Top 35 Travel Angel Investors in Japan (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel
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4 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A | Travel, Internet, Apps | $700k–$213M |
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Yusuke Sato
Angel
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4 | Japan, Indonesia, United States | Seed, Angel | Internet, Content, Software | $320k–$43M |
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Hideto Fujino
Angel
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3 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A | Travel, Reservations, Real Estate | $233k–$43M |
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Kiyohiro Sugashita
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Marketing, Travel, Reservations | $8.5M–$45M |
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Kensuke Furukawa
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Content, SNS, Internet | $690k–$33M |
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Yu Akasaka
Angel
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2 | Japan, Australia, Hong Kong | Seed, Angel | Content, Food and Beverage, Apps | $425k–$43M |
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Ronald Arculli
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed | Hotel, Travel, Software | |
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Otomi Tomohiro
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Travel, Tourism, Recruiting | $549k–$11M |
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Paul Kuo
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Reservations, Travel, SaaS | $43M–$43M |
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Ken Takayama
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Reservations, Travel, Apps | $6.2M–$43M |
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Yukihiro Yoshida
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Travel, Reservations, SNS | |
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Shoji Miyata
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Travel, Organic, Software | $764k–$11M |
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Shingo Kawai
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Travel, Transportation | |
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Masatsugu Shidachi
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Travel, Tourism, Media and Entertainment | |
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Sachin Bhatia
Angel
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1 | India, Japan | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Travel, Tourism, E-Commerce | $190k–$1M |
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Prashant Kirtane
Angel
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1 | India, Japan, Indonesia | Seed | Travel, Finance, Tourism | |
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Yuichi Kawasaki
Angel
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1 | Japan | Angel, Seed | CRM, Finance, Security | |
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Hidekazu Watanabe
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Sales, Video, Travel | $800k–$1.1M |
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Soichiro Kawai
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Media and Entertainment, Internet, Mobile Apps | $278k–$30M |
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Masanori Sugiyama
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Internet, Software, Web Design | $6M–$18M |
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Yusuke Mitsumoto
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel, Series C | Internet, Consulting, Financial Services | $3.3M–$33M |
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John Tan
Angel
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1 | Singapore, United States, Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed | Travel, Internet, Software | $153k–$590k |
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Daniel Neary
Angel
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1 | Japan, Singapore | Seed | News, Events, Travel | |
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Jun Nishikawa
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A, Angel | Food and Beverage, Content, Human Resources | $968k–$71M |
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Mamoru Taniya
Angel
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1 | Japan, Singapore, Spain | Seed, Series A, Angel | Apps, Content, FinTech | $2.1M–$47M |
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Yusuke Hirowatari
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Travel, Consulting, Travel Accommodations | |
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Hidetoshi Takano
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel | Internet, Information Technology, Content | $455k–$30M |
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Ryuji Nakatake
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Travel, Tourism, Media and Entertainment | |
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Rahul Garg
Angel
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1 | India, Singapore, Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Financial Services, Apps, Film | $1.5M–$4.9M |
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Tsunezawa Kahoko
Angel
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1 | Japan, Germany | Seed, Angel | Shopping, Apps, Travel | |
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Hirofumi Miki
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Content, Internet, Marketing | $764k–$16M |
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Koya Arikawa
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Content, Media and Entertainment, SNS | $968k–$1.8M |
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Yu Yamaoka
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Travel, Transportation | |
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Takeyuki Aritomi
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Travel, Transportation | |
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Yoshihiro Oo
Angel
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1 | Japan | Travel, Internet | ||
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Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.
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- Industry: Travel, Internet, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Round size: Seed $700k–$41M; Series A $13M–$213M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
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 Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.
Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder of Pulit.
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- Industry: Internet, Content, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $3.3M–$41M; 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.
Hideto Fujino - President, Cheif Investment Officer @ Rheos
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- Industry: Travel, Reservations, Real Estate
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $233k–$43M; Series A $8M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HOMMA — Inspired Modern Living. Homes to elevate healthy urban lifestyles. Design. Build. Technology.
- Unito — Unito is a hospitality firm that offers lodging and accommodation facilities.
- Amateras Space — Amateras Space is a startup driven by the mission to “expand the realm of human activity,” aiming to establish a next-generation spacesuit business by developing advanced, practical technologies that enable humans to work, explore, and thrive in space and other extreme environments.
