# Delight Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Delight Ventures is a vc firm based in Japan. 45 investments on record, 10 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Delight Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 45 cheques on record.

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Seed Series A Series B Enterprise Predictive Analytics Venture Capital & Private Equity

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**59%** of best year **10** **cheques in 12 months**, 45 on record

Since the last cheque **22** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$3.2M** Rounds led **0 of 45** Sole investor **2 rounds** Mostly in **Japan, 95%**

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## Delight Ventures highlights

- 01 10 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 59% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $548K

## What they do

> Delight Ventures is an independent venture capital firm founded by entrepreneur Tomoko Namba. Translated from Japanese, from their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Enterprise Predictive Analytics Venture Capital & Private Equity
- **Based in:** Shibuya, Japan
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **45 appearances**

- **2026** 10 rounds
- **Oct** **Ocean** Series A · JP · The Bridge **$3.2M** With 7 others
- **Sept** **[InformAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/informai)** Grant · US **$1.0M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[10pct.](https://millionrounds.com/company/10pct)** Series A · JP **$2.5M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Zaimo.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/zaimo-ai)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[CUSTA](https://millionrounds.com/company/custa)** Seed **$4.3M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Asterminds](https://millionrounds.com/company/asterminds)** Seed · JP **$697K** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Sotas](https://millionrounds.com/company/sotas)** Series A · JP **$6.5M** With 6 others
- **Feb** **[Cosomil](https://millionrounds.com/company/cosomil)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Dishwill](https://millionrounds.com/company/dishwill)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[VALANCE](https://millionrounds.com/company/valance)** Seed · JP **$1.7M** With 1 other
- **2025** 15 rounds
- **Oct** **[Shippio](https://millionrounds.com/company/shippio)** Series C · JP **$12M** With 5 others
- **Oct** **[CraftBank](https://millionrounds.com/company/craftbank)** Series B · JP **$15M** With 5 others
- **Oct** **[OptQC](https://millionrounds.com/company/optqc)** Series A · JP **$9.9M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[EX-Fusion](https://millionrounds.com/company/ex-fusion)** Series A · JP **$2.6M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[Logomix](https://millionrounds.com/company/logomix)** Venture · JP **$19M** With 7 others
- **Jul** **[A-SEEDS](https://millionrounds.com/company/a-seeds)** Series A · JP **$15M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[KAUCHE](https://millionrounds.com/company/kauche)** Debt · JP **$6.9M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[NaLaLys](https://millionrounds.com/company/nalalys)** Seed · JP **$1.7M** With 1 other
- **May** **[InformAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/informai)** Grant · US **$465K** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Tensor Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/tensor-energy)** Venture · JP **$667K** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Ababa](https://millionrounds.com/company/ababa)** Series B · JP **$8.4M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[OSHIAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/oshiai)** Seed · JP **$473K** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Zaimo.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/zaimo-ai)** Seed · JP **$649K** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[STRACT](https://millionrounds.com/company/stract)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 5 others
- **Jan** **[PartnerProp](https://millionrounds.com/company/partnerprop)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **2024** 11 rounds
- **Nov** **[Striemo](https://millionrounds.com/company/striemo)** Series A · JP **$3.3M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Coopel](https://millionrounds.com/company/coopel)** Seed · JP **$939K** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Luca Japan](https://millionrounds.com/company/luca-japan)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Aug** **[Cloudbase](https://millionrounds.com/company/cloudbase)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Foodcode](https://millionrounds.com/company/foodcode)** Series B · JP **$6.0M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Trans-N](https://millionrounds.com/company/trans-n)** Pre-seed · JP **$1.1M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Mirai no Genba](https://millionrounds.com/company/mirai-no-genba)** Seed · JP **$1.1M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Nature](https://millionrounds.com/company/nature)** Series D · JP **$7.6M** With 3 others
- **May** **[Woodstock](https://millionrounds.com/company/woodstock)** Series A · JP **$4.8M** With 6 others
- **May** **[YOUTRUST](https://millionrounds.com/company/youtrust)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Memory Lab](https://millionrounds.com/company/memory-lab)** Seed · JP **$610K** With 2 others
- **2023** 5 rounds
- **Dec** **[M&A Bazaar](https://millionrounds.com/company/m-and-a-bazaar)** Seed · JP **$577K** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Runetale](https://millionrounds.com/company/runetale)** Seed · JP **$623K** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[Snaq me](https://millionrounds.com/company/snaq-me)** Series D · JP **$4.0M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Zeroboard](https://millionrounds.com/company/zeroboard)** Series A · JP **$18M** With 5 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

