D4V (Design for Ventures) is a venture capital firm. Based in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Among the 9 companies in the known portfolio are Thirdverse, Yuime, Yuimedi, Free Standard, Hedgehog MedTech and Sazo.
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Investment focus
- Sector
- AIConsumerHealthcareSaaS
Who to pitch at D4V (Design for Ventures)
D4V (Design for Ventures) portfolio companies (9)
- Thirdverse
- Yuime
- Yuimedi
- Free Standard
- Hedgehog MedTech
- Sazo
- AndGAMER
- Emole
- CELLORB
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About D4V (Design for Ventures)
The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Consumer, Healthcare and SaaS, and focus areas AI Applications, Digital Health, Enterprise SaaS and Machine Learning; known deals cluster at Seed, Series A and Series B.
Makoto Takano (founder and CEO), Fumiaki Nagase (Partner) and So Gorman (Associate) are listed as the contacts to pitch at D4V (Design for Ventures).
Across the known portfolio, 20 co-investors appear alongside D4V (Design for Ventures), including Shinsei Corporate Investment, CyberAgent Capital and Medley.
Frequently asked questions
What is D4V (Design for Ventures)?
D4V (Design for Ventures) is a venture capital firm based in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with a known portfolio of 9 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does D4V (Design for Ventures) invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Consumer, Healthcare and SaaS; listed focus areas include AI Applications, Digital Health, Enterprise SaaS and Machine Learning. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does D4V (Design for Ventures) invest at?
The known deals of D4V (Design for Ventures) include Seed, Series A and Series B rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at D4V (Design for Ventures)?
All 3 people on file at D4V (Design for Ventures) are listed as contacts for the firm, each with their own profile page.
How do I contact D4V (Design for Ventures)?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 3 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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