Participated · Series A · Feb 2026

Founded in March 2022, Tokyo-based Payn offers “Payn,” a SaaS platform that automates the invoicing and recovery of cancellation fees for operators in hospitality, dining, golf, beauty, leisure and other reservation-heavy sectors. The service addresses chronic issues of no-shows, manual billing burdens and unpaid fees by streamlining the entire request-to-payment workflow. Payn released its product in October 2022 and has since been adopted by a variety of merchants, though specific customer or revenue figures were not disclosed. The company recently underwent a rebrand, unveiling the mission “Payments without Pain.” and a new corporate logo. Proceeds from the latest raise will fund new feature development, enhancements to existing functions, expansion of the sales organization, stronger customer support and broader corporate hiring. Management aims to make paying cancellation fees a social norm by 2030, positioning Payn as the global leader in cancellation-related payment solutions. CEO Kyohei Yamashita, formerly founder of Cansell, leads the team.

Led · Series A · Jan 2024

タレントアンドアセスメント develops and operates SHaiN, a conversational AI interview service that automates interviews from questioning through evaluation-report generation, reducing evaluator variability and enabling fair, standardized selection. In December 2023 the company launched a new SHaiN plan that fully AI-automates report creation, delivers immediate evaluation reports, lowers service fees, and displays three-digit evaluation scores. As of December 2023 SHaiN was used by over 470 client companies. SHaiN also integrates with the sonar ATS run by Thinkings, whose ATS is used by over 1,800 companies as of January 2024, enabling centralized candidate data management. The company says it will invest in UI/UX improvements, stronger marketing, and multilingual support to become a recruitment-platform business. Founded in October 2014, the company is based in Toranomon Trust Tower, Minato-ku, Tokyo, and reports capital (including capital reserve) of ¥551,880,000.

Participated · Series A · Nov 2023

LUCA Japan, founded in July 2021, operates a digital alternative-investment platform that offers fund comparison, investment execution, and reporting/administration to broaden access to PE, VC, real estate/infrastructure and private-credit funds. The company aims to make alternative investments more accessible to wealthy individuals and smaller institutional investors who historically had limited access. In July 2023 LUCA announced a partnership with the Maybach Foundation and is building a family‑office community targeting entities with assets over ¥1 billion. LUCA runs its business from offices in Otemachi, Tokyo (FINOLAB). The company has completed multiple funding events since founding and reports cumulative funds raised of approximately ¥630 million. LUCA Japan operates a digital platform, “LUCA Beta” (released November 2022), that enables online management, comparison, investment execution, and reporting for alternative-investment funds such as private equity, VC, real estate, infrastructure, and private credit. The platform is being adopted through collaboration agreements with 11 independent wealth managers and consulting firms. LUCA plans to use the newly raised funds to fully internalize product development, upgrade the platform, strengthen its organization, and expand staff to enhance services for partner firms. The company aims to increase the number of collaboration partners and build capabilities to approach a broader and more diverse investor base. LUCA also intends to construct a capital ecosystem that includes overseas investors to promote investment into Japanese GPs and deals. Financially, LUCA raised 1.8億円 in the reported pre-Series A tranche, bringing its cumulative fundraising to about 4.1億円, and expects an extension round to close at the end of October to complete the pre-Series A round.