Skyland Ventures

#Employee

#Fund

Approved Date

Sep 2, 2024

Asset Class

Venture Capital

AUM (JPY)

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Company Name Japanese

スカイランドベンチャーズ

Description English

Skyland Ventures is venture capital firm based in Japan. The firm primarily targets domestic seed and early opportunities as well as follow-on rounds in Internet-related sectors. Skyland Ventures is also investing in virtual reality (VR), chatbot, drones, and fintech.

Description Japanese

Skyland Ventures (SV) は、シードスタートアップ投資をメインに行うベンチャーキャピタル(VC)ファンドです。 “The Seed Maker. & Unlearning.”をミッションに掲げ、テクノロジー産業に大きなインパクトを与えるスタートアップへのシードマネーを提供するエクイティ投資・トークン投資を行っています。これまで日本国内のスタートアップを中心に120社超へ投資済。 2022年以降は、Web3 (Crypto・NFT・Blockchain)のスタートアップへの投資にフォーカスしている。

EMDB

Founded Year

2015

Founder

Yoshihiko Kinoshita

Founder BIO

He is the CEO and partner of Skyland Ventures, a venture capital (VC) fund that primarily invests in seed-stage startups by young entrepreneurs. He founded Skyland Ventures in 2012 and has been managing multiple VC funds. Since 2022, he has formed a VC fund with a total of 5 billion yen, focusing on new internet fields, including Web3 and generative AI. He graduated from Waseda University’s School of Science and Engineering. Before starting Skyland Ventures, he gained experience at Daiwa Corporate Investment and Incubate Fund. He is also active on social media platforms, including Twitter (40k followers), YouTube, and podcasts.

Geography

Japan

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Last edited by

Agha Ali Scheram

Last edited time

May 9

2025 10:27 AM

Reviewed By

Hidekazu Ishida

Style

Seed / Pre-seed stage

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