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Top 50 Transportation Angel Investors in Japan (June 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Japan Transportation startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Transportation startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Angel round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Yusuke Sato
Angel
3 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Angel Content, Internet, Food and Beverage $320k–$43M
Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel
3 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Finance, Content, Internet $420k–$354M
Yu Akasaka
Angel
3 Japan, Australia, Hong Kong Seed, Angel Content, Food and Beverage, Apps $425k–$68M
Takao Ozawa
Angel
3 Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Real Estate, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $20k–$900M
Masao Ito
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Series A, Angel Content, Social Media, Information Technology $1.4M–$18M
Ken Soga
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series D Music, Content, E-Commerce $2.1M–$9.9M
Kazuma Ieiri
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Content, Fashion, FinTech $380k–$47M
Daisaku Harada
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed Finance, Tourism, Automotive
Kensuke Furukawa
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Content, SNS, Software $497k–$41M
Masaru Tange
Angel
2 Japan, United States Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Internet, Food Delivery $3.2M–$43M
Mamoru Taniya
Angel
2 Japan, Singapore, Spain Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Content, FinTech $2.1M–$47M
Kiyohiro Sugashita
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series A Marketing, Travel, Reservations $8.5M–$45M
Koji Yamada
Angel
1 Japan Seed Software, Logistics, E-Commerce
Yusuke Mitsumoto
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Series C Internet, Consulting, Financial Services $7.1M–$326M
Taizo Son
Angel
1 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Angel Financial Services, Information Technology, Apps $737k–$100M
Hisashi Itoh
Angel
1 Japan Seed Travel, Internet, E-Commerce $6.4M–$11M
Shingo Kawai
Angel
1 Japan Seed Travel, Transportation
Suzuki Tamon
Angel
1 Japan Angel Internet, Software, Automotive
Nishio Kentaro
Angel
1 Japan Seed Information Technology, Internet, Software $5.7M–$16M
Minoru Moriya
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series A Health Care, Nursing and Residential Care, Internet $5.7M–$14M
Masaru Sakamoto
Angel
1 Japan Seed Aerospace, Industrial, Space Travel
Tatsuya Ota
Angel
1 Japan Seed Medical, Taxi Service, Public Safety
Yuki Sugigami
Angel
1 Japan Seed Medical, Taxi Service, Public Safety
Bart Joseph Broadman
Angel
1 Japan Series A Robotics, Machine Learning, Autonomous Vehicles
Shinji Yamamoto
Angel
1 Japan Seed Software, Logistics, Service Industry
Soichiro Kawai
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel Internet, Mobile Apps, Human Resources $553k–$31M
Chikako Morimoto
Angel
1 Japan Seed Employment, Human Resources, Marketing $9.1M–$26M
Hidetoshi Takano
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Information Technology, Content $4.3M–$30M
Yuto Nagashima
Angel
1 Japan Seed Logistics, Transportation, Business Development
Nagatsuka Masayoshi
Angel
1 Japan Angel Internet, Software, Automotive
Noguchi Keito
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Marketing, Media and Entertainment, Content $7.3M–$26M
Soga Takeshi
Angel
1 Japan Seed Music, Mobile, Content $6M–$9.9M
Masashi Kurata
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series A Apps, Gift, Logistics
Takayuki Fukui
Angel
1 Japan Seed Logistics, Warehousing, Transportation
Yoshifumi Nakatani
Angel
1 Japan Seed Software, Logistics, Food Delivery
Shuhei Morofuji
Angel
1 Japan Angel, Series A SNS, Robotics, Aerospace
Kotaro Chiba
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Internet, Drones, Software
Akiyuki Minami
Angel
1 Japan Seed Software, Freelance, Logistics
Naoki Yamada
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Software, Sports
Kenji Kasahara
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Aerospace, Information Technology, Robotics
Yasuyuki Kin
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Media and Entertainment, Recruiting, Career Planning $1.4M–$14M
Tatsuya Shiga
Angel
1 Japan Seed Medical, Taxi Service, Public Safety
Koichiro Yoshida
Angel
1 Japan, Hong Kong, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Internet, Software, Human Resources
Yu Yamaoka
Angel
1 Japan Seed Travel, Transportation
Ryosuke Matsumoto
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Art, Software, Reservations $2.8M–$28M
Keisuke Wada
Angel
1 Japan, The Netherlands Seed, Series A Human Resources, Apps, Medical $284k–$241M
Jun Ogawa
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel Software, Education, Information Technology $2.1M–$20M
Nobuyuki Idei
Angel
1 Japan, France, United States Seed, Corporate Round Information Technology, Internet, Manufacturing $4.5M–$31M
Marco Valta
Angel
1 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Secondary Market E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace $16k–$24M
Takeyuki Aritomi
Angel
1 Japan Seed Travel, Transportation
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Yusuke Sato
Angel · 3 investments in Japan Transportation 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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Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 51
  • Round size: Seed $973k–$70M; Angel $420k–$7.1M; Series A $1.3M–$354M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Grafto
  • Tsunagari AI — Tsunagari specializes in developing and providing AI-powered consultation services tailored for local governments, aiming to enhance administrative efficiency, support citizen engagement, and streamline public service delivery.
  • OPERA TECH
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Yu Akasaka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Transportation startups

