series Unknown $165k–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $150M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Sisuta — Sisuta is a purpose-driven organization committed to addressing fundamental social issues by seamlessly integrating human insight with advanced technology, creating innovative solutions that empower individuals, strengthen communities, and unlock the full potential of both people and digital tools to drive sustainable social impact.
  • Tokoshie — Building infrastructure that inspires everyone to create.
  • EveryWill — Every WiLL will hasten the creation of a new logistical infrastructure that addresses social problems, beginning with the "way we receive" our products.
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Kensuke Furukawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Kensuke Furukawa was born in June 2, 1981. He graduated Waseda University majoring Political Science and Economics, and in 2000, he launched "Milkcafe", a student community, which has grown to a site with 10 million PV per month. In 2004, he became the CEO of Media Clip, which operates a rental bulletin board service "ShitarabaBBS". After that year, he had transfer "Shitaraba BBS" to Livedoor, and took charge of starting up the Consumer Generated Media sector. In 2006, he joined Recruit, and took charge of starting up a new business at Business development sector. In June of 2009, he left Recruit, and became the CEO of nanapi (formerly Rocket Start), which operates the How-to Site "nanapi".

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $63k–$2.6M; Angel $64k–$457k; Venture - Series Unknown $537k–$36M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
  • Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services.
  • Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
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Deep30
VC Fund · Kuramae, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Deep30 is specializing in AI technologies such as deep learning that consists of individuals connected to the University of Tokyo’s Matsuo Lab, which is famous for AI research.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $136k–$7M; Series B $5.4M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HIBARI — HIBARI solves on-site issues through AI and digital twins.
  • Unseed — Unseed is a consulting company that provides in-house training in data analysis and AI model development, technical expertise and training.
  • Zevero — Carbon Accounting Software and Services. With Zevero optimise your carbon footprint management effortlessly. Take charge of sustainability today!
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D4V
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Social Network startups, 7 in the past 12 months

D4V (Design for Ventures) is a Tokyo-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in disruptive, consumer, and enterprise technology startups. Partnering with the global design company IDEO, D4V provides both hands-on assistance and coaching to help startups create value via human-centered customer experiences and interactions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 86
  • Round size: Seed $443k–$7M; Series A $1.2M–$10M; Venture - Series Unknown $292k–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $46M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Sazo — Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI.
  • Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
  • Genba Hub — Genba Hub specializes in providing business management systems for construction and maintenance enterprises.
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gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Japan Social Network startups

gCC (gumi Cryptos Capital) is a blockchain and cryptographic asset fund that invests in the crypto native stack from L1 to the application layer, as well as in traditional businesses supporting the ecosystem.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 106
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$10M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$35M; Series A $5M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $110M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Baobab Studios — Creating VR animation experiences to bring out your sense of wonder and inspire you to dream again.
  • Fission Labs — 24/7 liquidity, atomic settlement, institutional market infrastructure for tokenized funds.
  • Alkemya Luxembourg — Alkemya Luxembourg is an international high tech metals firm specializing in sourcing and distributing rare earth oxides, titanium, and nickel wire, that are increasingly important to R&D and manufacturing companies in semiconductor, aerospace, and other high technology industries.
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BEENEXT
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 2 investments in Japan Social Network startups

BEENEXT manages multiple funds targeting diverse sectors, including fintech, healthtech, e-commerce, and artificial intelligence. Its platform offers founders access to a global network for knowledge exchange, mentorship, and business co-creation. The firm utilizes an industry-agnostic approach to identify businesses with potential for long-term growth across various international markets. Additionally, the company facilitates partnerships between entrepreneurs and a community of collaborators to assist with scaling operations.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: India, Japan, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 397
  • Round size: Seed $456k–$5M; Series A $2M–$15M; Series B $5.5M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Whizzo — Whizzo specializes in materials science-driven manufacturing of engineered fashion and technical textiles. Our expertise lies in creating and executing innovative textile blends tailored for applications across automotive, agriculture, medical textiles, and engineered fashion.
  • Furnishka — Discover premium sofas, recliners, beds, dining sets and more at Furnishka. Buy furniture online in India with free delivery, easy EMI and warranty.
  • Foundry — Foundry is a consumer technology business that specializes in household appliances. Foundry was started by Ankit Jain, a former managing director of Dyson India.
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ANRI
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Social Network startups

ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 324
  • Round size: Seed $253k–$9.4M; Series A $967k–$34M; Venture - Series Unknown $619k–$9.1M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Any Style — Any Style develops a messaging app from voice actors that regularly sends messages via subscription. It also engages in the planning and production of audio content and the VTuber production business.
  • Green Growth Co. — Green Growth Co. is a startup company engaged in next-generation infrastructure projects centered on renewable energy. The company develops grid-scale battery storage facilities and solar power plants, as well as revitalizes and trades secondary solar assets, thereby creating power sources for both local communities and corporations. It also supports the enhancement of power source value through initiatives such as the digitalization of existing generation facilities, repowering, conversion to the Feed-in Premium scheme, and the co-location of battery storage systems. Furthermore, by aggregating distributed renewable energy resources—via services such as aggregation, Power Purchase Agreements and retail supply—the company implements mechanisms to optimize supply and demand while fostering a circular flow of electricity within local regions. Green Growth also provides hands-on support to companies, assisting them with their Green Transformation initiatives as well as the formulation of power business strategies and the design of operational schemes.
  • Typewriter Therapeutics — Typewriter Therapeutics, Inc. develops mRNA-based gene therapies using a gene writing, or gene writing, platform for precise insertion of therapeutic genes into the genome. The company builds on transposon-based technologies originating from research by Professor Emeritus Haruhiko Fujiwara at the University of Tokyo. Its programs focus on all‑RNA,nonviral gene writing systems that repurpose natural genetic elements to address severe genetic disorders with limited treatment options. Typewriter Therapeutics conducts research and development across its U.S. and Japan operations and collaborates with investors and partners to advance genetic medicine candidates toward the clinic.
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Hironao Kunimitsu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Hironao Kunimitsu was born in Hyogo, Japan. After graduating from Okayama High School, he spent several years traveling around the world. He visited over 30 countries including the US, China, India, Canada, and others in Central and South America. In 1996 he entered Fudan University in China, and then later went on to study at Santa Monica College in the US. In 2004 he entered Atmovie Inc. where he produced movies and televised dramas, and was appointed company director in the same year. In 2007 he founded gumi Inc., and it started listing on first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in December, 2014.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Virtual Reality, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $729k–$2.6M; Angel $320k–$1.8M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 1SEC — 1sec is a virtual influencers in Japan,develop in-house and management. IMPACT to CEKAI in 1 second. Based on the concept of making CEKAI happy in one second, US based in Los Angeles and Japan, based in Tokyo, virtual influencers × AI, fashion & music & The company will develop a number of CEKAI's first and first projects in Japan inthe field of enter teignment.
  • Gatari — Gatari specializes in the planning, development, and operation of XR services. Auris, a futuristic audio guide, and Vismuth, a camera app that transforms reality into a story, are two of Gatari's services.
  • Thirdverse — Thirdverse is a web3 and virtual reality game studio that develops and operates multiplayer virtual reality games. The company combines the technology of blockchain to create an economic zone and a virtual world, enabling customers to experience seamless gameplay in a virtual environment.Thirdverse was founded in 2016 and is headquartered nTokyo, Japan.
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B Dash Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Social Network startups

B Dash Ventures does seed to late stage tech investments in Japan, Asia Pacific, and the U.S. LPs include Japan's largest technology companies and financial institutions including NTT Docomo, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, GREE, NEC BIGLOBE, Fuji Television, and the Japanese government. B Dash Ventures also operates an incubation space in partnership with Mori Building Co. and holds the invitation-based B Dash Camp conference.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Apps, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 93
  • Round size: Seed $804k–$7.8M; Series A $524k–$41M; Venture - Series Unknown $615k–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Spike Studio — Spike Studio Inc., established in November 2023, is a Tokyo-based company specializing in generative AI and large language models. Their mission is to enhance Japan’s labor productivity tenfold by integrating advanced AI solutions into client operations and services. The company offers customized AI solutions, system integration, data analysis,predictive modeling, and training programs to help clients leverage generative AI effectively. Co-founded by CEO Shigeru Kuroyanagi and COO Hirohide Sano, Spike Studio aims to address challenges such as declining international competitiveness, an aging population, and labor shortages in Japan.
  • Yosemite — Yosemite is a wellness company that provides health and wellness products, supplements, skincare, and personal care items.
  • Innovative Space Carrier — Innovative Space Carrier is a aerospace company that offers space transportation systems, planning, drafting and technology strategies.
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia. Since it's inception in Dec 2016, Genesia Ventures has invested in over 90 companies in Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and the US. Genesia Ventures invests in various sectors: SaaS, marketplace, Media, Finance, Insurance, RealEstate, Healthcare, Medical, Travel, Education, Manufacturing, Construction, HR, Agriculture, Sports, Retail, Entertainment, etc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 241
  • Round size: Seed $462k–$5.7M; Series A $1.2M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $404k–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $110M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • THE PHAGE — The phage is a medical device company that focuses on developing AI technology to predict postprandial blood glucose levels.
  • AI Mage — AI Mage is an IT company that provides AI solutions for anime production business industries.
  • Umami United — Umami United is a plant-based food brand with unique focus on Japanese food technologies and traditional ingredients to make delicious and healthy food to unite people at one table. The wide lineups are designed to be vegan-friendly, buddhist friendly, and halal friendly for all.
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Quantum Leaps Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Quantum Leaps Ventures establish and invest in internet and technology companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Consulting, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Malaysia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$1M; Series A $961k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.3M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Rayout — Rayout is a business consulting company that provides creative content development, recruitment videos, and web production services.
  • CareMaker — CareMaker is a technology company that develops and operates visit schedule management and regional collaboration cloud services.
  • Rehabilitation 3.0 — Rehabilitation 3.0 focuses on a preventive medical system that provides AI assessment and tracking on health, exercise, mood, and wellness.
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Kazuhiko Ishikura
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Kazuhiko Ishikura is based out of Tokyo, Tokyo and is the Co-Founder and Director of SDF Capital. Kazuhiko previously worked at 3minute Inc. as a Director. Kazuhiko Ishikura attended Aoyama Gakuin University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Fashion, Advertising
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $329k–$453k; Angel $189k–$1.8M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Neith — Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women.
  • WARC — WARC provides hands-on support for business management departments as well as mergers and acquisition advisory services.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health is a hormone testing service intended to provide access to hormones and medical care. They allow users to self-check the physical condition for pregnancy and how hormones affect it, whether the symptoms are related to menopause, and provide personalized test results, commented on by physicians.
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Yusuke Sato
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder of Pulit.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Content, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 60
  • Round size: Seed $226k–$4.3M; Angel $254k–$4.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $363k–$27M
  • 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.
  • Meetscare — Meetscare provides correct information and supports the self-awareness of all people involved in care. The company provides a wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Users can make a telephone consultation and web diagnosis and search for free information using the system.Meetscare was founded on2016 and is headquartered in Arakawa, Tokyo.
  • Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