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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- 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.
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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- Industry: Content, SNS, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $690k–$33M; 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.
- Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services.
- Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
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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- Industry: Content, Food and Beverage, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Australia, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $1M–$43M; 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 is a hormone testing service intended to provide access to hormones and medical care. They allow users to self-check the physical condition for pregnancy and how hormones affect it, whether the symptoms are related to menopause, and provide personalized test results, commented on by physicians.
Ronald Arculli
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- Industry: Hotel, Travel, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Stay One Degree — StayOne brings together a like-minded community of owners and renters of the finest One percent of holiday homes.
- Wayfarer — Wayfarer is building a full-stack hospitality platform, starting in Japan. We operate a network of tech-driven mid/upscale accommodations powered by inhouse software. We help travelers discover more while designing operations to increase profits from the properties through automated business processes, intelligent pricing and higheroccupancy rates. We currently manage over $150 million in asset value in partnership with global investors and listed property companies.
Otomi Tomohiro - CEO @ Tyrus
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- Industry: Travel, Tourism, Recruiting
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $549k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CUICIN — Quickin is changing the travel experience with the digital transformation.
- HANOWA — Hanowa is a matching platform between freelance dental hygienists and dental clinics. It matches dental care workers who want to work in their spare time with dental clinics. It can be used for studying, side jobs, and job change activities.
- Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
Paul Kuo - Director - Board of Directors @ Tamecco
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- Industry: Reservations, Travel, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $43M–$43M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Fun Group — Hello! We are Fun Group (formally Tabinaka) and we are Japan's first Travel and Leisure startup offering unique tours and experiences. We currently offer experiences in 7 different locations globally.
Ken Takayama - External Audit & Supervisory @ Media Do
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- Industry: Reservations, Travel, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $43M–$43M; Angel $6.2M–$43M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SakeWiz — SakeWiz is an App to enjoy, buy and record sake located in Tokyo
- 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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- Industry: Travel, Reservations, SNS
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- A10 Lab — A10 Lab is a company that aims to make people happy with technology that is independent of Sony's new business creation program. It provides Google Play with an app that allows users to do things that they have never been able to do with the custom app 'Min Chale' selected for two consecutive years. It is a company that bringsprofits to companies by improving lifetime value sales through the habitation of users that companies have.
- Tabinaka — Tabinaka is a Japanese booking & reservation platform for overseas tours and travel activities.
- Fun Group — Hello! We are Fun Group (formally Tabinaka) and we are Japan's first Travel and Leisure startup offering unique tours and experiences. We currently offer experiences in 7 different locations globally.
Shoji Miyata is the CEO of SmartHR.
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- Industry: Travel, Organic, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $764k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Morus — Morus is a university-based biotech startup developing functional food ingredients from silkworms to address global health and nutrition challenges.
- Epicbase — Epicbase is an AI-based automatic voice transcription service based on voice recognition technology.
- Somewhere — Somewhere is engaged in the travel and transportation business.
Shingo Kawai
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- 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.
Masatsugu Shidachi is Executive Vice President & Head of Data & Science Solutions Group at Yahoo! JAPAN.
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- Industry: Travel, Tourism, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Matcha — MATCHA is a web magazine for travelers to Japan. It covers 9 languages: Japanese, English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, 한국어, ภาษาไทย, Indonesian, Việt Nam, etc.
Sachin Bhatia - CEO & Co-founder @ Bulbulshop
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- Industry: Travel, Tourism, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: India, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $190k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- myHQ — Explore range of myHQ Workspaces & office solutions, including fully furnished managed offices, affordable coworking spaces, day passes, virtual office and meeting room options. Find your perfect workspaces with myHQ.
- Lio — Lio lets businesses calculate, tabulate, and organize tasks such as creating to-do lists, wedding registries, and class schedules. The product can be used by home businesses, solo business owners, farmers, doctors, and small to medium businesses, among others.
- STAGE — Watch the best movies, web series and shows online on STAGE. Enjoy diverse regional stories, powerful entertainment, HD streaming, and offline download access anytime. Start watching now!