During Hosei University student, and intern at Hakuhodo C & D. After joining the Image-net, I do media monetization of EC site as a media planner. Then, new business, engaged in Alliance. Launched a crowdsourcing site "MILLION DESIGNS" of design in the individual, sold to Ransazu Corporation. Established the Eureka Co., Ltd., wasappointed Representative Director CEO.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Food and Beverage, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Australia, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $4.3M–$68M; Angel $425k–$7.4M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • RE — RE specializes in smartphone application design and development.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health offers Canvas, a home-based hormone testing service for women.
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Takao Ozawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Takao is the former CEO of YJ Capital. He is also the President of Shopping Company at Yahoo Japan. Prior to Yahoo, he founded Bizseek, Inc. in 1999 which was acquired by Rakuten, Inc. in 2001. He joined Rakuten after the acquisition and was the Corporate Officer in charge of auctions. During his career in Rakuten, he was engaged in projects suchas formation of Rakuten Eagles. He left Rakuten in 2006 and founded Ozawa Research Institute where he enhanced business in areas such as investments to start-up companies and consulting. In 2011, he founded Crocos, Inc. which was sold to Yahoo Japan in 2012. As an angel investor, he invested/founded companies like nanapi, Appgrooves, STARFESTIVAL, Crocos, Netage and many others.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Real Estate, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $41k–$44M; Series A $20k–$900M; Series B $8.1M–$71M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tokyo — Tokyo provides consistently-designed signage and projector installation, as well as maintenance company support. All customers need is “product selection” considering installation. This is a service that does not take time and effort!
  • Astroscale — Astroscale is one of the few companies in the world proposing to aid in the removal of orbital debris through the provision of End of Life (EOL) and Active Debris Removal (ADR) services. In addition to providing a technical solution, Astroscale is helping to define the business case for this service and are working with national space agencies,international institutions, non-profit organizations, insurance companies and satellite operators to develop norms, regulations and incentives that contribute to the responsible use of space.
  • 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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Masao Ito
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Transportation 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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Ken Soga
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Ken Soga is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, Content, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series D
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$9.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Univrs — UNIVRS is a popular market and entertainment platform.
  • Monoun — Mono.un provides users with opportunities to meet authors and collaborate on tales and specializes in bringing exciting experiences full of stories of Japanese culture to the world.
  • SAKELOGY — SAKELOGY is a platform enables restaurants and retailers to easily create cloud-based sake menus.
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Kazuma Ieiri
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Transportation 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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Daisaku Harada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Daisaku Harada is the Director of Management Strategy at Mercari. Daisaku attended Chuo University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Tourism, Automotive
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Carstay — Carstay Comfortable Overnight in car or tentdo itCar tripWith guests who want to enjoy.
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Kensuke Furukawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Transportation 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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Masaru Tange
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Masaru Tange graduated from Kyoto University and joined Incs Inc. in 2000 where he started their IT business and strategy consulting group with only 2 members and developed it into the company's main business with a team of 140 consultants with annual revenue of $50M in 5 years. He then founded SHIFT Inc in 2005 in his studio apartment. He wasthe only employee. The business world wasn't very kind to him - he made no revenue for a while but he kept experimenting with the business model listening to the needs of customers. In 2009, he finally found traction in the "software testing industry." In 2014, Masaru successfully IPO'ed the company. Shift now has 500 employees.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Food Delivery
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $3.2M–$28M; Series A $21M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Timee — Timee is a Planning, development and management of Internet media company.
  • EMET Creation — Vimet is a video app that allows you to instantly watch your favorite topic videos.ViMET offers high-quality video content that is currently talked about, Realizing a world where everyone can see, by providing new services, Restructure the power relationships of all players involved in existing video
  • S-Mat — Smartmat is an eco-friendly IoT purchase system for on-demand, no-hassle grocery with cost-effective shipping.
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Mamoru Taniya
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 2 investments in Japan Transportation startups

After graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, he joined Solomon Brothers, where he became the youngest managing director in Asia, where he was in charge of Asian investment. After that, he created one of the largest independent Asuka assets. He also launched Japan's first independent online life insurance company,LifeNet Life Insurance, and inspired Japan's first International.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Content, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$43M; Angel $2.1M–$20M; Series A $2.3M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Revorf — Revorf analyzes data and develops AI-related to infectious diseases and healthcare.
  • Space Walker — SPACE WALKER specializes in design, manufacture and sale of peripheral components.
  • RIMM Sustainability — RIMM Sustainability provides a SaaS platform that enables companies of all sizes to optimise their sustainability management effort. It builds tools for sustainability management, reporting and optimisation.
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Kiyohiro Sugashita
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Mr. Sugashita joined Polaris as Advisor in May 2011. He is Director and CEO of Sugashita Partners, Ltd since 1998 and provides consulting services to financial institutions and ventures in and outside of Japan. Prior to that position, he was CEO of Lazard Japan Asset Management from 1991 to 1998. His business career also includes positions at DaiwaSecurities and Merrill Lynch Securities, Tokyo Branch. On the academic front, Mr. Sugashita received a BA in Economics from Ritsumeikan University and since 2009 is Special Advisor for the Dean of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Marketing, Travel, Reservations
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $8.5M–$45M; Series A $14M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • G-Next — G NEXT is an Information Technology based company.
  • Fun — Fun is a sightseeing entertainment company that makes the world even more of a fun place.
  • Tabinaka — Tabinaka is a Japanese booking & reservation platform for overseas tours and travel activities.
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Koji Yamada
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Participated in the management of a student venture company while attending Keio University's Faculty of Policy Management. After graduation, he worked at Accenture Co., Ltd. for consulting services for companies in different industries such as media, apparel, finance and entertainment. In 2012, founded boundary spanner Co., Ltd. He alsoserved as a project manager for JAPAN CON-TECH FUND and a director of the Japan Home Party Association.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Logistics, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kids Snack Lab — Kids Snack Lab is a food manufacturing firm that produces and sells nutritional sweets for children.
  • Best Beer Japan — Best Beer Japan provides a barrel tracking software for craft beer and barrel sharing. The company was founded in 2018.
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Yusuke Mitsumoto
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Yusuke Mitsumoto is the founder of Cash.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Consulting, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series C
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $7.1M–$48M; Series C $33M–$326M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • UPWARDS — UPWARDS develop and operate the “cloud loan” loan platform for individuals.
  • CrowdLoan — CrowdLoan is a platform that connects financial institutions and individuals with smooth loans.
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
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Taizo Son
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Taizo Son is the Co-Founder of VIVITA. Taizo Son attended the University of Tokyo.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$14M; Angel $737k–$2.2M; Series A $1.8M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Favolist5 — Favolist5 is a software company that develops an abbreviated voice SNS based on web3 for personal media.
  • Smartround — Smartround is a specialized finance management platform for startups and their investors. For start-ups, for entrepreneurs who are not familiar with finance, simply enter the necessary information according to the guide, prepare appropriate financing round, and prepare a function that can simulate and execute a capital increase. Support informationsharing and communication with shareholders even after the capital increase.
  • AnotherBall — AnotherBall is a blockchain startup that combines entertainment and blockchain.
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Hisashi Itoh
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Hisashi Itoh