ITOCHU Technology Ventures (ITV), based in Tokyo, is the venture capital arm of ITOCHU Corporation. ITOCHU is one of the world's largest corporations with offices in over 80 countries and operations that cover a broad spectrum of industries. ITV's mission is to invest and help build leading information technology companies by leveraging a vast array of resources both domestically and internationally throughout ITOCHU and its group companies. The ITOCHU group has a long history of funding information technology companies with successes including Siebel Systems, NVIDIA, Openwave and Aruba Networks. Current portfolio includes, Box, Fab, Ooyala, WHILL, Tokyo Otaku Mode, etc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Belgium

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 154
  • Round size: Series A $1.8M–$29M; Series B $3M–$26M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $93M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • THE PHAGE — The phage is a medical device company that focuses on developing AI technology to predict postprandial blood glucose levels.
  • CMerTV — CMer TV is a platform that connects advertisers with newspapers, magazines, and specialized media by video
  • Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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Startia
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Startia provides web, network, and business solutions in Japan and internationally. It sells e-book production software, and CMS, and other web applications, as well as offers web-related outsourced production and development, web traffic consulting, and other services. The company also provides server rental and maintenance services, which are essential to have Web access and for e-mail, sell network equipment and other information communication equipment, act as intermediary with Internet service providers, and offer other services. In addition, it sells, installs, and repairs business phones and multi-function printers; designs office layouts with an emphasis on the communications environment; and provides network consulting services, including fiber optics and OTOKU line services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Social Network, CRM
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $626k–$1M; Venture - Series Unknown $133k–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Qourier —
  • Arcterus — Adapts to their learning style, learning by learning in an optimized manner is maximized. Walking terrace is based on the knowledge obtained theory of technology and Adaptive Learning to deal with big data, from the guidance field, it will provide the best learning experience for the individual learner.
  • Clearnote — CLEAR is an educational note-sharing platform.
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Regional Revitalization Solution
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Regional Revitalization Solution is a tourism industry fund.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, E-Commerce, Reservations
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$6M; Corporate Round $1.3M–$2.7M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Chipee — Chipee is a social networking platform that enables its users to send digital gratitude in the form of chips.
  • Earth Boat — Earth Boat is an accomodation company that specializes in manufacture, sales, and support services of trailer houses and portable saunas.
  • The Chain Museum — The Chain Museum provides a platform for individual viewers to express and share their impressions of art works, connect with artists, and support them. It also aims to operate art museums and provide consulting services.
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AG Capital
VC Fund · Shiba, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

AG Capital is an investment firm that provides investment and property management solutions for middle-size businesses. The company was founded on December 12, 1985 and its headquarters are located in Minato-ku, Tokyo.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Round size: Seed $462k–$28M; Series A $921k–$4.1M; Venture - Series Unknown $547k–$9.6M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mento — UGOKU is a provider of management of personal coaching service.
  • KAUCHE — KAUCHE is a discovery-based e-commerce model where friends and family can “discover” and purchase daily sale items together. They provide services for online retail shops. KAUCHE is committed in creating an exciting shopping experience for both customers and partners who want to sell products.
  • Unito — Unito is a hospitality firm that offers lodging and accommodation facilities.
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Toranomon Impact Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Toranomon Impact Capital provides impact investment in health sector.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Training, Health Care, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $815k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CaTe — CaTe is based in Tokyo. CaTe develops and manufactures a Digital Therapeutic (DTx) for remote cardiac rehabilitation. Their invention allows heart disease patients to safely and successfully complete cardiac rehabilitation utilizing standing exercise in a confined space, such as at home, without the use of ergometers or similar instruments.
  • Hicky — Hicky is a manufacturing company that manufactures medical device for central sleep apnea.
  • Vreach — VrWillShine Inceach is a specialized Japanese online tutoring service and educational platform designed specifically for students with visual impairments (blind or low vision).
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Seiichiro Wada
Angel · , , Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Seiichiro Wada started his career as employee No.5 at a technology startup. He then joined Dwango, the fast-growing startup that operates Japanese Youtube "Niko Niko Douga", incubating new businesses for the company and then helped the company go public. After that, he joined Monex Group, the leading online brokerage group in Japan, and led new businesses there as well. He also helped establish Monex Ventures as the CVC of Monex Group first and then raised funds from external LPs for an independent early-stage venture capital. He has invested in more than 100 early stage startups, including Money Forward (IPO), Uzabase (IPO), Mentalhealth Technologies (IPO), MFS (IPO), Folio, Emerada, Gracia, and orb.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Content, Legal
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $731k–$2.8M; Series A $1M–$1.9M; Venture - Series Unknown $746k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Chipee — Chipee is a social networking platform that enables its users to send digital gratitude in the form of chips.
  • AGRI SMILE — AGRI SMILE employs technology to create sustainable agriculture, communities, and production areas. It promotes agricultural industry development by combining software as a tool for accumulating and inheriting technology with science, which creates new technology based on accumulated data. They seeks to establish a cultivation system that is inharmony with the environment and the region, allowing agricultural workers to live a rich life both financially and spiritually.
  • CharacterBank — CharacterBank offers game development and production services using VR technology.
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Kentaro Ruichi
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Ruichi Kentaro is an Angel Investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Video Games, Social Network
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Graffity — Graffity to provide AR experiences globally and enrich life more conveniently and invent the AR entertainment experience and provide it globally.
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Yuma Umeda
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Yuma Umeda

