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Top 40 Social Network Startup Investors in Japan (June 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 Angel round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Kensuke Furukawa
Angel
3 Japan Seed, Angel Content, SNS, Software $497k–$41M
D4V
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, Apps $1.4M–$89M
gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1.3M–$35M
East Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, Indonesia, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Internet $649k–$38M
B Dash Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, Taiwan, United States Seed, Series A Internet, Information Technology, Apps $229k–$928M
Hironao Kunimitsu
Angel
2 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Content, Virtual Reality, Gaming $320k–$38M
Deep30
VC Fund
2 Japan, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Content $2.1M–$156M
Kentaro Ruichi
Angel
1 Japan Seed Content, Video Games, Social Network
Incubate Fund
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $362k–$113M
Kazuma Ieiri
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Content, Fashion, FinTech $380k–$47M
Yusuke Sato
Angel
1 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Angel Content, Internet, Food and Beverage $320k–$43M
Seiichiro Wada
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Legal, Content, Agriculture $1M–$85M
Startia
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Series A, Corporate Round Software, Social Network, Events
Beenos Partners
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Internet, Mobile $535k–$51M
ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Belgium Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $4M–$369M
KDDI
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, South Korea Series A, Series B Mobile, Software, Internet $3.3M–$950M
W ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Series A Information Technology, Content, Internet $1.6M–$413M
Hiroaki Kitano
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Debt Financing Health Care, Fitness, Medical $3.3M–$43M
Archetype Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $1M–$142M
Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel
1 Japan, Hong Kong, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Software, Content $425k–$28M
Regional Revitalization Solution
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Corporate Round, Series A Travel, Reservations, Location Based Services $1M–$43M
Kazuhiro Ishikura
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel Beauty, Content, Fashion $2.8M–$28M
DIMENSION
VC Fund
1 Japan, India, Romania Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Content, Manufacturing $895k–$1.1B
Yasuyuki Kin
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Media and Entertainment, Recruiting, Career Planning $1.4M–$14M
SBI Investment
VC Fund
1 Japan, South Korea, United States Series B, Series A Information Technology, Software, Financial Services $4M–$283M
AG Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Seed Finance, Software, Internet $1M–$71M
Toranomon Impact Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Series B Training, EdTech, Education $1M–$17M
Otomi Tomohiro
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel Health Care, Travel, Content $5.7M–$11M
Takeshi Aoki Yamato
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series B Apps, Fitness, Medical $403k–$1M
Quantum Leaps Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, Malaysia Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Consulting, Health Care, Information Technology $300k–$21M
Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Health Care $788k–$68M
Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Internet $7.1M–$638M
Masao Ito
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series A, Angel Content, Social Media, Information Technology $1.4M–$18M
Yuma Umeda
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Gift, Internet, Software $836k–$17M
Yuto Nagatomo
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel SNS, Video, Beauty $7.1M–$68M
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Health Care, Software $4.5M–$425M
KSK Angel Fund
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, SaaS $1M–$100M
Kazuhiko Ishikura
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Beauty, Content, Fashion
Kamata Tomihisa
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Fitness, Medical, Genetics
Ryo Ishizuka
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Series A SNS, AgTech, Beauty $700k–$142M
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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, SNS, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $497k–$41M; Angel $1M–$7.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
  • Plott — Plott producing youtube animation platform under Vision “Become a Content holder from YouTube”. In August 2019, the company name was changed from Fabo to Plott. Plott, the new company name, is derived from the plot that you make before writing novels, etc., and the idea that “I want to make content all the time” is put in the company name.
  • Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
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D4V
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Social Network startups

