Legend Partners

Founded in 2014, Legend Partners is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm that focuses on minority investments in external startup companies. It primarily engages in venture investment development and business creation within the real estate, technology, and medical care sectors.

Nobuhiro Imagawa

Investment Manager and Partner

6 past transactions

Mantra

Seed Round in 2020
Mantra Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2020 that focuses on developing and operating a multilingual translation platform, specifically designed for the manga industry. The company's primary product is a specialized translation engine that facilitates the seamless delivery of comics across language barriers for publishers. By integrating various technological solutions, Mantra streamlines the translation workflow and enables simultaneous distribution, thus enhancing accessibility for manga enthusiasts globally. Through its innovative approach, Mantra aims to reduce linguistic barriers and enrich the experience of manga readers around the world.

Leading Mark

Series B in 2019
Leading Mark Inc. is an employment agency based in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in human resources services. The company is focused on streamlining the recruitment process through its online platform, which aggregates job listings tailored to users' interests. This approach aims to enhance the job-seeking experience by prioritizing the needs of applicants, in contrast to larger, traditional agencies that may focus more on the hiring companies. Additionally, Leading Mark is expanding its operations to include mid-career and international hiring, with a dedicated team in China working to connect top Japanese-speaking Chinese students with domestic employers. By emphasizing a user-centric model, Leading Mark seeks to alleviate the frustrations often faced by job seekers, ensuring they receive the information and opportunities they need to advance their careers.

Sukedachi

Series A in 2018
Sukedachi Co., Ltd. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2017 that develops mobile applications specifically for the construction industry. The company's platform addresses the unique dynamics of the Japanese construction market, where construction workers often function as both order receivers and small enterprise orderers. Sukedachi's application allows skilled craftsmen to receive notifications about job opportunities tailored to their pre-registered criteria, such as location and occupation. This service enables workers actively seeking employment to directly connect with construction sites, while also helping contractors facing chronic labor shortages to recruit workers under flexible, on-demand conditions.

Nightley

Series A in 2017
Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2011, Nightley offers a geo-analytics platform that collects and analyzes location data worldwide. Its primary service is visualizing human movement patterns to provide insights into visiting foreign tourists' behaviors and preferences for businesses and local governments.

Cyber Security Cloud

Venture Round in 2016
Cyber Security Cloud provides AI-powered web security services in Japan, including Shadankun, a web security service that detects and blocks cyber-attacks on websites and web servers, and WafCharm, which automates AWS WAF rules using AI and big data. It also offers Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules for AWS WAF. The company engages in cyber-attack research and analysis and pursues research and development in AI technology. Founded in 2010, it is headquartered in Tokyo.

Cyber Security Cloud

Venture Round in 2015
Cyber Security Cloud provides AI-powered web security services in Japan, including Shadankun, a web security service that detects and blocks cyber-attacks on websites and web servers, and WafCharm, which automates AWS WAF rules using AI and big data. It also offers Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules for AWS WAF. The company engages in cyber-attack research and analysis and pursues research and development in AI technology. Founded in 2010, it is headquartered in Tokyo.
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