Prashant Kirtane - Co-Founder & CEO @ Travelstop
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- Industry: Travel, Finance, Tourism
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: India, Japan, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hiree — Recruiters can find jobseekers available at short notice and reduce the hiring time. myNoticePeriod.com hosts profiles of jobseekers that are available to join in less than 90 days! myNoticePeriod.com allows jobseekers to get competitive job offers. After receiving their first offer, jobseekers use myNoticePeriod to get better offers from otheremployers.
- Voyagin — Voyagin is the tours and activities marketplace in Asia with a mission to help travelers discover and book the best travel experiences across Asia. Its website features over 1,800 things to do including tickets to museums and shows, cultural activities, romantic dinners, adventure experiences, and private guides bookable in English, Japanese, andChinese in over 50 destinations in Asia, in advance or in destination via its mobile optimized website. The Voyagin team believes that "travel in Asia is broken." Guests end up sightseeing because unique experiences are hard to find and insecure to book; hosts end up spending time and money on websites which are hard to update and mostly out of date. They also believe that an "experience is more than just an activity; it's about meeting people, trying something new and seeing the world from a different perspective." In hopes to differentiate themselves, they traveled around Asia to find and curate the best experiences and hosts.Launched in 2012, Voyagin provides a trusted platform for tours and activities providers (hosts) in Asia to list their experiences; its team of community managers work with each host to curate their activities both online and during the experience, ensuring their quality. Backed by its 100% satisfaction guarantee, multilingual customer support, and verified reviews from actual guests, Voyagin is the best place for travelers visiting Asia to discover and book their next local experience.Voyagin was founded in 2011 as FindJPN, a marketplace for authentic activities in Japan. FindJPN changed its name to Voyagin in December 2012 when they expanded into Asia.
- Kredivo Group — FinAccel is a financial technology company creating disruptive and meaningful products in retail credit for Southeast Asia, the 7th largest economy in the world and home to nearly 10% of the world's population. With an all star team of investors, founders and employees, FinAccel is currently focused on disruption in the unsecured lendingspace.
Yuichi Kawasaki Prior joining SmartNews, I was COO at mixi, Founder & CEO at kamado, Executive Vice President at Hatena. I started my career at Cisco Systems G.K.
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- Industry: CRM, Finance, Security
- Stage:Angel, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Blankr — Blankr inc has developed an application called Raidli. Using the app, Vtubers can hold a virtual handshake event.
- earlyworks — Earlyworks Co., Ltd. provides blockchain technology solutions. The Company develops hybrid blockchain product that is fast and secure. Earlyworks offers software and system development, consulting, and security solution services.
- AVA Intelligence — AVA Intelligence is a Internet service development company.
Hidekazu Watanabe
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- Industry: Sales, Video, Travel
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $800k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EXest — EXest is aTokyo-based inbound travel promotion startup .The company provides the WOW U platform that connects inbound visitors to Japan with licensed interpreters and tour guides in addition to WOWU-media offering potential visitors to Japan with video clips introducing must-visit spots and popular local souvenirs on Facebook.
- LOOV — LOOV is a video platform that helps in creating professional and data-driven videos for salesmen and marketers to boost conversion metrics.
- Mantra — MANTRA is a developer of machine translation technology.
Soichiro Kawai - CEO @ ReBoost
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- Industry: Media and Entertainment, Internet, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $278k–$30M
- 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 is an IT services firm that operates web content and matching platforms for global talents. It operates JPort Match, which is involved in direct recruiting services. It is a global career platform for budding new talents.
He graduated from Kansai University in 1988. He was enrolled in Ljoma while he was in college. 2002 Vice President of Practice (now index lights). In 2004, he became president of zappallas. Listed on the TSE Mothers in the second year of his appointment, and in 2010 he was listed in part of the TSE. In 2011 he became the CEO of enish. Listed on apart of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Thereafter, he served as outside directors such as Nikkatsu and JibannetHD.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, Web Design
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $6M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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 .
- STUDIO — The easiest and quickest way to build your beautiful portfolio website, landing page or anything. No code. All creative freedom.
- STUDIO Japan — STUDIO is a development and operation of the next-generation design tool.
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- Industry: Internet, Consulting, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series C
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $3.3M–$7.1M; Series C $20M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% 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 Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.
John Tan - Founder @ Controlled Commodity
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- Industry: Travel, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Singapore, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $153k–$590k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Glints — Explore internships, graduate jobs & career development resources on Glints. Do what you love on our career discovery & development platform.