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $6.4M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Brhino — Brhino provides planning, development, and management of web services. The company's product, Monokabu, is a site where people can buy and sell sneakers and things like stock. Brhino is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Monokabu — Monokabu is a site where people can buy and sell new products at a price you decide. It specialises in sneakers.
  • Somewhere — Somewhere is engaged in the travel and transportation business.
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Shingo Kawai
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Shingo Kawai

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Transportation
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Somewhere — Somewhere is engaged in the travel and transportation business.
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Suzuki Tamon
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Suzuki Tamon

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Automotive
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Seibii — Transforming traditional car maintenance, repair, after-parts installation, road service industry of Japan by leveraging Technology.
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Nishio Kentaro
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Nishio Kentaro is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer & President at Game8.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $5.7M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
  • YOUTRUST — YOUTRUST is a startup to operate YOUTRUST a referral recruitment platform for side-job change.
  • Cloud Franchise — Cloud Franchise is a cloud kitchen model that aims to maximize the kitchen occupancy rate of restaurants.
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Minoru Moriya
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Minoru Moriya is a director at AuB.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Nursing and Residential Care, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $5.7M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • M-Box — M-Box provides IT solutions to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries and operates web services.
  • HANOWA — HANAWA is a matching platform between freelance dental hygienists and dental clinics.
  • Willbox — Willbox is an international logistics company providing an international logistics digital platform for shippers and logistics companies. The company's platform "Giho" connects shippers and logistics companies (transportation, packaging, warehousing, customs clearance, etc.) with a direct contract. It visualizes the three elements of[lead time, money, and safety], which have been regarded as a black box, and supports comparative examination and decision making. Willbox digitizes the packing technique of wooden boxes and steel, mandatory for international logistics, and incorporated them into their system. Their mission is to solve the logistics issues focusing on the large cargo of industrial products.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa.
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Masaru Sakamoto
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Masaru Sakamoto is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Aerospace, Industrial, Space Travel
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • AstroX — AstroX is a private space startup company that develops satellite launch vehicles for space development. It utilizes the rockoon method for developing launch vehicles and small rockets to help clients easily use space.
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Tatsuya Ota
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Mr. Ota is an International Fencing Federation Director

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Taxi Service, Public Safety
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Mairu Tech — Mairu tech that enables traveling by private ambulance and welfare taxi more convenient.
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Yuki Sugigami
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Mr. Sugigami is a Part-time lecturer at the University of Tokyo & Angel Investor

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Taxi Service, Public Safety
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Mairu Tech — Mairu tech that enables traveling by private ambulance and welfare taxi more convenient.
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Bart Joseph Broadman
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Bart Joseph Broadman

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Robotics, Machine Learning, Autonomous Vehicles
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Ascent Robotics — Ascent is a Tokyo-based AI and robotics company developing cutting-edge software with the goal of helping create a more autonomous future.
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Shinji Yamamoto
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Shinji Yamamoto - Strategic Advisor @ BLINCAM

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Logistics, Service Industry
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sunblaze — sunblaze is a android-based smartphone users begin to experience stability issues after one to two years of use. For example, their device may get slower or they encounter unexpected app crashes. These stability issues also lead to security vulnerabilities.SUNBLAZE OS features essential functions only, meaning it does not have any unnecessaryfunctions. This allows the system to be more stable and secure, and users are able to use it for a longer period of time.
  • New Revo — New Revo is a logistics start-up company that provides "strategic logistics".
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Soichiro Kawai
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Soichiro Kawai - CEO @ ReBoost

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Mobile Apps, Human Resources
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $553k–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Villio — Villio provides talent experience SaaS which helps companies with human resource development and recruitment of talented engineers.
  • Back Dooor — Back Dooor is an app that provides 1on1 chatting services with favorite player of the users.
  • SPeak — SPeak Corporation operates JPort Match that is involved in direct recruiting service. It is a global career platform for budding new talents.
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Chikako Morimoto
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Chikako Morimoto - External Counsel @ Traimmu

