# Top 15 Social Startup Investors in Japan in May 2026

| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Makuake | 1 | Japan, United States | Product Crowdfunding, Equity Crowdfunding, Seed | E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Food and Beverage |
| Maezawa Fund | 1 | Japan | Seed | Beauty, Social, Nutrition |
| Hiroshi Sawa | 1 | Japan |  | Social, Big Data, Analytics |
| KDDI Open Innovation Fund | 1 | Japan, United States, Germany | Series B, Series A | Software, Internet, Mobile |
| Kento Hayashi | 1 | Japan | Series A | Social, Big Data, Analytics |
| Shunsuke Ikegami | 1 | Japan | Seed | Social, Cooking, Big Data |
| aucfan Co.,Ltd. | 1 | Japan, Indonesia, France | Series A, Corporate Round | E-Commerce, Marketing, Internet |
| Hirofumi Miki | 1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Content, Marketing, Internet |
| Recruit Strategic Partners | 1 | United States, Japan, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services |
| WERU Investment | 1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Consulting, Software |
| Waseda University | 1 | Japan | Series A, Series B | FinTech, Therapeutics, Biotechnology |
| Sansei Capital Investment | 1 | Japan, Belgium | Series A, Series B | Content, Software, Medical |
| Kodansha | 1 | Japan, Indonesia, United States | Corporate Round, Seed | Software, Media and Entertainment, News |
| Global Brain Corporation | 1 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series B, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence |
| Archetype Ventures | 1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning |

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