Angel investor based in Japan. 7 companies backed across 7 recorded rounds, Mar 2015 – Dec 2018.
Sectors of the companies in the portfolio, by company count.
Head-office city of the companies in the portfolio.
Rounds by stage.
Total size of the rounds they joined — an angel's own cheque is a share of this, and is not disclosed.
Every company Kotaro Chiba appears as an investor in, most recent round first.
| Company | City | Sectors | Latest round | Rounds | Round value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmnote | Minato City | Crop TechLivestock TechIoT Applications | Series A Dec 2018 | 1 | $3.5M |
| Panair | Chiyoda City | Smart GridGrid Monitoring and IntelligenceEnergy SaaS | Series C Jun 2018 | 1 | $17.6M |
| Sukedachi | Tokyo | Construction TechHRTechB2C E-Commerce | Series A Mar 2018 | 1 | $5M |
| XTREME-D | Tokyo | Cloud InfrastructureHigh Performance ComputingIaaS | Seed Jan 2017 | 1 | $620K |
| Homma | San Francisco | Real Estate & Infrastructure Developers | Seed Oct 2016 | 1 | $4.8M |
| SmartHR | Tokyo | HRTechHRMS for EnterprisesHR SaaS | Series A Aug 2016 | 1 | $5M |
| Open Logi | Tokyo | Logistics TechE-Commerce EnablersE-Commerce Logistics | Seed Mar 2015 | 1 | $500.9K |
Investors that appear in the same rounds. Two names in one round is what "invested together" means here — it is not a claim about a relationship off the cap table.
| Investor | Type | Based | Shared rounds | Shared companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiba Dojo | Firm | Shibuya | 2 | 2 |
| SMBC Venture Capital | Firm | Chuo City | 1 | 1 |
| DG Daiwa Ventures | Firm | Chiyoda City | 1 | 1 |
| Yamaguchi Capital | Firm | Shimonoseki | 1 | 1 |
| Genesia Ventures | Firm | Minato City | 1 | 1 |
| 500 Global | Firm | San Francisco | 1 | 1 |
| B Dash Ventures | Firm | Minato City | 1 | 1 |
| Masi Oka | Angel | 1 | 1 | |
| YJ Capital | Firm | Tokyo | 1 | 1 |
| DG Ventures | Firm | San Francisco | 1 | 1 |
| 77 Bank | Firm | Sendai | 1 | 1 |
| Hiroaki Yasutake | Angel | 1 | 1 | |
| DNX Ventures | Firm | San Mateo | 1 | 1 |
| Freebit Investment | Firm | Shibuya | 1 | 1 |
| Kobayashi Maki Design Worksho | Firm | Shibuya | 1 | 1 |
| 500 Startups Japan | Firm | San Francisco | 1 | 1 |
| Mickey Mikitani | Angel | Tokyo | 1 | 1 |
| KLab Venture Partners | Firm | 1 | 1 | |
| East Ventures | Firm | Tokyo | 1 | 1 |
| Incubate Fund | Firm | Minato City | 1 | 1 |