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Employment, Human Resources, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $9.1M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dofa — Dofa aims to develop services that enrich the way of life and work of human resources that are active mainly in sales.
  • Best Beer Japan — Best Beer Japan provides a barrel tracking software for craft beer and barrel sharing. The company was founded in 2018.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health offers Canvas, a home-based hormone testing service for women.
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Hidetoshi Takano
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Joined Intelligence in 1999. Established Key Players Inc. in 2005. Consultation with more than 3,000 managers and career counseling for more than 10,000 individuals. In addition, we have invested in more than 55 outside directors, advisors and angels in Silicon Valley and Bangladesh in Japan. Over 100 lectures on careers, entrepreneurship andstartups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $5.7M–$21M; Angel $4.3M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cocoach — Cocoach provides online education service.
  • Data Viz Lab — Data Viz Lab is a platform that offers data analysis, visualization consulting, and data human resource development support.
  • ElevationSpace — ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment .
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Yuto Nagashima
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Yuto Nagashima is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Logistics, Transportation, Business Development
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Nagatsuka Masayoshi
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Nagatsuka Masayoshi

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Automotive
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Seibii — Transforming traditional car maintenance, repair, after-parts installation, road service industry of Japan by leveraging Technology.
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Noguchi Keito
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Noguchi Keito - Founder @ Vapes

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Marketing, Media and Entertainment, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $9.6M–$26M; Angel $7.3M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dofa — Dofa aims to develop services that enrich the way of life and work of human resources that are active mainly in sales.
  • Alliance Cloud — Alliance Cloud primarily engages in the Sales Tech and BtoB Sales Outsourcing Business.
  • Cloud Franchise — Cloud Franchise is a cloud kitchen model that aims to maximize the kitchen occupancy rate of restaurants.
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Soga Takeshi
Angel · Nerima, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Soga Takeshi

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, Mobile, Content
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $6M–$9.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Univrs — UNIVRS is a popular market and entertainment platform.
  • SAKELOGY — SAKELOGY is a platform enables restaurants and retailers to easily create cloud-based sake menus.
  • Best Beer Japan — Best Beer Japan provides a barrel tracking software for craft beer and barrel sharing. The company was founded in 2018.
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Masashi Kurata
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Masashi Kurata is the CEO of UTAITE Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Gift, Logistics
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Gipt — Gipt is an online platform that helps to connect creators with fans by adding gifts from various e-commerce sites.
  • 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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Takayuki Fukui
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Takayuki Fukui

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Logistics, Warehousing, Transportation
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Univearth — Univearth is a tech company that specializes in developing a logistics digital transformation platform to modernize the logistics industry.
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Yoshifumi Nakatani
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Yoshifumi Nakatani is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Logistics, Food Delivery
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Ecbo cloak — Ecbo cloak is a sharing service that connects "persons who want to store luggage with shops with space to store luggage. Instead of coin lockers, you can pre-order places online online and store your luggage in the open space of stores of various types of business.
  • Best Beer Japan — Best Beer Japan provides a barrel tracking software for craft beer and barrel sharing. The company was founded in 2018.
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Shuhei Morofuji
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Shuhei Morofuji is the CEO of Reapra Japan.He Previously worked at SMS Japan as the Founder and CEO.Shuhei Morofuji attended Kyushu University in 1997.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SNS, Robotics, Aerospace
  • Stage:Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Astroscale — Astroscale is one of the few companies in the world proposing to aid in the removal of orbital debris through the provision of End of Life (EOL) and Active Debris Removal (ADR) services. In addition to providing a technical solution, Astroscale is helping to define the business case for this service and are working with national space agencies,international institutions, non-profit organizations, insurance companies and satellite operators to develop norms, regulations and incentives that contribute to the responsible use of space.
  • SMS — The corporate website of SMS Co., Ltd. We disclose a wide range of information, including company overview, investor relations, and sustainability.
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Drones, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 65
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
  • ELESTYLE — ELESTYLE are promoting mobile payments and providing high value-added services for users to realize a cashless society.
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
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Akiyuki Minami
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

