Femto Partners

Femto Partners is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan, investing in early-stage internet companies involved in platform businesses and financial services. With investments ranging from ¥10 million to ¥300 million, the firm provides practical support to help these companies grow and maximize their corporate value. Founded in April 2013, Femto Partners is a joint venture of Shinsei Corporate Investment Limited and Tetsuya Isozaki & Associates, focusing on seed and early-stage startup investments, particularly in the Central Tokyo area.

Katsuhiko Okubo

Managing Partner

34 past transactions

MiddleField

Series B in 2020
MiddleField is a team to make cars the best entertainment and to make the lives of everyone involved in cars into entertainment. They creates a society where a lot of people are involved as a middle point of all people's dreams. MiddleField owns and operates an e-commerce platform offering cars.

Toreta

Series C in 2015
Toreta develops tools specializing in reservation and customer ledger systems for restaurants. It offers Toreta, a mobile application for restaurant reservation management in Japan. The application facilitates the recording of reservation conversations automatically with customers, generates customer ledgers based on reservation information, and accepts reservations through the internet. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Plaid

Venture Round in 2018
Plaid the service provider does not have to analyze it using the service, such as data analysis, review the improvement plan, the only step on a separate step to reflect site. It is because the output for analysis and improvement of these services are divided. Therefore, you would have meant turning the PDCA high cost of resources and time-consuming large.

Crowd Credit

Seed Round in 2014
Crowdcredit is cross-border marketplace lending platform operator. We provide risk capital to individuals and SMEs in financial deficit countries while we offer attractive lending opportunities to investors in financial surplus countries. Currently, we are providing Japanese personal and SMEs investors with opportunities to lend to individuals and SMEs in Peru, Cameroon, Estonia, Finland, Spain and in Italy. In 2016, Crowdcredit is aiming to start raising funds and also to start lending in Asian region outside of Japan.

Leading Mark

Series C in 2021
Leading Mark, a rising human resources startup in Japan. Leading Mark is branching out into mid-career and international hiring. It currently has a one-man team in China working to bring the top Japanese-speaking Chinese students to domestic companies. He also touts his startup’s focus on the average job seeker. “We want to make sure that the users get the info that he or she needs the most,” he says. Large scale, legacy players can sometimes prioritize the needs of the hiring company, and their commission, over the needs of applicants themselves. This leads to frustration and short-circuited careers.

KitchHike

Seed Round in 2016
KitchHike is an online service that connects cooks and hikers in kitchens all over the world. KitchHike allows its users to eat local by connecting them to real people, who will invite them into their homes. Its users have the ability to open up their kitchens and cook casual dishes for travelers who want to eat local.

Plaid

Seed Round in 2014
Plaid the service provider does not have to analyze it using the service, such as data analysis, review the improvement plan, the only step on a separate step to reflect site. It is because the output for analysis and improvement of these services are divided. Therefore, you would have meant turning the PDCA high cost of resources and time-consuming large.

RoomClip

Seed Round in 2013
RoomClip is a photo-sharing service where users can find inspiration for their home and life.

Note

Seed Round in 2012
Piece of Cake is promoting digital content and services under a new platform.

WELMO

Private Placement in 2018
Welmo Inc. provides artificial intelligence service for the care and welfare industry that helps users make decisions. The company develops social resource management for medical, disability, and long term care. It also develops a platform of social resource information with nursing care. In addition, it provides after school services to disabled students. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with an additional office in Fukuoka.

Toreta

Series D in 2016
Toreta develops tools specializing in reservation and customer ledger systems for restaurants. It offers Toreta, a mobile application for restaurant reservation management in Japan. The application facilitates the recording of reservation conversations automatically with customers, generates customer ledgers based on reservation information, and accepts reservations through the internet. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

MiddleField

Series B in 2020
MiddleField is a team to make cars the best entertainment and to make the lives of everyone involved in cars into entertainment. They creates a society where a lot of people are involved as a middle point of all people's dreams. MiddleField owns and operates an e-commerce platform offering cars.

Ivry

Series B in 2023
Ivry offers cloud based telephonic answering service.

YOUTRUST

Series C in 2024
Youtrust, Inc. operates a referral recruiting platform that offers job requests, job changes, and side job scouts from friends or friends of friends. It offers recruiting and scouting for various occupations, such as engineers and designers, human resources, public relations, sales, and planning. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

MiddleField Inc.