D4V (Design for Ventures) is a Tokyo-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in disruptive, consumer and enterprise technology startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 78
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$41M; Series A $5.7M–$89M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $687M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Sazo — Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI.
  • Pragtech — Pragtech develops and operates parking lot service software that helps to eliminate payment congestion and reduce operating costs.
  • Shinsekai Technologies — SHINSEKAI Technologies focuses on supporting companies, enabling them to advance their services to Web3 and NFT technologies.
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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: 97
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$11M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$35M; Series A $5M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $110M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Openfort — The single platform to onboard, transact and scale onchain.
  • Amulet Protocol — DeFi insurance protocol
  • Vauld — Lend, borrow & trade with Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Tether (USDT) and other major cryptocurrencies. Buy & sell crypto and earn interest of up to 11.57% APY. Trade while continuing to earn high interest rates.
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East Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 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, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 448
  • Round size: Seed $649k–$18M; Series A $2.1M–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FR8Labs — FR8Labs offers a practical freight forwarder solution that includes all of the modules required, without the extraneous trappings of overly sophisticated features that may not use but wind up paying for.
  • Runchise — Runchise is an integrated restaurant and franchise management system to increase operational efficiency and profit.
  • Fresh Factory — Fresh Factory runs a web of hyperlocal cold-chain fulfilment centers in Indonesia.
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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 inpartnership with Mori Building Co. and holds the invitation-based B Dash Camp conference.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Taiwan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 89
  • Round size: Seed $840k–$92M; Series A $229k–$928M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Light — Light is a software development company that allows streamers and viewers to connect in real time through an application.
  • 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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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 MonicaCollege 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: Content, Virtual Reality, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $11M–$38M; Angel $320k–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gatari — Gatari is developing an AR audio platform, including the AR camera app Vismuth, which can call avatars in reality.
  • Graffity — Graffity to provide AR experiences globally and enrich life more conveniently and invent the AR entertainment experience and provide it globally.
  • Thirdverse — Thirdverse (formerly known as Yomuneco Inc) is engaged in Virtual Reality content and services planning, development, sales and management.
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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, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$14M; Series B $83M–$156M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HIBARI — HIBARI solves on-site issues through AI and digital twins.
  • Athena Technologies — DeepCraft is an AI development company that provides a wide range of AI and data analysis services to enhance corporate competitiveness.
  • Polaris.AI — Polaris.AI offers AI contract development, support and AI technology education services.
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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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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, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 279
  • Round size: Seed $362k–$48M; Series A $2.8M–$113M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.4B in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Paytner — yup is providing services to support freelance people's funding.The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation where problemssuch as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated.
  • Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
  • Black Cat Carnival — Black Cat Carnival Inc. is a communication service development company.
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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, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $380k–$41M; Angel $1M–$7.4M; Series A $3.5M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Taliki — Taliki is a Coworking Space Operates Social Entrepreneurs Development Support for Intrepreneur Development.
  • One Nova — One Nova (ワンノバ) 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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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: Content, Internet, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 59
  • Round size: Seed $3.6M–$43M; Angel $320k–$43M
  • 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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Seiichiro Wada
Angel · 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, andled 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: Legal, Content, Agriculture
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$43M; Series A $17M–$28M; Series B $69M–$85M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% 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 is a platform that focuses on sharing agricultural technology.
  • CharacterBank — CharacterBank offers game development and production services using VR technology.
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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 areessential 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, Events
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • CLEAR — CLEAR is an educational note-sharing platform.
  • Revolver — Revolver is the new futuristic startup company.The team would provide the amazing solutions to the people who are not yet be satisfied by the current social networks with the simplicity and elegance.
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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, Internet, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 61
  • Round size: Seed $535k–$6.6M; Series A $1.3M–$13M; Series B $10M–$51M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% 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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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 avast 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, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Belgium

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 136
  • Round size: Series A $4M–$128M; Series B $4.2M–$369M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Logomix — Logomix Inc is a mammalian cellular genome architect startup. Logomix proprietary platform, Geno-Writing™, technology integrates large-scale (Mb) human genome-writing technologies and providing genetically architected versatile human cells and/or downsized cells and microbes for drug development and cell & gene therapy area.Majority ofthe cell engineering companies are currently focused on optimization of gene clusters by automatic high throughput system however, Logomix’s Geno-Writing™ provides the required tools for dealing with mammalian or complex genomes. Logomix works with partners by providing new biology-based solutions to co-create business and social values on Geno-Writing™ platform Current Focus Area includes: 1. Human Health & Therapeutics 2. Biomaterials & Chemicals 3. Agriculture & EnvironmentLogomix has 11 ongoing collaborative research partnerships. Currently Logomix is specifically looking for industry partners to address unmet needs in neurodegenerative disease areas.
  • 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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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 Japanesecable 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: Mobile, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 92
  • Round size: Series A $8.5M–$950M; Series B $3.3M–$638M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.8B 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.
  • Lebo Robotics — Lebo Robotics is an inspection robot for the maintenance of wind power generation blades.
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W ventures
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