After graduating from Keio University in April 1999, it joined the Sumitomo Bank (now Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation). After experiencing such as transportation and food service industry analyst business, joined Advantage Partners, a pioneer in corporate acquisition fund in January 2004. Of 5 in charge of the investment projects, managementimprovement activities and as an officer of the investee companies, contributing to the realization of a good investment return. In 2009, it completed the Oxford University School of Management (MBA). I met with local other, who led the Japanese corporation (NPO) the establishment of the blast beat youth social entrepreneurship program with music, such as participating in NPO corporation handsome business cards Oxford of synchronization has been established, individual actively participate in activities to support the independence and autonomy. He left the Advantage Partners in June 2011 in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Ltd. was established well self (now Corporation Kokonara) himself as a representative.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Freelance, Logistics
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Sollective — Sollective is an invite-only freelancer network where companies can directly hire talent inside and outside of Japan. Sollective connects freelancers and companies that are ready to work together to maximize each's potential and lead the business to success.
  • Best Beer Japan — Best Beer Japan provides a barrel tracking software for craft beer and barrel sharing. The company was founded in 2018.
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Naoki Yamada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Naoki Yamada

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Sports
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • SPORNIA — SPORNIA is an editor of sports knowledge technology.We provide support for athletes using content and monetization using emerging media such as SNS and YouTube.
  • Best Beer Japan — Best Beer Japan provides a barrel tracking software for craft beer and barrel sharing. The company was founded in 2018.
  • THE APP BASE Inc — THE APP BASE Inc is a design firm that provides its clients with web and mobile services. Founded in 2012, the firm also operates co-working spaces.
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Kenji Kasahara
Angel · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Aerospace, Information Technology, Robotics
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.
  • ONE — One is a Japanese startup. It primarily creates and operates consumer apps, some of which have been sold to publicly traded Japanese corporations.This runs the BeReal exchange application "BeMatch."
  • Nicoli — Nicoli is a company that creates content and advertisements that increase happy time for parents and children .
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Yasuyuki Kin
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Transportation 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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Tatsuya Shiga
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Mr. Shiga is a Part-time lecturer at the University of Tokyo

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Taxi Service, Public Safety
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Mairu Tech — Mairu tech that enables traveling by private ambulance and welfare taxi more convenient.
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Koichiro Yoshida
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Founder and CEO at CrowdWorks.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Human Resources
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
  • Recipio — Recipio is an receipt management platform specialized in providing digital receipt solution. Their innovative digital receipt solution and breakthrough receipt-scanning technology.
  • Mairu Tech — Mairu tech that enables traveling by private ambulance and welfare taxi more convenient.
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Yu Yamaoka
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Yu Yamaoka

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Transportation
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Somewhere — Somewhere is engaged in the travel and transportation business.
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Ryosuke Matsumoto
Angel · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Ryosuke Matsumoto is the Founder / CEO at Kankak. Ryosuke Matsumoto attended Chuo University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Art, Software, Reservations
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $2.8M–$14M; Series A $15M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 6curry — 6curry is a brand that creates a new community around “curry”, one of the world's best Japanese foods. The concept is to mix many people and ideas like curry made by mixing various ingredients and spices. Original menu development, weekly events are held in the central kitchen, open only to members. We design and produce communication bornfrom food, such as event catering for over 500 people and communication proposals within the company.
  • TRiCERA — TRiCERA is a contemporary art global platform management company.
  • Vivid Garden — vivid garden is an Agriculture company.
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Keisuke Wada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