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gift, AgTech, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $836k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Xmart — Xmart is a Costs can be reduced by simply sending invoices for one month.
  • AGRI SMILE — AGRI SMILE employs technology to create sustainable agriculture, communities, and production areas. It promotes agricultural industry development by combining software as a tool for accumulating and inheriting technology with science, which creates new technology based on accumulated data. They seeks to establish a cultivation system that is inharmony with the environment and the region, allowing agricultural workers to live a rich life both financially and spiritually.
  • Another works — Another works is a internet platform & the industry's first service that allows you to directly approach the talent you are interested in from a database of a variety of ready-to-work and multi-tasking personnel. You can also use the performance fee for free.
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Fundinno
VC Fund · Higashi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Fundinno is an equity investment crowdfunding platform.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Content, Health Care
  • Stage:Equity Crowdfunding, Product Crowdfunding
  • Geography: Japan, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 100
  • Round size: Equity Crowdfunding $131k–$582k; Product Crowdfunding $123k–$444k
  • Lead/follow: 70% lead, 30% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Atto — Atto operates in the healthcare and preventive medicine field as a technology venture. Its main business is the development, manufacturing, and sale of health inspection equipment. The core product is a capillary blood flow observation device called Kekkan Bijin. This device allows users to observe capillary blood flow simply by placing a finger onit, without any blood sampling.
  • FUNDiT — FUNDiT is an IT-focused M&A and business consolidation company that specializes in acquiring, managing, and scaling IT companies.
  • Novius Company — Novius, Inc. is a Japan-based medical technology startup developing advanced glass-free 3D endoscopic imaging solutions. Its flagship platform, N-Vision3D, enables real-time 2D-to-3D conversion of endoscopic and microscopic images using proprietary AI-powered depth estimation. By enhancing depth perception without requiring specialized 3Dendoscopes, Novius improves surgical accuracy, supports medical training, and expands accessibility to next-generation imaging worldwide. Developed proprietary real-time 2D-to-3D imaging technology compatible with existing Olympus endoscopy towers and monitors.Completed initial clinical adoption with early users in Japan.Expanding global commercialization in minimally invasive surgery, cancer treatment, and medical education.
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SBI Investment
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

SBI Investment supports the business development and growth of private venture companies through fund investment. It manages and manages venture capital funds under the management philosophy of becoming a leading company responsible for the creation and development of core industries in the 21st century as a "new industry creator". SBI Investment has invested in a total of 986 companies in the past, of which 169 (17.1% of investment companies) have exited through IPO or M & A.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 457
  • Round size: Series A $1.9M–$28M; Series B $4.5M–$62M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $77M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
  • Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
  • Zerodoor HD — Zerodoor HD specializes in digital transformation in constructing industry.
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Hiroaki Kitano
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Senior Executive Vice President and CTO at Sony Group Corporation and President & CEO at Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.. He attended Waseda University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Health Care, Fitness
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $2.7M–$7.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GPx — GPx is a biotech company that revolutionizes remote chronic disease management with bloodless blood tests. It is dedicated to transforming the standard of care of cardiorenal diseases and enabling patients to better understand their condition, much like the continuous glucose monitor has transformed diabetes care.The company was founded in 2020and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • AnotherBall — AnotherBall is a blockchain startup that combines entertainment and blockchain.
  • SBX Corporation — AI R&D: Deep learning, Machine learning, Automation, Text mining. Development, customization and maintenance of software platforms for drug discovery and life science research.
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Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups, 20 in the past 12 months

Globis Capital Partners (GCP) is a venture capital firm in Japan. With its combination of local business presence through Globis Group and the experience of Western VC experience, GCP has set new VC standards in Japan, with hands-on, and in-depth industry expertise.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 215
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$35M; Series B $4.4M–$69M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.7M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $51M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • CADDi — CADDi analyzes and connects manufacturing data fragmented across departments, locations, and systems, turning it into an enterprise asset. It uses AI to transform how manufacturers make decisions and execute work.
  • Facilo — Facilo is a real estate communication provider that uses cloud computing to enhance sales and ease transactions of real estate brokerage.
  • kikitori — kikitori engages in the development and operation of applications and web systems in the fruit and vegetable distribution field.
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Kiraboshi Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Kiraboshi Capital contributes to the development of Tokyo metropolitan by demonstrating equity functions and customers' management needs. The firm was established in September 2018 and is based in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Consulting
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Round size: Series A $454k–$3.8M; Series B $4.3M–$14M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.9M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $18M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • CaTe — CaTe is based in Tokyo. CaTe develops and manufactures a Digital Therapeutic (DTx) for remote cardiac rehabilitation. Their invention allows heart disease patients to safely and successfully complete cardiac rehabilitation utilizing standing exercise in a confined space, such as at home, without the use of ergometers or similar instruments.
  • ADiXi — Adixi is a tech-driven business that supports the idea that people and technology may work together. It strives to open doors by utilizing cutting-edge technology, such as artificial intelligence, to promote long-term, sustainable corporate and societal progress.
  • Sharing Energy — Sharing Energy is providing energy supply and energy management services.
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Archetype Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups, 17 in the past 12 months