W Ventures is a Berlin based Venture Design and Venture Capital company that offers a complete framework for the acceleration of digital business ideas.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$28M; Series A $28M–$413M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $688M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Fogg Japan — Fogg is a platform that makes life styles more convenient without being affected by trends and deprecation like media and content
  • Nagisa — Nagisa develops smartphone applications to facilitate free group chats, calls, and photo and movie sharing services. It was launched in 2010 by Yoshiyuki Yokoyama and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
  • ECloud — E-Cloud is combines the experience and know-how cultivated in finance, IT and venture capital to provide information and opportunities related to venture investment, which has been limited until now, through the equity investment type cloud founding platform e-cloud. It provides to the general investor, and provides entrepreneurs with new means ofraising funds in addition to traditional banks and venture capital.
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Hiroaki Kitano
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Hiroaki Kitano is the SVP at Softbank Mobile. He attended Waseda University.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $3.3M–$43M
  • 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.
  • Epistra — Epistra accelerates research and development in life sciences.
  • Activaid — 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.
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Archetype Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 108
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$31M; Series A $1.9M–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Hokan — hokan is developing an InsurTech service called "hokan"​ which is CRM/SFA SaaS service for insurance agents.
  • AssetHub — AssetHub is an AI-powered 3D modeling tool that enables game developers to create and edit 3D assets 100 times faster, enabling mass production of content and combining AI with manual work, enabling faster prototyping and editing.
  • Power Wave — Power Wave seeks a carbon-neutral world using wave technology for wireless power, tackling global warming and fuel depletion.
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Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel · 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 startedinvesting 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
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$28M; Angel $425k–$26M
  • 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 engages in the development and operation of fantasy sports.
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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, Reservations, Location Based Services
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$6M; Corporate Round $21M–$43M
  • 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.
  • COUNTERWORKS — Counter works is an Information technology company.
  • Earth Boat — Earth Boat is an accomodation company that specializes in manufacture, sales, and support services of trailer houses and portable saunas.
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Kazuhiro Ishikura
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Kazuhiro Ishikura served as the head of the Akatsuki Business Management Department in 2013 and as a corporate auditor of Akatsuki in 2014, contributing to the company's listing on the TSE Mothers and TSE 1st sections. Appointed 3minute CFO in 2015, engaged in business start-up and organizational design, and succeeded in large-scale M & Adeal with Glee. After leaving the company, he became a WARC director in November 2018. Certified public accountant.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Content, Fashion
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $7.1M–$7.1M; Angel $2.8M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% 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 offers Canvas, a home-based hormone testing service for women.
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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: 54
  • Round size: Series A $4.2M–$928M; Series B $895k–$1.1B
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Aracan — Aracan is an e-commerce business that provides online and offline car-sharing services for vehicles.
  • Biophilia — Biophilia is a company specializing in pet-related, consulting business, internet service business, and consignment development business. The company was established in August 2017 and is based in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • 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.
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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, 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.
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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".SBIInvestment 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: Information Technology, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 350
  • Round size: Series A $4M–$170M; Series B $6.5M–$283M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
  • Captain Fresh — Captain Fresh is a freshwater fish and seafood supply chain platform. Captain Fresh is a B2B marketplace leveraging technology to deliver the fastest harvest-to-retail in the industry. The company focuses on aggregating the fragmented retail demand across the country and linking them to the small fishermen and farmers throughout the Indian coast.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Bengaluru, India.
  • Sonire Therapeutics — Sonire Therapeutics provides High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound treatment for cancer.
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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:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 39
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$71M; Series A $14M–$57M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mento — UGOKU is a provider of management of personal coaching service.
  • KAUCHE — KAUCHE is a social commerce app. They provide services for online and mail-order retail shops. Their customers' inquiries are addressed through phone, email, and online applications.
  • Unito — Unito offers people a friction-free lifestyle by pursuing optimization of living.
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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, EdTech, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CaTe
  • 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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Otomi Tomohiro
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Otomi Tomohiro - CEO @ Tyrus

