AET Fund

The AET Fund is a venture capital fund specializing in the intersection of entertainment and technology. Through the creation of new entertainment, they aiming to realize a world where people everywhere can find experiences that move them and become happier for it. They support startups that share these values and hope that together and will move their world forward. AET Fund target investment area covers all forms of entertainment. The fund actively invests in new forms of entertainment such as streaming services, voice assist, the gamification of existing industries and spreads beyond the bounds of conventional categories such as games, music, sports, beauty, and fitness. They openly engage with all businesses that deliver emotional experiences.

Yuki Kawamura

Partner

Mark Linao

Principal

Tomoya Ogawa

Founder and Partner

33 past transactions

Questt

Series A in 2021
Questt is an assessment/homework platform that automates homework assessment for teachers, saving 90% of their time, and gamifies assignments for students.

SuperGaming

Series A in 2021
SuperGaming is an gaming development firm that develops casual computer games.

Carry1st

Series A in 2021
Carry1st is a full-stack publisher of social games and interactive content with a focus on frontier markets like Africa. Founded in 2018 by Cordel Robbin-Coker, Lucy Hoffman, and Tino Mundangepfupfu, Carry1st employs a team of 29 people across 14 countries hailing from top companies like Carlyle, King, Jumia, Rovio, Socialpoint, and Wargaming. It has raised over $10m to date including a recent $7m Series A headlined by Riot Games, Konvoy Ventures, Raine, and Akatsuki. Carry1st will use the funding to launch and scale its existing portfolio, secure new partnerships with global gaming studios, and expand its team.

Questt

Seed Round in 2021
Questt is an assessment/homework platform that automates homework assessment for teachers, saving 90% of their time, and gamifies assignments for students.

Blutag

Seed Round in 2021
Blutag is leading the way in Voice First cloud services. Bringing together over 20 years of eCommerce and cutting edge technology experience, Blutag was born out of the need to help consumers rapidly find products relevant to their needs and taste using simple voice commands.

Resemble AI

Seed Round in 2020
Resemble AI creates custom voices using proprietary deep-learning models that can produce realistic speech synthesis. It allows users to transform their voice into the target voice with real-time speech-to-speech. Granular control over every inflection and intonation.

The Meta

Seed Round in 2020
The Meta is an e-sports training platform for the hundreds of millions of gamers who play first-person shooters. It uses sports performance science, game development, and machine learning to turn gamers into aim bots.

Doubtnut

Series A in 2020
Doubtnut leverages technology to make education accessible for all. It offers an App in which students can ask study questions in Math by clicking the picture of the problem or concept. The application offers personalized live online solutions for all user's math doubts. In its online doubt clearing platform, students get to learn from teachers who have studied from top colleges and institutes across India. It also provides solutions for CBSE & ICSE board school students so that students can understand maths in a structured manner at the comfort of their home. Doubtnut was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Gurgaon, India.

Samosa Singh

Series A in 2020
Samosa Singh offers samosa an Indian snack that has different varieties for every regional preference. Samosa Singh addresses the current gaps that exist in the Indian Samosa market. It offers a convergence of varieties with regional preferences at one place in a hygienic, fresh and exciting manner, thereby creating a huge mass-appeal.

Wysh

Series A in 2020
Wysh is a platform that connects users with their favourite celebrities. Wysh is a two-way engagement that enables fans to get personalised video messages from celebrities by sending a video request.

SuperGaming

Seed Round in 2019
SuperGaming is an gaming development firm that develops casual computer games.

Steereo

Seed Round in 2019
Steereo broadcast new music through an app exclusively for rideshare drivers, entertaining passengers as they travel. They empower artists by helping them get new music to market and reach new fans. They create impactful brand connections with audiences everywhere. They provide opportunities to earn additional income and rewards.

Shopkirana

Series B in 2019
Shopkirana is a B2B-commerce company that focuses on technology and supply chain innovation. It aims to encourage retailers to be competitive by delivering technology, operational expertise, and scale advantage. The company directly works with brands to boost them on the demand side and reach to masses with transparency and deep market intelligence. Shopkirana was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in Indore, India.

Resemble AI

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Resemble AI creates custom voices using proprietary deep-learning models that can produce realistic speech synthesis. It allows users to transform their voice into the target voice with real-time speech-to-speech. Granular control over every inflection and intonation.

RosieReality

Seed Round in 2019
Rosie is an educational app for iPhone and iPad. The app is perfect for curious kids of ages 9 and up. Kids program Rosie the Robot using magical 3D shapes to explore AR puzzles.

Doubtnut

Seed Round in 2019
Doubtnut leverages technology to make education accessible for all. It offers an App in which students can ask study questions in Math by clicking the picture of the problem or concept. The application offers personalized live online solutions for all user's math doubts. In its online doubt clearing platform, students get to learn from teachers who have studied from top colleges and institutes across India. It also provides solutions for CBSE & ICSE board school students so that students can understand maths in a structured manner at the comfort of their home. Doubtnut was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Gurgaon, India.

Wooplr

Venture Round in 2019
A free & easy way to start an online store, Wooplr today empowers 80,000+ store owners to earn on average Rs. 30,000 a month. In just a minute, be ready to go live with 50,000+ products that can be added to the store and sold to friends, family or followers. Wooplr takes care of all the hard work - finding products and brands, technology, payments and refunds, delivery and returns, and a world-class customer care team. Imagine having your own ready-made store with nothing to worry about at all. The company received $5 million in Series-A funding from Helion Ventures and has several strategic investments from industry leaders. The company also has investments from industry veterans like Co-founders of InMobi who include Naveen Tewari, Jaspreet Bindra, Astarc Ventures, Abhay Singhal, and Amit Gupta and Piyush Shah, Chief Product Officer at InMobi, Raghunandan G, Co-founder - Taxi for Sure, and ex-Puma India CEO Rajiv Mehta.