Archetype Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in B2B Tech seed and early stage venture investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 132
  • Round size: Seed $667k–$6.8M; Series A $1.2M–$32M; Series B $1.7M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Nocall — Nocall develops an automated calling system utilizing AI voice technology.
  • Voxela, Inc. — Voxels is an AI powered platform on a mission to reinvent caregiving by making incident detection intelligent and actionable.
  • Bulwark Dynamics — Bulwark Dynamics develops autonomous maritime systems for contested logistics and distributed military operations. Its CARAVEL platform is an autonomous beach-landing resupply vessel that delivers cargo from ship to shore without requiring port infrastructure. The vessel supports JMIC and ISO containers, autonomous cargo handling, GPS-deniednavigation, and operations in shallow or degraded maritime conditions. The company also develops vessel autonomy, command-and-control, hull production, payload integration, and sustainment capabilities for defense and maritime logistics applications.
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries and affiliates in the various business segments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 694
  • Round size: Series A $1.1M–$21M; Series B $2.3M–$34M; Venture - Series Unknown $712k–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
  • Etaily — Etaily provides e-commerce and retail solutions in the Philippines, enabling brands with end-to-end services, from store management to fulfillment.
  • Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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Ryo Ishizuka
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Ryo Ishizuka is the co-founder and CEO of Mercari, a hassle-free peer-to-peer mobile marketplace app. After founding the company in Japan and following its successful launch, Ryo leads Mercari's international expansion as the company grows globally. Prior to founding Mercari, Ryo was the Chief Architect at RockYou, a Silicon Valley startupbacked by Sequoia. At RockYou, he was responsible for developing the core infrastructures to support its rapidly growing traffic, serving more than 20 billion PVs per month. He later served as COO at RockYou Asia to lead its Asian expansion. Born in Japan and raised in the US, Ryo has spent his life constantly moving and building bridges between the two countries.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SNS, AgTech, Beauty
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $700k–$7M; Series A $6.8M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sagri — Sagri is developing agriculture software for experienced farmers.
  • Omneky — Omneky - Omnichannel Creative Orchestration
  • Flyp — Grow resale business with easy access to inventory and free automation tools. Join 10,000+ resellers today.
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JAPAN Creative Platform Group
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

The Japan Emerging Group is a professional group that has the business areas of digital content development, product development, and sales promotion development as specialized areas while also focusing on the printing business, and the creative department that supports these areas. We will do our best in each area to solve client's issues andrespond to requests, but also provide new value that combines abundant know-how and high manufacturing technology across each area.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, Events, Concerts
  • Stage:Corporate Round, Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Corporate Round $434k–$3.7M
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Touchcard — TOUCHCARD uses the most advanced special printing technology in Japan.y fusing the latest digital technologies, we can provide emotional and immersive services that transcend existing concepts. In addition, it can be used in various usage scenes that have both portability and collection characteristics that the card originally has.
  • Alpha Code — Alpha Code is engaged in the development and provision of solutions utilizing virtual reality, mixed reality, and augmented reality technology. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Colorful Casting — Colorful Casting is a digital platform that allows companies to match with influencers, models, actors, singers and idols.
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Yuto Nagatomo
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Yuto Nagatomo - President, CEO, and Founder @ Cuore

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, SNS, Sales
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$4.3M; Angel $457k–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MIL — MIL is a marketing company it can be used for a wide range of video marketing such as video commerce , O2O measures , recruitment videos , and landing videos.
  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • Saurus Japan — SAURUS JAPAN is an online store that sells sports supplements. They provide athletes with protein and amino acids. They provide quality raw materials and formulations with a focus on safety and security. Their nutrients serve the purpose that professionals need.
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Dentsu Digital Holdings
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Dentsu Digital Holdings is a business management company that provides digital communication solutions and services. The company offers strategy solutions such as data capabilities in various industries, applications of cross-industry know-hows and experiences, and data analysis to identify strategic scenarios and KPI; planning solutions, including unified planning which combines mass media and real promotions, and digital creative agency services; and execution and operational solutions such as stable management framework, brand exposure management, and scenario revision based on a range of effectiveness measurement tools and databases. The company also provides internet advertising, advertising networks, and SEM services for agencies; marketing strategy planning, response management, support for direct businesses, and database marketing; marketing technology planning, development, and management; and digital and advertising agency, mobile marketing, online advertising, and interactive services. In addition, the company is engaged in the areas of digital marketing platforms and digital media, digital technology, social marketing, digital devices, and new business models using digital technology in Japan, East Asia, the United States, and Europe. It also manages venture capital funds, making strategic investments in the new IT-based communications domain. Dentsu Digital Holdings was founded in 2000 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. It operates as a subsidiary of Dentsu Inc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Finance
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Series A $1M–$38M; Series B $1.1M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $98k–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $42M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Coiney — Coiney develops "Coiney" credit card payment service for businesses using smartphones and tablets. By inserting a Coiney dedicated leader into the earphone jack of the mobile terminal and using a dedicated application, you can easily make credit card payment anytime, anywhere, indoors and outdoors with internet connection.CoineyEngine uses artificial intelligence to offer an evaluation of business enterprises based on the accumulation of payments history and various statistical data from the Coiney Terminal and Coiney Payge services. It is used to see the credibility of a company when they apply for business loans from banks partnering with the payments startup.
  • Viibar — Viibar has a mission of "Opening the horizon of videos and making the world positive." We delve into the area of Video Tech through "Video SaaS Business", "DX Business for Media Platformers", and "Liver Success Business", and support the utilization of video by companies and individuals with technology andnew mechanisms.
  • hey Japan — STORES support the development of an economy driven by commitment, passion, and fun. They support the digitalization of business, such as opening online shops, POS cash registers, cashless payments, and online reservation systems.
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KSK Angel Fund
VC Fund · San Diego, California, United States · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

