Samurai Incubate is a Tokyo-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2008, investing in startups across Japan and Africa. The firm provides hands-on support in management, marketing, sales, and HR, and has invested in more than 120 startups across multiple funds.
Average disclosed round size is $16.3M (across 19 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
27
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
RY
Rena Yoneyama
Managing Partner
HN
Hideaki Nagano
Co-Partner
SW
Shinnosuke Watanabe
Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
33 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 mign | Unknown | — | Jan 2026 |
| SSolvifAI | Series A | — | Jul 2025 |
 NEWLOCAL | Series A | — | May 2025 |
 emole | Bridge | — | Jan 2025 |
 Gaudi Clinical | Growth | — | Jan 2025 |
| SSolvifAI | Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
 Cosmic Aerospace | Seed | $4.5M | Feb 2024 |
 Complete Farmer | Seed | $10.4M | Sep 2023 |
 Hexa 3D | Series A | $20.5M | Mar 2023 |
 Leta | Pre-Seed | $3M | Nov 2022 |
 Kenzz | Seed | $3.5M | Oct 2022 |
 Norebase | Pre-Seed | $1M | May 2022 |
 Oneport | Seed | $5M | Apr 2022 |
 The Food Lab | Pre-Seed | $4.5M | Apr 2022 |
| TThe Food Lab Egy | Pre-Seed | $4.5M | Jan 2022 |
 Torana, Inc | Unknown | — | Jan 2022 |
| Norebase | Pre-Seed | $1M | Jan 2022 |
| The Food Lab | Pre-Seed | $4.5M | Jan 2022 |
 Kwara | Seed | $4M | Dec 2021 |
 Eden Life | Seed | $1.4M | Oct 2021 |
 Gojo&Company | Series F | $233M | — |
 Raseedi | Series A | $850K | — |
 MEDSAF | Seed | $3.5M | — |
| emole | Series A | — | — |
| SSolvify | Series A | — | — |
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Top Co-Investors
JAFCO Group Co., Ltd.6 shared
Future Africa4 shared
Shorooq Partners3 shared
4DX Ventures3 shared
Voltron Capital2 shared
Microtraction2 shared
Gumroad2 shared
Blume Ventures2 shared
Verdant Frontiers Fintech Fund2 shared
Launch Africa Ventures2 shared
Dentsu Ventures2 shared
Mizuho Capital2 shared
JIC Venture Growth Investments2 shared
SMBC Venture Capital2 shared
Foundation Capital2 shared
British International Investment2 shared
HOF Capital2 shared
Outliers2 shared
Village Global1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026