Founder Foundry （NOW）
Company Name Japanese
Founder Foundry （NOW株式会社）
AUM (JPY)
¥12,500,000,000
Founded Year
2018
Asset Class
Venture Capital
Geography
Japan
URL
https://now.vc/
Style
Early-stage
Founder
Kazuma Ieiri
Founder BIO
He founded Paperboy & Co. (now GMO Pepabo) in Fukuoka and became the youngest to list on the JASDAQ market. After stepping down, he founded CAMPFIRE Inc. He co-founded BASE Inc. with Yuta Tsuruoka, and they listed the company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers. He has numerous angel investments under his personal name. In addition, he has supported many startups, including the youth entrepreneurship community Liverty and the shared house, Rivatei. In 2017, he co-founded NOW Inc. with Kajitani.
#Employee
5
#Fund
Approved Date
Sep 2, 2024
Description English
NOW is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm established in 2017 by Kazuma Ieiri and Ryosuke Kajitani. The firm targets seed and early stage start-ups in the technology field including AI, IoT, Blockchain, Social Media, AV/VR, SaaS, and E-commerce.
Description Japanese
NOW は、家入一真と梶谷亮介によって 2017 年に設立された東京拠点のベンチャーキャピタルである。AI、IoT、ブロックチェーン、ソーシャルメディア、AV/VR、SaaS、Eコマースなどのテクノロジー分野におけるシードおよびアーリーステージのスタートアップを対象としている。
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Reviewed By
Hidekazu Ishida
Last edited time
Apr 1, 2025 08:14 PM GMT+0