LATOTO menawarkan slot server Kamboja gacor hari ini, bandar togel resmi, serta freebet menarik untuk member baru.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 44
  • Round size: Seed $435k–$4.4M; Series A $1.8M–$100M; Venture - Series Unknown $95k–$7.1M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Buy&Ship — Buyandship provides cross-border eCommerce solution focusing on Marketing and Logistics. At Buyandship, is redefining the experience of E-Commerce without changing the sites, disrupting the underlying infrastructure, we provide consolidate, aggregate and load-balance shipments across the world to the consumer's doorstep. Our technologyfocuses on connecting the fragmented existing logistics infrastructure to create a seamless experience for both merchants and consumers, and the benefit is that they get a solution that is 30-50% less than other carriers. We also work with merchants, marketplaces, and platforms to create a channel to reach an audience across our geographies (9 Countries currently) and reaching over 1.5M+ people per month whilst growing. We envision our members being able to purchase from any site around the world and have it seamlessly be shipped home. No more geographical restrictions, No more price monopolies, No more ambiguous shipping situations. We are building towards a transparent system, where both buyers and sellers just focus on the product.
  • Piece — Piece is a digital real estate platform offering the easiest and most transparent way to participate in income-producing real estate in Europe. Our mission is to make real estate ownership inclusive and more accessible.
  • Infobox — Infobox is a sales data platform that includes every detail from market research to creating a list of companies and contacting decision-makers.
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Masao Ito
Angel · , Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Masao Ito is a Founder & CEO at User Local.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Social Media, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $147k–$1.1M; Series A $755k–$841k
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Illusil — Illusil is a service that makes it easier for anyone to generate slide materials and reduces the amount of time needed to do it. Additionally, presentations can be automatically generated from text input by AI, and over 1,000 design templates can be used to build original slides.
  • Alyaum — Aryaum supports "regional revitalization through NFT" by offering local governments all around the nation hometown tax and tourism NFT solutions.
  • FinT — FinT operates SNS marketing businesses and young women's media.
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Otomi Tomohiro
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Otomi Tomohiro - CEO @ Tyrus

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Tourism, Recruiting
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $377k–$8.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CUICIN — Quickin is changing the travel experience with the digital transformation.
  • HANOWA — Hanowa is a matching platform between freelance dental hygienists and dental clinics. It matches dental care workers who want to work in their spare time with dental clinics. It can be used for studying, side jobs, and job change activities.
  • Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
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IVC
VC Fund · Taipei, T'ai-pei, Taiwan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Who we are We are investors and entrepreneurs helping define the next generation of Blockchain startups. Our Focus Passionate founders. Disruptive models. Borderless markets. Exponential effects. Our Geography Starting from...

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 288
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$9M; Pre-Seed $480k–$4.5M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $70M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Wizzwoods — 1st pixel farm game integrates interchain capabilities with a SocialFi twist.
  • SuperIntent — Discover intelligent crypto investing with SuperIntent. Supercharged by DeFAI, it's your all-in-one app for smarter strategies and stress-free asset management.
  • SuperGaming — At SuperGaming, we are putting India on the global gaming map.
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Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel · , , Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

2011 At university, participated in the founding period as a director of Atcole Co., Ltd., and started the web service experience.2012 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd., which operates a curation platform for women "MERY" .2014 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd. Sold to DeNA 2015 Jointly established Tokyo Founders Fund as an angel investor and started investing in startups in Japan and overseas 2019 Appointed outside director of FIREBUG Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $151k–$1.8M; Angel $29k–$4.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$36M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mepple — Mepple is planning, developing, and operating internet services.
  • For you — For you is a comprehensive Advertising agency business specializing in SNS.
  • SPORTS CROWN — SPORTS CROWN is a fantasy sports developer that introduces a new type of game where the players can earn prize money by predicting the players who will play an active role in soccer and baseball.
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XTech Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

XTech Ventures aims to achieve dramatic growth for investee companies by supporting entrepreneurship, multifaceted management support, and IPO support for the excellent middle class who are enthusiastic about entrepreneurship.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 119
  • Round size: Seed $480k–$3.7M; Series A $1.1M–$7.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $549k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
  • Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
  • Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
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KDDI
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

