ANOBAKA

Company Name Japanese
ANOBAKA
AUM (JPY)
¥9,515,000,000
Founded Year
2020
Asset Class
Venture Capital
Geography
Japan
URL
https://anobaka.jp/
Style
Seed / Pre-seed stage
Founder
Hirokazu Nagano
Founder BIO
After joining KLab Inc., he worked in B2B solutions sales and later became the Group Leader for new business development in the President’s Office. He then participated in the establishment of KLab Ventures in December 2011 and became a director. In April 2012, he was appointed CEO of the company. He executed investments in 17 venture companies. In October 2015, he founded KVP and became its CEO. At KVP, he invested in over 80 startups over five years. In December 2020, he founded ANOBAKA.
#Employee
7
#Fund
5
Approved Date
Dec 31, 2024
Description English
ANOBAKA is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm targeting internet start-ups primarily in Japan. It focuses on seed-stage investments, providing hands-on support to IT start-ups operating in the areas such as mobile apps, social media, e-commerce, cloud computing as well as Fintech. The firm also invests overseas, particularly in the US, Southeast Asia, and India.
Previously known as KLab Venture Partners and KVP, ANOBAKA was established in 2015 as a wholly owned subsidiary of KLab Inc., a Tokyo-based online mobile gaming company. KLab launched its venture capital business in 2011 through a joint venture co-founded with SBI Holdings, called Klab Venture. Klab Venture invested out of its maiden fund, SBI-KLab Startup Fund I, co-managed with SBI Investment.ANOBAKA became independent through a management buyout (MBO) announced in November 2020, where its management, Hirokazu Nagano, acquired 70% of shares from KLab.
Description Japanese
ANOBAKA は、主に日本のインターネット系スタートアップを対象とした東京拠点のベンチャーキャピタルである。シードステージの投資に注力し、モバイルアプリ、ソーシャルメディア、Eコマース、クラウドコンピューティング、フィンテックなどの分野で活動する IT スタートアップに対して、ハンズオンでの支援を提供している。また、アメリカ、東南アジア、インドなど海外にも投資を行っている。
以前は KLab Venture Partners(KVP)として知られており、2015 年に東京拠点のオンラインモバイルゲーム会社である KLab Inc. の完全子会社として設立された。KLab は 2011 年に SBI ホールディングスと共同設立した合弁会社「KLab Venture」を通じてベンチャーキャピタル事業を開始し、SBI-KLab Startup Fund I という初のファンドを共同運営して投資を行っていた。ANOBAKA は 2020 年 11 月に経営陣による買収(MBO)を通じて独立し、経営者の永野裕和が KLab から 70% の株式を取得した。
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Reviewed By
Hidekazu Ishida
Last edited time
Apr 1, 2025 08:14 PM GMT+0