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Travel, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $5.7M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CUICIN — Quickin is changing the travel experience with the digital transformation.
  • HANOWA — HANAWA is a matching platform between freelance dental hygienists and dental clinics.
  • Magic Shields — Magic Shields is a manufacturer and seller of floors, nursing care, and welfare products.
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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: 5
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • AMI — AMI Corp is engaged in medical consulting, medical device development and writing.
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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–$21M; Series A $961k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Dots for — Welcome to Dots for Inc.
  • Swell — Swell is an information technology company that specializes in providing web and digital platforms.
  • Unyte — Unyte offers an integrated platform that enables technological growth in the field of blockchain, as well as the development and proficient management of DAOs.
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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, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 208
  • Round size: Seed $788k–$28M; Series A $1.5M–$68M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $589M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Mokable — MOKABLE is a startup introducing a new concept called "eating coffee," aiming to let consumers fully enjoy the flavor of carefully grown coffee beans. Their product uses finely ground whole coffee beans to enhance and maximize the rich aroma and taste of the coffee.
  • Syukatsu Labo — Syukatsu Labo is a leading company that solves various problems in an aging society.
  • Tensor Energy — Creating the operating system of our zero-carbon, distributed energy future
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Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 176
  • Round size: Series A $8.3M–$282M; Series B $7.1M–$638M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $534M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • YOUTRUST — YOUTRUST is a startup to operate YOUTRUST a referral recruitment platform for side-job change.
  • Orange — Orange is a developer of a variety of deep-learning models with a focus on computer vision and natural language processing for comics.
  • Sensyn Robotics — Sensyn Robotics they have been developing business solutions that combine robotics technology such as drones with advanced technology. In particular, by promoting automation and generalization, they are proposing new ways to solve business problems, including saving labor and enabling unattended operations. In this way, in addition to helpingtackle the social issues facing Japan, they plan to offer a diverse range of solutions developed in Japan, a front-runner of global challenges, to the rest of the world.
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Masao Ito
Angel · 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: 21
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$18M; Series A $12M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% 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.
  • 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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Yuma Umeda
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Yuma Umeda

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $836k–$17M
  • 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 is a platform that focuses on sharing agricultural technology.
  • 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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Yuto Nagatomo
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

Yuto Nagatomo - President, CEO, and Founder @ Cuore Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SNS, Video, Beauty
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $33M–$68M; Angel $7.1M–$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
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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 andaffiliates in the various business segments.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 513
  • Round size: Series A $4.5M–$170M; Series B $5.7M–$425M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Letara — Letara operates a space technology platform with the intention to serve a logistics network covering the solar system. The company produces hybrid propulsion engines for small spacecraft, promoting groundbreaking advances in space propulsion with high thrust, safe, and inexpensive propulsion system technology.
  • Pragtech — Pragtech develops and operates parking lot service software that helps to eliminate payment congestion and reduce operating costs.
  • Metro Weather — Metroweather is a venture from Kyoto University that develops a high-performance Doppler lidar that measures the direction and speed of wind several tens of kilometers away from minute movements of fine particles in the atmosphere. We aim to contribute to the safety of the sky by completing a three-dimensional wind map, which has never beenrealized,based on years of research at the Kyoto University Research Institute for Sustainable Areas.
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KSK Angel Fund
VC Fund · San Diego, California, United States · 1 investments in Japan Social Network startups

KSK Angel Fund is a venture capital firm that offers data about the technology for services sectors.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$48M; Series A $2.2M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • warashibe — warashibe engages in the development and operation of blockchain-related products.
  • manebi — manebi is an Career development support platform business to support human transformation.
  • Terra Motors — Terra Motors is an electric car manufacturing company that utilizes IoT and digitally connecting EV mobility. They develop the global enterprise for global warming. SEED48 is the first electronic motorcycles that have brilliant functionality such as the highest speed(40km/h)and practicality(40km/1charge) Their products are provided at thefamous electronic retail stores, do-it-yourself stores, bicycle stores, car stores, and gas stations. They achieve a dominant share of the electronic motorcycles market.In 2011, They would mainly focus on the south east Asian market.
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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: Beauty, Content, Fashion
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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 offers Canvas, a home-based hormone testing service for women.
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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

  • Activaid — 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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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: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $700k–$33M; Series A $8M–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sagri — Sagri is developing agriculture software for experienced farmers.
  • .sfty — Teatis is a plant-based sugar-blocking superfood powder for diabetic consumers.
  • Flyp — Grow resale business with easy access to inventory and free automation tools. Join 10,000+ resellers today.
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Social Network Investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 36 deals from 82 investors.

82
investors
in Japan Social Network startups
36
deals
in Japan Social Network startups
$18M
median round
in Japan Social Network startups
20%
lead investors
lead at least one round
31%
Seed
most common funding stage
74/26
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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