We hold **11** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**27** of 60 we have independently watched raise

[A-SEEDS](https://millionrounds.com/company/a-seeds)[Anise Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/anise-health)[Anyplace](https://millionrounds.com/company/anyplace)[Beatrust](https://millionrounds.com/company/beatrust)[CUSTA](https://millionrounds.com/company/custa)[Casie](https://millionrounds.com/company/casie)[Cloudbase](https://millionrounds.com/company/cloudbase)[Coopel](https://millionrounds.com/company/coopel)[EX-Fusion](https://millionrounds.com/company/ex-fusion)[FOODCODE](https://millionrounds.com/company/foodcode)[Logomix](https://millionrounds.com/company/logomix)[MEMORY LAB](https://millionrounds.com/company/memory-lab)[NaLaLys](https://millionrounds.com/company/nalalys)[OSHIAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/oshiai)[OptQC](https://millionrounds.com/company/optqc)[Outerport](https://millionrounds.com/company/outerport)[ROUTE06](https://millionrounds.com/company/route06)[Runetale](https://millionrounds.com/company/runetale)[SALESCORE](https://millionrounds.com/company/salescore)[STRACT](https://millionrounds.com/company/stract)[Shippio](https://millionrounds.com/company/shippio)[Sotas](https://millionrounds.com/company/sotas)[Tensor Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/tensor-energy)[VALANCE](https://millionrounds.com/company/valance)[ZENKIGEN](https://millionrounds.com/company/zenkigen)[immedio](https://millionrounds.com/company/immedio)[note](https://millionrounds.com/company/note) ABABA ANCHI CLUE Chompy ColorSing Eight Lab Fuse Glidely Hubbit LUCAジャパン Momentor Nature OLTA OTOEARTH Ocean Otomo Health THA TYPICA Holdings Tenpct Venture Builder 新しいタブで開きます Voxela Woodstock YOUTRUST Zaimo zooba ものレボ カウシェ クラフトバンク コウソミル ストリーモ スナックミー スマート修繕 ゼロボード and 14 more

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$3.2M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$548K**

Led 0 of 45 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 2 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *12*
- Venture *12*
- Series A said *10*
- Series B said *3*
- Series C *2*
- Series D *2*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd) 13
- [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) 8
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) 8
- [DNX Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dnx-ventures-us) 7
- [ANRI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anri) 6
- [East Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/east-ventures) 5

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Delight Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Mitsubishi UFJ Capital** VC firm **13** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd)[**Mizuho Capital** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital)[**SMBC Venture Capital** Investment bank **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2)[**DNX Ventures** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dnx-ventures-us)[**ANRI** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anri)[**East Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/east-ventures)[**Global Brain Corporation** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation)[**Coral Capital** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coral-capital)[**Genesia Ventures** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/genesia-ventures)[**Angel Bridge** Angel network **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angel-bridge)[**FFG Venture Business Partners** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ffg-venture-business-partners)[**Headline** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/headline)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Delight Ventures put money into.

[**InformAI** $1.0M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/informai)[**10pct.** $2.5M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/10pct)[**Zaimo.ai** Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/zaimo-ai)[**Asterminds** $697K · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/asterminds)[**Sotas** $6.5M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/sotas)[**Shippio** $12M · Oct 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/shippio)

## Quick answers about Delight Ventures

### What does Delight Ventures invest in?

Delight Ventures invests most often at Seed and Venture (59% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Enterprise, Predictive Analytics and Venture Capital & Private Equity.

### How active is Delight Ventures?

45 investments on record, 10 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Delight Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Ocean (Series A, Oct 2026), InformAI (Grant, Sept 2026) and 10pct. (Series A, Sept 2026).

### How big are Delight Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $3.2M.

### Does Delight Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 45 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Delight Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Japan (95%) and the United States (5%).

### Is Delight Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 10 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Delight Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Mitsubishi UFJ Capital (13 rounds together), Mizuho Capital (8 rounds together) and SMBC Venture Capital (8 rounds together).

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