Hakobune

Founder

Masahiro Kimura

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Approved Date

Jun 14, 2025

Asset Class

Venture Capital

Catalogue

Company Name Japanese

HAKOBUNE（ハコブネ）

Description English

HAKOBUNE is a Tokyo-based independent venture capital firm that invests in pre-seed and seed-stage startups led by "mavericks" or "outliers" within organizations, focusing on three types of transformative change: solving industry-specific problems (Vertical SaaS/B2B), creating new values and cultures (toC/ESG/Web3.0), and leveraging cutting-edge technologies (AI, 5G, MR), while providing hands-on support and fostering a culture of mature entrepreneurship.

Description Japanese

HAKOBUNEは、組織内の「異端者」や「変革者」が率いるプリシード〜シード期のスタートアップに投資する独立系ベンチャーキャピタルであり、産業課題解決（Vertical SaaS/B2B）、新しい価値創造（toC/ESG/Web3.0）、先端技術活用（AI, 5G, MR）の3つを軸に支援します。

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Founded Year

2022

Style

Seed / Pre-seed stage

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Last edited time

Jun 26, 2025 09:21 AM GMT+0

Founder BIO

Completed graduate studies at the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Engineering. After working at GREE, a venture capital firm, and LINE, joined DEEPCORE in 2020. At GREE and LINE, led strategic investments, business alliances, M&A, and post-merger integration (PMI) in areas such as mobile games, AdTech, and FinTech. As an investment professional at Femto Growth Capital and LINE Ventures, executed and supported numerous VC investments across a wide range of sectors, including software, SaaS, blockchain, and machine learning. In 2022, founded HAKOBUNE, a seed-stage venture capital firm.

Geography

Japan

Reviewed By

Hidekazu Ishida

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