Est. Tokyo · Operating Globally

A reason^生き甲斐to build.

生き甲斐 — Ikigai. The intersection of what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. We build companies that live there.

Ventures

Exits

Operating

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静けさの中に力 · STRENGTH IN STILLNESS

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01PhilosophyFour circles, one reason to build.02Who I AmOperator first, investor second.03VenturesTwelve companies, four continents.04ExitsBuilt to last, sold with intent.

生き甲斐✦Purpose-built ventures✦哲学 × 事業✦From kata to capital✦侘び寂び✦Operating partners, not spectators✦

01 · Philosophy

The four circlesof Ikigai.

Borrowed from the people of Okinawa — the longest-living humans on Earth. We've turned it into a capital-allocation framework.

情熱

JōnetsuPassion

We only build in domains we'd choose without compensation. Conviction compounds.

使命

ShimeiMission

Each venture must answer a question the world is asking — clearly, and now.

天職

TenshokuVocation

Operators with scar tissue. We've shipped the things we now help others ship.

職業

ShokugyōProfession

Discipline of unit economics. Beautiful products, durable cash flows.

02 · Who I Am

2016 — NOW創業者

Builder.Operator.Sometimes student.

Three exits, twelve companies, one philosophy. I founded IKIGAI Venture Studio to do what most funds can't — sit inside the building, shoulder-to-shoulder with founders, from the first wireframe to the acquisition memo.

I learned 改善 (kaizen) in a Toyota supplier plant, raised capital in Singapore, and shipped my first product on a Shibuya rooftop. The studio is what happens when those three educations meet.

Founded

Tokyo · 2016

Sectors

AI · Climate · Commerce

Capital

$48M deployed

Team

23 operators

03 · Ventures