Planet SuperHeroes

Series A in 2019
Planet Superheroes is India’s leading character merchandising company with a range of 50+ characters across 50+ categories curated under one roof. Founded by Jaineel Aga, Sumit Shah and Karan Rai, alumni of Duke and Oxford with prior experience in Private Equity, Consulting, Retail and Investment Banking. The company has recently been identified as a potential category leader to be mentored by the ISPIRT Foundation and is also selected as an exhibitor at The Surge Alpha Conference to be conducted in Bangalore early next year. To know more, you can visit the company at www.planetsuperheroes.com

Little Black Book

Series A in 2019
Little Black Book sells women's wear, apparel for men, footwear, accessories, jewelry, home decor, snacks, and beverages. They provide web and mobile shopping apps. They also provide gifting guides and gift ideas for anniversaries, birthdays, weddings, and other special occasions.

The Wedding Brigade

Seed Round in 2019
The Wedding Brigade have a huge collection of Lehengas, Sarees, Anarkalis, Trendy Kurtas, etc. They handpick every single vendor on their platform to ensure you are only getting the best. They provide all wedding-related services through us, from venues, to makeup & mehendi artists.

Shopkirana

Series A in 2018
Shopkirana is a B2B-commerce company that focuses on technology and supply chain innovation. It aims to encourage retailers to be competitive by delivering technology, operational expertise, and scale advantage. The company directly works with brands to boost them on the demand side and reach to masses with transparency and deep market intelligence. Shopkirana was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in Indore, India.

Karuna Labs

Seed Round in 2018
Karuna Labs Inc. creates digital therapeutics programs designed to address chronic pain through a combination of physical and cognitive retraining.

Mech Mocha

Funding Round in 2018
Mech Mocha runs India's first real-time multiplayer gaming platform for the next billion Indians.

Ripkord

Seed Round in 2018
Ripkord focuses on interactive entertainment. Combining audience led engagements with a live host to drive content.

Contentflow

Seed Round in 2018
Contentflow is the global Next-Gen SaaS solution for multichannel, independent live streaming for events, conferences and media coverage. Contentflow develops software for video-livestreaming your event in flawless quality to any mobile and stationary device available.

Bunch

Seed Round in 2018
Bunch is the first app that allows its users to play their favorite games with friends over video chat. Its platform is the easiest way for players to discover, play, and share live mobile games with their friends. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New York City, New York.

Yulu

Seed Round in 2018
Yulu is a micro-mobility platform that is solving for traffic congestion and air pollution in India by providing human and battery powered micro-light 2 wheelers. Yulu uses IoT, Cloud, and AI to create a vast network of shared dockless vehicles that can be rented easily by an app in pay per use business model.

Blutag

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Blutag is leading the way in Voice First cloud services. Bringing together over 20 years of eCommerce and cutting edge technology experience, Blutag was born out of the need to help consumers rapidly find products relevant to their needs and taste using simple voice commands.

StayAbode

Seed Round in 2018
Stayabode is leveraging technology, design, service and brand to build co-living spaces for the rental residential real estate market.

Intella X

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Intella X operates a mobile live streaming marketplace that empowers individuals and brands to create and host their own shopping channels, allowing them to sell directly to a global audience. The platform facilitates real-time interactions between broadcasters and viewers, enabling customers to engage in conversations, browse products, and make purchases during live streams. Intella X's application supports emerging brands and entrepreneurs by providing them with essential tools to manage payment and shipping details, creating an interactive shopping experience. Additionally, the company is involved in bridging web2 and web3 environments through its decentralized exchange, NFT marketplace, and launchpad, offering developers integration tools and a simplified crypto wallet for easy access to blockchain applications. This unique combination showcases individuality while connecting sellers and their distinctive products with buyers who are eager to explore and collect.

RosieReality

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Rosie is an educational app for iPhone and iPad. The app is perfect for curious kids of ages 9 and up. Kids program Rosie the Robot using magical 3D shapes to explore AR puzzles.

Inklocker

Convertible Note in 2017
Inklocker is changing the printing game by seamlessly connecting print shops to e-commerce platforms. Inklocker is a leading global cloud-based printer platform designed apparel designers who want to utilize small and medium-sized print shops to produce orders closest to the customer. Print shops can use the software to streamline production, outsource jobs, and integrate across multiple sales channels, including leading shopping carts like Shopify and woocommerce.The Inklocker platform was engineered for network capabilities with a uniformed production software across the custom product manufacturing industry.

TYFFON

Convertible Note in 2017
TYFFON was founded on November 11, 2011, by Ken Fukazawa and is based in Tokyo, Japan. TYFFON is the company developing the immersive MR (Magic Reality)​ contents with innovative VR x AR technologies united with its overflowing imaginations, and operating Free Roam Location-Based Virtual Reality venue "TYFFONIUM"​ to provide people with magical and special experiences in our magic reality world. TYFFON originally launched as a mobile app development company represented by apps like "ZombieBooth 2"​, which achieved 40 million downloads in North America. In 2014, TYFFON participated in Disney’s first incubation program "Disney Accelerator"​ and TYFFON was one of 10 picked up by Disney out of 1,000 companies applying worldwide, followed by the release of "Show Your Disney Side"​, which firstly collaborated Apps with Disney​. In late 2017, TYFFON opened our first location-based virtual reality store TYFFONIUM at DiverCity Tokyo Plaza in Japan. In the following year 2018, TYFFON has been formally inaugurated a partnership with some reputable companies as reported and accelerated our business in Japan. The projects of opening the first overseas stores are underway.
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