After graduating from Kyoto University, Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd., CyberAgent Investment: through the (now Cyber ​​Agent Ventures), established Selene Venture Partners (now representative partner). Then, has engaged in incubation activities of Internet ventures, including the establishment of the Corporation Pokerabo. The established:(typical current partner), you are doing investment and incubation activities with a focus on social apps field incubator fund bait in 2010.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Human Resources, Apps, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $284k–$81M; Series A $28M–$241M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tancee — Tancee operates a digital platform focused in matching and encouraging the acceptance of international talent.
  • iCARE — iCARE It is the No. 1 health and labor cloud introduced in Japan, which is selected by small and medium-sized enterprises suffering from lack of manpower and large enterprises expanding their business globally .
  • Ark Edge Space — Ark Edge Space provides design, manufacturing & operational services for micro-satellites along with software solutions and consulting.
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Jun Ogawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Jun Ogawa is the Managing Director at Pixie Dust Technologies. He was a former Country Manager at Kaizen Platform.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Education, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Qurate Inc. (Japan) — Plan, create and manage all your content, across all your channels with all your teams. Try for free now.
  • Kakedas — Kakedas specializes in the development and operation of web services.
  • noFRAME schools — noFRAME schools is an EdTech startup is a mission to reinvent a textbook.
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Nobuyuki Idei
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Nobuyuki Idei has served as our independent director since June 2007.Being an experienced director, Nobuyuki Idei currently also serves as director of Accenture, director of FreeBit Co, Ltd., director of Lenovo Group, and chairman of the National Conference on Fostering Beautiful Forests in Japan.Nobuyuki Idei is the founder and chief executiveofficer of Quantum Leaps Corporation, a specialist consultancy that advises private and public institutions on the changing role of technology in the 21st century.Nobuyuki Idei is also the founder and chairman of the board of Asia Innovators’ Initiative, a private non-profit organization that he established in 2011 to serve as a catalyst for social innovation in Asia by bringing together a diverse range of individuals and promoting knowledge sharing.Nobuyuki Idei was chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Corporation from 2000 to 2005, chief corporate advisor from 2005 to 2007, and chairman of the advisory board from 2007 to 2012.Prior to that, Nobuyuki Idei held a range of leadership positions at Sony including general manager of the audio division, senior general manager of the home video group, and president and representative director.Nobuyuki Idei has also served in a number of other advisory positions including as counselor to the Bank of Japan, member of Japan’s national IT Strategy Council, and vice-chairman of Nippon Keidanren.Nobuyuki Idei received a bachelor of science degree in economics and politics from Waseda University in Tokyo.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Internet, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan, France, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $4.5M–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pyrenee — Pyrenee is a hardware startup that creates devices that protect people's lives.
  • Antescofo — Antescofo is the mariage of world-class R&D and Business endeavours. Their technology is the result of 7+ years of R&D in the world’s largest laboratory dedicated to Music and Technology, IRCAM in Paris, and public experience with the most important musicians and orchestras around the world. The principle? Through Intelligent MachineListening, they recognize how humans perform music in real-time and use that information to synchronize content and provide an immersive experience! Antescofo was incorporated in July 2016 and based in Paris, France.
  • Stake Technologies — Stake Technologies is a technology company that provides blockchain solutions to enterprises.
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Marco Valta
Angel · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Marco Valta is an Entrepreneur and Investor with over 15 years experience in the tech/web industry. As an internet investor, Marco has a portfolio of more than 150 companies including Appnexus, Soldo, Revolut, Prima, Bolt, Flexport, Deliveroo, Space X, Brex, Fabfitfun, Cloudkitchens, Raya, Playco, Public, Coinbase, Pacaso.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Secondary Market
  • Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 54
  • Round size: Seed $16k–$4M; Series A $2.5M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bolt — Bolt makes Ecommerce better with One-Click Checkout and CheckoutOS. See how Bolt checkout boosts your sales today.
  • Coinbase — Coinbase is an online platform for digital currency transactions, enabling merchants, consumers, and traders to buy, sell, and store cryptocurrencies. The company provides Bitcoin wallet services, allowing users to manage digital assets and conduct transactions. Coinbase offers merchant payment processing tools, supporting businesses in integratingcryptocurrency payments. It facilitates secure digital currency exchanges, assisting users in navigating blockchain-based financial transactions.
  • Salty. — Salty Dot, Inc. is the Embedded Insurance® technology company. Salty removes existing consumer impediments to buying the right policy and having the proper coverage. The company’s platform is a proprietary Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that enables carriers and distribution partners to offer a customized policy to insure a product orservice in real-time during the purchase process. Salty uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze unique data sources about the buyer and the purchase. It then sorts through multiple carriers to seamlessly offer the right insurance. Salty is licensed in all 50 states. For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.wearesalty.com.
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Takeyuki Aritomi
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Transportation startups

Takeyuki Aritomi

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Transportation
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Somewhere — Somewhere is engaged in the travel and transportation business.
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Transportation Angel investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 55 deals from 82 investors.

82
investors
in Japan Transportation startups
55
deals
in Japan Transportation startups
$14M
median round
in Japan Transportation startups
1%
lead investors
lead at least one round
44%
Seed
most common funding stage

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