Private Placement in 2020
MiddleField Inc. owns and operates an e-commerce car platform. It offers Motagare, an online platform that helps in purchasing and installation of car parts; MotaGare, an online platform that delivers car parts; and Motorz that collects information about cars, motorcycle, and racing industries. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Crowd Credit

Pre Seed Round in 2013
Crowdcredit is cross-border marketplace lending platform operator. We provide risk capital to individuals and SMEs in financial deficit countries while we offer attractive lending opportunities to investors in financial surplus countries. Currently, we are providing Japanese personal and SMEs investors with opportunities to lend to individuals and SMEs in Peru, Cameroon, Estonia, Finland, Spain and in Italy. In 2016, Crowdcredit is aiming to start raising funds and also to start lending in Asian region outside of Japan.

RoomClip

Venture Round in 2015
RoomClip is a photo-sharing service where users can find inspiration for their home and life.

RoomClip

Venture Round in 2017
RoomClip is a photo-sharing service where users can find inspiration for their home and life.

Plaid

Venture Round in 2015
Plaid the service provider does not have to analyze it using the service, such as data analysis, review the improvement plan, the only step on a separate step to reflect site. It is because the output for analysis and improvement of these services are divided. Therefore, you would have meant turning the PDCA high cost of resources and time-consuming large.

note

Venture Round in 2013
Note, Inc. owns and operates an online portal for content authors to sell their articles. Note, Inc. was formerly known as Piece of Cake, Inc. and changed its name to Note, Inc. in April 2020. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Minato, Japan.

Dr.JOY

Venture Round in 2015
Dr.JOY is a hospital SNS dedicated to medical institutions to reduce wasteful work flow Not only to reduce the excessive burden on healthcare professionals, but also to afford information to patient families at medical sites around the world.

Plaid

Private Placement in 2018
Plaid the service provider does not have to analyze it using the service, such as data analysis, review the improvement plan, the only step on a separate step to reflect site. It is because the output for analysis and improvement of these services are divided. Therefore, you would have meant turning the PDCA high cost of resources and time-consuming large.

Crowd Credit

Series C in 2017
Crowdcredit is cross-border marketplace lending platform operator. We provide risk capital to individuals and SMEs in financial deficit countries while we offer attractive lending opportunities to investors in financial surplus countries. Currently, we are providing Japanese personal and SMEs investors with opportunities to lend to individuals and SMEs in Peru, Cameroon, Estonia, Finland, Spain and in Italy. In 2016, Crowdcredit is aiming to start raising funds and also to start lending in Asian region outside of Japan.

MiddleField

Seed Round in 2018
MiddleField is a team to make cars the best entertainment and to make the lives of everyone involved in cars into entertainment. They creates a society where a lot of people are involved as a middle point of all people's dreams. MiddleField owns and operates an e-commerce platform offering cars.

WELMO

Series A in 2018
Welmo Inc. provides artificial intelligence service for the care and welfare industry that helps users make decisions. The company develops social resource management for medical, disability, and long term care. It also develops a platform of social resource information with nursing care. In addition, it provides after school services to disabled students. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with an additional office in Fukuoka.

WELMO

Private Placement in 2019
Welmo Inc. provides artificial intelligence service for the care and welfare industry that helps users make decisions. The company develops social resource management for medical, disability, and long term care. It also develops a platform of social resource information with nursing care. In addition, it provides after school services to disabled students. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with an additional office in Fukuoka.

SkymatiX

Venture Round in 2019
SkymatiX, Inc. engages in the planning, development, and sales of industrial remote sensing drones and services for agricultural sector. The company develops Remote Sensing-as-a-Service solutions. It also provides pesticide spraying, leaf color analysis, drone surveying, and drone/RFID material management services. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. SkymatiX, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation.

Crowd Credit

Series D in 2017
Crowdcredit is cross-border marketplace lending platform operator. We provide risk capital to individuals and SMEs in financial deficit countries while we offer attractive lending opportunities to investors in financial surplus countries. Currently, we are providing Japanese personal and SMEs investors with opportunities to lend to individuals and SMEs in Peru, Cameroon, Estonia, Finland, Spain and in Italy. In 2016, Crowdcredit is aiming to start raising funds and also to start lending in Asian region outside of Japan.

Study Plus

Venture Round in 2015
Study Plus is an educational application developed to facilitate collaborative studying.

Ivry

Series C in 2024
Ivry offers cloud based telephonic answering service.

WELMO

Series B in 2019
Welmo Inc. provides artificial intelligence service for the care and welfare industry that helps users make decisions. The company develops social resource management for medical, disability, and long term care. It also develops a platform of social resource information with nursing care. In addition, it provides after school services to disabled students. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with an additional office in Fukuoka.

Note

Series A in 2013
Piece of Cake is promoting digital content and services under a new platform.

DROBE Japan

Venture Round in 2021
DROBE is an important communication with each individual company.