- Voyagin — Voyagin is the tours and activities marketplace in Asia with a mission to help travelers discover and book the best travel experiences across Asia. Its website features over 1,800 things to do including tickets to museums and shows, cultural activities, romantic dinners, adventure experiences, and private guides bookable in English, Japanese, andChinese in over 50 destinations in Asia, in advance or in destination via its mobile optimized website. The Voyagin team believes that "travel in Asia is broken." Guests end up sightseeing because unique experiences are hard to find and insecure to book; hosts end up spending time and money on websites which are hard to update and mostly out of date. They also believe that an "experience is more than just an activity; it's about meeting people, trying something new and seeing the world from a different perspective." In hopes to differentiate themselves, they traveled around Asia to find and curate the best experiences and hosts.Launched in 2012, Voyagin provides a trusted platform for tours and activities providers (hosts) in Asia to list their experiences; its team of community managers work with each host to curate their activities both online and during the experience, ensuring their quality. Backed by its 100% satisfaction guarantee, multilingual customer support, and verified reviews from actual guests, Voyagin is the best place for travelers visiting Asia to discover and book their next local experience.Voyagin was founded in 2011 as FindJPN, a marketplace for authentic activities in Japan. FindJPN changed its name to Voyagin in December 2012 when they expanded into Asia.
- Rocket Academy — Selective and comprehensive online software engineering bootcamp in Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia.
Dan Neary is a Vice President of Asia Pacific at Meta. He attended DePaul University.
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- Industry: News, Events, Travel
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- e27 — e27 is Asia's largest Tech media platform. We cover the latest news on emerging and disruptive businesses across the region. e27 also organizes world-class events like Echelon.
- Voyagin — Voyagin is the tours and activities marketplace in Asia with a mission to help travelers discover and book the best travel experiences across Asia. Its website features over 1,800 things to do including tickets to museums and shows, cultural activities, romantic dinners, adventure experiences, and private guides bookable in English, Japanese, andChinese in over 50 destinations in Asia, in advance or in destination via its mobile optimized website. The Voyagin team believes that "travel in Asia is broken." Guests end up sightseeing because unique experiences are hard to find and insecure to book; hosts end up spending time and money on websites which are hard to update and mostly out of date. They also believe that an "experience is more than just an activity; it's about meeting people, trying something new and seeing the world from a different perspective." In hopes to differentiate themselves, they traveled around Asia to find and curate the best experiences and hosts.Launched in 2012, Voyagin provides a trusted platform for tours and activities providers (hosts) in Asia to list their experiences; its team of community managers work with each host to curate their activities both online and during the experience, ensuring their quality. Backed by its 100% satisfaction guarantee, multilingual customer support, and verified reviews from actual guests, Voyagin is the best place for travelers visiting Asia to discover and book their next local experience.Voyagin was founded in 2011 as FindJPN, a marketplace for authentic activities in Japan. FindJPN changed its name to Voyagin in December 2012 when they expanded into Asia.
Jun Nishikawa - Co-founder, Executive Vice President, COO @ Eureka
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Content, Human Resources
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $968k–$70M; Angel $2.8M–$8.5M; Series A $15M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FamiOne — FamiOne is creating a society that will support the future of couples who want to receive children.
- Misaky Tokyo — Marine plant-based, handmade Japanese sweets. These crystal treats are individually handcrafted, the perfect gift idea! Vegan, gluten-free, and additive-free confectionery, with stunning flavors such as Yuzu, Matcha, and Rose. Supporting artisans in their craft. Japanese luxury sweets with a surprise inside.
- Reiwa Travel — Reiwa Travel Company Overview Reiwa Travel is a digital travel agency with the mission to "Design New Travel Experiences." We aim to offer innovative experiences and new societal value in international travel. Since April 2022, we have been offering the international travel booking app 'NEWT'. Our goal is to maximize the digitaltransformation (DX) of booking and management tasks in the travel industry, providing unprecedented “easy, affordable, customizable, and secure” package tours. We are committed to creating social value through the experience of international travel.International Travel Booking App 'NEWT' Service Overview 'NEWT' is an international travel booking app designed to create new travel experiences for new era. It offers an easy booking process, achieves cost-effective pricing, creates customizable trips that meet individual needs, and provides the security that makes travelers feel they made the right choice with NEWT.International Travel Booking App 'NEWT': https://app.adjust.com/iidu9wiWeb version 'NEWT': https://newt.net/
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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- Industry: Apps, Content, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$28M; Angel $2.1M–$20M; Series A $2.3M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- On the Trip — On The Trip is an iOS app that turns your iPhone into an GPS-enabled audio travel guide. It was launched last week and is now available on the iTunes AppStore.
