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    15th Rock

    Yokohama, JapanFounded 2019

    15th Rock is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm focused on Human Augmentation (primarily hardware) and Consumer 3.0 (primarily software), investing from seed to pre-IPO stages across Japan and the United States.

    Average disclosed round size is $104.4M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    12

    Fund Size

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    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Takeshi Minamoto

    Takeshi Minamoto

    Founder &General Partner​

    Tetsu Nakajima

    Tetsu Nakajima

    Founder &General Partner​

    Takuya Umeda

    Takuya Umeda

    Venture Partner

    HN

    Hiroki Nakjima

    Principal​

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    16 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    LetzRyd logoLetzRydSeed$4MJan 2026
    Onera logoOneraSeries C$30MJan 2024
    Onera Health logoOnera HealthSeries C$32MJan 2024
    Bisu logoBisuSeed$3.2MOct 2021
    Bisu logoBisuSeed$3.2MJan 2021
    Sun Asterisk logoSun AsteriskUnknown$1BJan 2020
    Onera logoOneraSeries B——
    Cellid logoCellidUnknown$13M—
    Onera Technologies B.V. logoOnera Technologies B.V.Series C——
    Onera Technologies B.V. logoOnera Technologies B.V.Series B——
    Proton Intelligence logoProton IntelligenceSeed$7.0M—
    PPacific MetaSeed$4.2M—
    JJIZAIEStrategic——
    Bloomlife logoBloomlifeSeries A$12.2M—
    Onera Health logoOnera HealthSeries B——
    五五常・アンド・カンパニーSeries C$40M—

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026