KDDI Corporation is a Japanese telecommunications operator. It was created in 2000 through a merger of DDI, KDD and IDO and now employs over 15,000 people. The company provides a broad range of services, including fixed-line phone communication, mobile phone and web services, and Internet services. It also has a ownership stake in two Japanese cable television companies, Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) and Japan Cablenet (JCN). KDDI's mobile phone and web arm is branded as "au". The company is the current No. 2 in Japan's mobile communications market, trailing NTT DoCoMo and ahead of SoftBank.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Apps
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 93
  • Round size: Series A $4.1M–$209M; Series B $234k–$41M; Venture - Series Unknown $390k–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $187M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Yuime — Yuime is an HR consulting firm that offers agricultural staffing, contract farming, and recruitment services.
  • RLWRLD — RLWRLD specializes in "Physical AI" by creating robotics foundation models (RFMs) designed to enable robots to function autonomously in real-world environments.
  • Bounce — Luggage Storage Near Me 24/7 - Store your baggage in 32,000+ worldwide locations. Bounce is the BEST luggage storage app for finding and booking left luggage & lockers near you!
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Beenos Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Beenos is a platform for startups. Our in-house team of entrepreneurs-in-residence and specialists help you get your ideas off the ground. We’re (the) experts in engineering, design, data science, and business management. We know how to launch a company in this ever changing IT industry, and we’d like to help establish and expand your present andfuture business.The company was founded in 1999 as NetPrice.com, a provider of eCommerce services. NetPrice.com established Beenos as an incubation program before

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Mobile, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 63
  • Round size: Seed $176k–$2.1M; Series A $1.9M–$13M; Series B $2.3M–$51M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Raena — RAENA adalah platform reseller kecantikan terbesar di Indonesia yang memberikan peluang bisnis rumahan yang menjanjikan. Dropshipper & Reseller produk kecantikan
  • Ralali — Ralali.com, Pusat toko grosir online pertama di Indonesia, sebagai b2b wholesale marketplace platform yang menghubungkan supplier, distributor dengan retail.
  • Delivered Korea — Delivered Korea is an e-commerce platform, that accelerates cross-border e-commerce from South Korea to your country.
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Garnet Capital
VC Fund · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Garnet Capital is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Consulting, Social Network
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $276k–$406k
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kiviaq —
  • Asclepath — Asclepath Company develops and provides DX (Digital Transformation) services, including Asclepath AIOS—an AI platform designed to support clinic operations and management.
  • Legal Acces — legal access is a critical step toward building a nation that is governed by the rule of law, where laws are applied fairly and transparently, and where every individual has the ability to understand, engage with, and seek protection or justice through the legal system.
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Kamata Tomihisa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Dr. Kamada earned his Ph.D. at the University of Tokyo. In 1984, he pursued his journey to establish his own business that focused on information appliances and mobile software, namely ACCESS Co., Ltd.. With great success, the company entered the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Market in 2001. He left ACCESS Co., Ltd. in 2011, and founded TomyK Ltd.in 2012 where he supports startups possessing revolutionary business ideas that revitalize the Japanese economy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Medical, Genetics
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • SmarTrial — Activaid owns and operates a social data platform for patients with inflammatory bowel disease. It allows patients to support and exchange information within the patient community with the same disease; provide information necessary for new drug development and matching to clinical trials that suits them; and improve medical treatment. YasuakiHasebe founded Activaid in 2018. It has its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan.
  • Genomelink — Genomelink is a platform where people discover more with their DNA data and help businesses build, market and do research with it. The best founders in consumer genomics with real experience in the industry for many years, including M3, Inc. ($13B valued Meditech in Japan), a founding member of the Japanese version of 23andMe, and leadbioinformatician and software engineer at a joint-venture between Illumina and Sony. Raised $4M for Seed Round from Berkeley SkyDeck, SONY, and top-tier Japanese VCs. Supported by Illumina Accelerator, Carlos Bustamante Lab at Stanford University among others.
  • MinD in a Device — MinD in a Device Co., Ltd. is a university-launched venture that aims to port human consciousness to devices (machines and computers) in the medium to long term based on long-term research results on consciousness. As the first step toward realization, we will evolve and deepen the "generation model" considered to be the source ofconsciousness, and promote the development of next-generation AI and social implementation.
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Global Open Network
VC Fund · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Global Open Network provides blockchain technology-based online payment services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Banking, Finance, Blockchain
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GO-NET — GO-NET is a new platform that leverages blockchain technology and Akamai's Intelligent Edge Platform. GO-NET aims to support various businesses in areas such as Payment, IoT, and healthcare as a social infrastructure.
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 414
  • Round size: Seed $289k–$7M; Series A $1.5M–$20M; Venture - Series Unknown $368k–$8.1M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
  • Black Cat Carnival — Tell us about anything development-related. Our founder, who launched Niconico Live, SUGAR and GANMA! from scratch, helps with planning, design, development and operations.
  • Carbon CryoCapture — Carbon CryoCapture specializes in the carbon dioxide separation systems aimed at creating economically viable, energy-efficient, and genuinely sustainable CO2 separation and recovery technologies. The company is dedicated to deploying cost-effective, efficient systems for CO2 capture that integrate smoothly with current infrastructures, all whileenhancing energy consumption and production. This enables clients to attain zero emissions throughout the development and application of resources.
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Tomihisa Kamada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Dr. Kamada earned his Ph.D. at the University of Tokyo. In 1984, he pursued his journey to establish his own business that focused on information appliances and mobile software, namely ACCESS Co., Ltd.. With great success, the company entered the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Market in 2001. He left ACCESS Co., Ltd. in 2011, and founded TomyK Ltd.in 2012 where he supports startups possessing revolutionary business ideas that revitalize the Japanese economy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Medical, Genetics
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • SmarTrial — Activaid owns and operates a social data platform for patients with inflammatory bowel disease. It allows patients to support and exchange information within the patient community with the same disease; provide information necessary for new drug development and matching to clinical trials that suits them; and improve medical treatment. YasuakiHasebe founded Activaid in 2018. It has its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan.
  • Genomelink — Genomelink is a platform where people discover more with their DNA data and help businesses build, market and do research with it. The best founders in consumer genomics with real experience in the industry for many years, including M3, Inc. ($13B valued Meditech in Japan), a founding member of the Japanese version of 23andMe, and leadbioinformatician and software engineer at a joint-venture between Illumina and Sony. Raised $4M for Seed Round from Berkeley SkyDeck, SONY, and top-tier Japanese VCs. Supported by Illumina Accelerator, Carlos Bustamante Lab at Stanford University among others.
  • MinD in a Device — MinD in a Device Co., Ltd. is a university-launched venture that aims to port human consciousness to devices (machines and computers) in the medium to long term based on long-term research results on consciousness. As the first step toward realization, we will evolve and deepen the "generation model" considered to be the source ofconsciousness, and promote the development of next-generation AI and social implementation.
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Yasuyuki Kin
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Yasuyuki Kin