- Amateras Space — Amateras Space is a startup driven by the mission to “expand the realm of human activity,” aiming to establish a next-generation spacesuit business by developing advanced, practical technologies that enable humans to work, explore, and thrive in space and other extreme environments.
- 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.
Yusuke Hirowatari is the individual investor.
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- Industry: Travel, Consulting, Travel Accommodations
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Xtraveler — Xtraveler is a travel company that provides hotel searches, accommodations, and lodging facilities.
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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- Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $455k–$14M; Angel $4.3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- D-Chain — D-Chain offers services related to IT development and production in the Web3 and Web2 fields.
- Rayout — Rayout is a business consulting company that provides creative content development, recruitment videos, and web production services.
- CAREER BIJIN — Career bijin is a total support company.
Ryuji Nakatake - CEO @ Teambox
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- Industry: Travel, Tourism, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Matcha — MATCHA is a web magazine for travelers to Japan. It covers 9 languages: Japanese, English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, 한국어, ภาษาไทย, Indonesian, Việt Nam, etc.
Rahul Garg is based out of Singapore and is the CEO & Founder of Moglix. Rahul previously worked at Google as a Head of AdX - India, SEA and Korea; Strategy - APAC. Rahul Garg attended Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Apps, Film
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: India, Singapore, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$4.9M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- StockGro — StockGro is a stock market advisory & research app trusted by 35M+ users. Get daily trade ideas with entry, exit & stop-loss from 150+ SEBI-registered analysts.
- Onsite — Onsite is the #1 construction management software & ERP used by 10,000+ companies in India, UAE & globally. Manage projects, materials, labor & finances in one system.
- Purple Style Labs — Purple Style Labs is an IIT-Bombay graduate and ex-banker with Deutsche. It aspires to be the biggest fashion house of India managing multiple designer brands in the premium, luxury as well as affordable retail segment.
Tsunezawa Kahoko
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- Industry: Shopping, Apps, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Menew — Menew is an online platform that enables users to organize and set menus for family meals. Users can track family preferences and trends; make shopping lists; and get an easy-to-read calendar format for the menus.
- Valise — Valise provides insider access & unique experiences to the modern day internationalist. A perfect jump start to who & what is hot in creative capitals. At its core is the Valise Society - a global private members association for innovative leaders of the creative class.
- Valise — Valise is a women's travel service platform.
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Browse database — It's Free!After JTB Co., Ltd. and CYBIRD Co., Ltd. as an initial member of Glee Co., Ltd. is responsible for business development. Currently, he is mainly engaged in venture support in the Internet area, investing in venture and venture capital, and served as management advisor for dozens of companies. Hands-on business development, growth strategydevelopment, financing advice, HR organization design support, partner referral and Recruit Support. He is also engaged in business support for ventures in the healthcare and university venture fields. He served as Digital Health Meetup Advisor, NEDOTCP Mentor and Future 2016 Mentor.
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- Industry: Content, Internet, Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $764k–$16M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shiftus — Shiftus is a communication application that can be used in various part-time job sites such as cafes, izakayas, hotels, supermarkets
- Flagellin — Flagellin is a pharmaceutical and medical industry.Development and sales of SaaS that supports sales and marketing of database and analysis services in the pharmaceutical and medical industries
- Giver Take All — Gibber Take All is a Planning, development and management of business sharing platform
Koya Arikawa is the Representative Director and Founder at Hotspring.
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- Industry: Content, Media and Entertainment, SNS
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $968k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tanp — Gracia is an EC business and media business that provides coloring precious moments and enriching human connections.
- Syukatsu Labo — Syukatsu Labo is a leading company that solves various problems in an aging society.
- Somewhere — Somewhere is engaged in the travel and transportation business.
Yu Yamaoka
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- 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.
Takeyuki Aritomi
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- 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.
Yoshihiro Oo is an individual investor.
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- Industry: Travel, Internet
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- AVA Intelligence — AVA Intelligence is a Internet service development company.
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