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Seed VC focused on Engineer-Founders

We are engineers investing in engineers. With experienced mentors, MIRAISE supports you on a hands-if basis, to help you to stay focussed on your idea, and growing your business.

On-Deck Program

1 million yen to give you 100 days to concentrate full on your idea

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Seed Fund

Up to 20 million yen to enable you to take your startup to the next level

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Latest Investments

Atlas Associates

Protect users from data exploitation Encrypted timed extinction Message app

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ELSOUL LABO

Development of Social Contribution BCG (blockchain game) Epics to support open-source software development

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Bcode

Operates “Live Streaming Agency Alpha,” a creator production company with strengths in live streaming and technology utilization.

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Sanpō Association

The Sanpō Association is an organization that promotes technological development of the Sanpō Blockchain. Sanpō Blockchain is an infrastructure for WEB3 business like NFT collections and streaming videos.

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G-Bank Technologies OÜ

G-Bank is developing GIG-A, a platform that provides a multilingual, mobile-only financial service experience.

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SUSHI TOP MARKETING

Developing marketing solutions by distributing NFTs based on the philosophy of creating a culture of token graph marketing.

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Team

Shin Iwata
Partner & CEO

Shin is Founding Partner at MIRAISE. Shin is uniquely positioned to support engineer-founders in Japan with his deep technical experience as a former developer as well as his operational experience as CEO of Skype Japan K.K. and as a Partner at Atomico for several years. Shin received his Bachelor's degree from the Keio University in physics. Kauffman Fellow from Class 20.

Ryusuke Fuda
Principal & CTO

Ryusuke is Principal & CTO. Ryusuke started his career as a Web, mobile and game developer at ACCESSPORT K.K. and KAYAC K.K. After that he co-founded TRUNK K.K. as CTO. Ryu is teaching Web at Digital Hollywood University since 2016.

Megumi Minoguchi
PR & Comms

Megumi is PR & Comms Manager at MIRAISE. She helps MIRAISE portfolio companies PR and Comms strategy, as well as MIRAISE’. She started her career at a foreign-affiliated PR agency and involved in various projects including PR and lobbying of ATOMICO and other tech companies. After that, she joined LANCERS Inc. and decided to make local community building and helping people to be happy with their work through IT. Over a three year period, co-established businesses offering new ways to work with 23 local governments. Board director of Government Relations Association/ Sharing Economy Evangelist, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Japan.

Kaori Kitakata
Middle Office & IR

Kaori has been responsible for IR and the Middle Office at MIRAISE since 2023. She commenced her career at a startup, and gained work experience at global agencies, specializing in marketing PR while also managing a family business. Following her tenure at a fintech company, she received her MBA from Waseda University in 2023.

Advisor

Kosaku Yamaguchi
Advisor to the Chief Data Officer (CDO) of Kagawa Prefecture

Born in Tokyo, 1971. Served as the representative of Enterprise Estonia (Estonian Investment Agency and Estonian Tourist Board) in the Estonian embassy in Tokyo since 2003 for 15 years.In the present days, OBM, advisor in private sector as profession, and supporting local governments as a DX architect.External board member (Audit and supervisory committee member) in FFRI Security Inc,External Board member in xID Inc, Representative employee in Sobayonin LLC.Estonian state decoration; The order of the cross of Terra Mariana

Mentors - Japan

Koji Sakamoto
TBM Co., Ltd.

Director, COO

Eiko Matsumura
Angel Investor
Serial Entrepreneur

Yasuhiro Sasaki
Takram

Director

Hiroshige Umino
Increments, Qiita

Co-founder

Kazuyuki Shudo
Professor

Kyoto University

Shinichiro Nakayama
Angel Investor

Junji Oshita
PLAYTHINK

CEO

Masaki Yamamoto
Chatwork

CEO

Mentors - International

Sten Tamkivi
Estonia

Zach Tan
Singapore

Byungki Peter Kim
South Korea