112+ Angel Investors in Japan
Top Angel Investors and VCs in Japan
- Matt Cheng — Founder and Solo General Partner — Cherubic Ventures — Tokyo
- Batara Eto — Co-founder and Managing Partner — East Ventures — Tokyo
- Masahiko Homma — Co-founder and Partner — SMBC Asia Rising Fund — Tokyo
- Masashi Suekane — Partner — Bain Capital — Tokyo
- Max Kinoshita — General Partner , Founder and CEO — Skyland Ventures — Tokyo
- Ayumi Sakurai — Co-Founder and Representative Partner — Yukon Capital Partners Co. Ltd — Tokyo
- Kazuhiro Umeda — Co-founder and Representative Partner — SIIF Impact Capital — Tokyo
- Masashi Hirose — Partner — Mercury Capital Advisors — Tokyo
- Shinichi Ebata — CEO and President, Managing Director — Alternative Capital Enterprises (Japan) Limited — Tokyo
- Shinji Takeuchi — Founder and CEO — Quzilla Capital — Tokyo
- Akane Nakayama — Managing Director, Investor Relations — Advantage Partners
- Kazuhiko Miyama — General Partner — Global Brain Corporation
- Kazuya Minami — Managing Partner, Innovative Communities Department （イノベーション施設運営部特別参与） — Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. — Tokyo
- Kotaro Watanabe — Partner — Deloitte — Tokyo
- Tetsu Nakajima — Founder and General Partner — 15th Rock — Tokyo
- Stefan Nilsson — Founder — Hedge Funds Club — Tokyo
- Gregory Hara — Chief Executive and Managing Partner, Chairman of the Investment Committee — J-STAR — Tokyo
- Ken Yasunaga — Founder and Managing Partner — Global Hands-On VC (GHOVC) — Tokyo
- Nobuko Kobayashi — Partner — EY-Parthenon — Tokyo
- Yuuka Tomita — Client Service - Investor Service -onshore — Brown Brothers Harriman
Japan Startup Investment Ecosystem
Government's Startup Five-Year Plan aims to create 100,000 new startups by 2027. Tokyo is Asia's second-largest hub. J-KISS is the standard angel investment instrument. Strong CVC activity from Sony, SoftBank, NTT, and Toyota.