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Recruiting
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $90k–$7.1M
  • 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 — 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.
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Takeshi Aoki Yamato
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Takeshi Aoki Yamato is the Representative Director of Capital Medica Ventures.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Fitness, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $403k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Chipee — Chipee is a social networking platform that enables its users to send digital gratitude in the form of chips.
  • GEOFLA — Geofra develops Planning and creation of items that rejuvenate the movement of people in physical areas, regional revitalization initiatives
  • Runtrip — This is one way to enjoy running without being bound by numbers.You can walk along the way. You can stop.It's all your freedom to run with whom.There are scenery in the world that can only be seen by running,There are friends who can only meet by running.The discovery or encounter may be in the immediate vicinityIt may beon the back of the earth.Occasionally, time, order, and distance are set aside.To a world where you can run more freely and enjoyably.
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Kazuma Ieiri
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Born in 1978 and raised in Fukuoka prefecture, Kazuma founded paperboy&co. inc. (currently GMO Pepabo) and went on to become the youngest CEO ever (at the time) to take a company public in Japan by taking paperboy&co. public on the JASDAQ Japanese stock exchange. After leaving paperboy&co, he continued his startup trail by foundingBASE, CAMPFIRE, and XIMERA. Kazuma also dabbled in the food services industry via the founding of On The Corner (a cafe) and is active in the startup investment scene. He also started the Liverty-house project which attempts to create shared housing for young people in need.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Fashion, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $380k–$28M; Angel $64k–$474k; Venture - Series Unknown $19k–$363k
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Taliki — Taliki is a Coworking Space Operates Social Entrepreneurs Development Support for Intrepreneur Development.
  • One Nova — One Nova is a lifestyle brand and online platform that offers a range of innerwear products, such as men's boxers.
  • Vivid Garden — vivid garden is an Agriculture company.
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DIMENSION
VC Fund · Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

DIMENSION is an investment fund management company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Content, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, India, Romania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Round size: Series A $1.9M–$79M; Series B $2.5M–$52M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $46M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Utaite — Utaite is an operator of an entertainment platform that focuses on planning, production, and development of entertainment content.
  • Pacific Meta — Pacific Meta is a tech startup that creates a web3 platform with the goal of offering guidance to businesses using blockchain technology. The firm platform aids in the product's localization for the Japanese market and offers community management services, enabling businesses to promote themselves on social media platforms and work withinfluencers in the cryptocurrency space.
  • Rocket Link Technology — Rocket Link Technology is a product development company that specializes in designing LTP rockets for space travel.
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Shinsei Capital Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Shinsei Capital Partners invested startup companies engaged in life science such as biotech or digital health technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Pharmaceutical, SNS
  • Stage:Series B, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$5M; Series B $2.3M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • FunPep — FunPep is an Industry-university collaboration bioventure company.
  • Financier — Financier provides Japan's only Web3 platform aimed at realizing a creator economy that supports the challenges of 1 billion people. The platform enables creators to issue tokens, fostering community engagement and new economic models. By leveraging blockchain technology, it empowers individuals to monetize their influence and buildsustainable communities.
  • MiddleField — MiddleField is a team to make cars the best entertainment and to make the lives of everyone involved in cars into entertainment. They creates a society where a lot of people are involved as a middle point of all people's dreams. MiddleField owns and operates an e-commerce platform offering cars.
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Social Network Investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 49 deals from 102 investors.

102
investors
in Japan Social Network startups
49
deals
in Japan Social Network startups
$1.5M
median round
in Japan Social Network startups
25%
lead investors
lead at least one round
35%
Seed
most common funding stage
79/21
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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