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    Delight Ventures

    Tokyo, JapanFounded 2019

    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.

    They made 2 investments in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is series-a (41% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $5.8M (across 3 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    16

    Fund Size

    $33M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    Dai Watanabe / 渡辺 大

    Dai Watanabe / 渡辺 大

    Managing Partner

    Ryo Bando / 坂東 龍

    Ryo Bando / 坂東 龍

    Managing Partner

    Shintaro Asako / 浅子 信太郎

    Shintaro Asako / 浅子 信太郎

    Managing Partner

    Shuhei Kawasaki / 川崎 修平

    Shuhei Kawasaki / 川崎 修平

    Managing Partner / Engineer

    Tomoko Namba / 南場 智子

    Tomoko Namba / 南場 智子

    Managing Partner

    Kosuke Fujii / 藤井 康介

    Kosuke Fujii / 藤井 康介

    Partner

    Kosuke Nishida / 西田 光佑

    Kosuke Nishida / 西田 光佑

    Partner

    Masato Ushio / 牛尾 正人

    Masato Ushio / 牛尾 正人

    Partner

    Takashi Tsujiguchi / 辻口 敬生

    Takashi Tsujiguchi / 辻口 敬生

    Partner / CFO

    Takuya Sakata / 坂田 卓也

    Takuya Sakata / 坂田 卓也

    Partner

    Yusuke Nagano / 永野 祐輔

    Yusuke Nagano / 永野 祐輔

    Partner

    Naoya Shibahara / 芝原 直也

    Naoya Shibahara / 芝原 直也

    Principal

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    17 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    OOptQC Corp.UnknownAug 2026
    CraftBank Inc. logoCraftBank Inc.UnknownOct 2025
    Nalalys logoNalalysSeries AJun 2025
    Tensor Energy logoTensor EnergySeries A$6MMar 2024
    ROUTE06 logoROUTE06Series AJun 2022
    Shippio logoShippioSeries A$9.7MJan 2019
    Shippio logoShippioSeries C
    TYPICA logoTYPICAUnknown
    LLogomixBridge
    Zeroboard Inc. logoZeroboard Inc.Series A
    BeaTrust, Inc. logoBeaTrust, Inc.Series A
    CCraft BankSeries B
    Payd logoPaydSeed$1.7M
    Asterminds logoAstermindsSeed
    KAUCHE logoKAUCHEUnknown
    TTYPICA Holdings, Inc.Unknown
    ZZeroboard Inc.Series A

    Top Co-Investors

    Last updated: 8 September 2026