Delight Ventures is an independent Tokyo-based venture capital firm and venture builder founded in 2019 by Tomoko Namba, founder and chairperson of DeNA. It invests in and incubates early-stage startups in Japan, with sector focus across AI, enterprise software, healthcare, fintech, and climate tech.
Deal activity increased 200% year-over-year (6 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is series-a (42% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $6.3M (across 6 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
27
Fund Size
$33M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
6
Team
Dai Watanabe / 渡辺 大
Managing Partner
Ryo Bando / 坂東 龍
Managing Partner
Shintaro Asako / 浅子 信太郎
Managing Partner
Shuhei Kawasaki / 川崎 修平
Managing Partner / Engineer
Tomoko Namba / 南場 智子
Managing Partner
Kosuke Fujii / 藤井 康介
Partner
Kosuke Nishida / 西田 光佑
Partner
Masato Ushio / 牛尾 正人
Partner
Takashi Tsujiguchi / 辻口 敬生
Partner / CFO
Takuya Sakata / 坂田 卓也
Partner
Yusuke Nagano / 永野 祐輔
Partner
Naoya Shibahara / 芝原 直也
Principal
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
Portfolio
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Shippio | Series C | — | Sep 2026 |
 10pct. | Series A | — | Sep 2026 |
| OOptQC Corp. | Series A | — | Aug 2026 |
 CraftBank Inc. | Unknown | — | Oct 2025 |
| CCraft Bank | Series B | — | Oct 2025 |
| CCraft Bank | Series A | — | Oct 2025 |
 NaLaLys | Series A | — | Jun 2025 |
 kauche | Series C | — | Jun 2025 |
 Tensor Energy | Series A | $6M | Mar 2024 |
 Zeroboard | Series A | — | Jan 2023 |
 ROUTE06 | Series A | — | Jun 2022 |
| ROUTE06 | Seed | — | May 2020 |
 Beatrust | Seed | — | Jan 2020 |
| Shippio | Series A | $9.7M | Jan 2019 |
| Shippio | Series C | — | — |
 TYPICA | Unknown | — | — |
| LLogomix | Bridge | $3.9M | — |
 Payd | Seed | $1.7M | — |
 Asterminds | Seed | — | — |
| kauche | Unknown | — | — |
| TTYPICA Holdings, Inc. | Unknown | — | — |
| Zeroboard | Series A | — | — |
| OOSHIAI | Seed | — | — |
| TTrans-N | Pre-Seed | — | — |
| LLUCA Japan | Series A | — | — |
Top Co-Investors
Last updated: 20 October 2026