Heart Driven Fund

Profile and leaders

Parent AkatsukiHQ Tokyo, JapanFounded 2018

Heart Driven Fund is the corporate venture arm of Akatsuki, an internet and media company. It was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. It invests from seed to late stage. Sectors it names: media and gaming.

Companies backedS2: 20+

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Seed to Late stage

Data behind this graphic

Data behind this graphic
Item	Value
Stage range	Seed to Late stage
Sectors	Media and gaming, Sector agnostic
Geography	Asia
Offices	Tokyo, Japan

Sources: S2 Akatsuki: Heart Driven Fund hands-on team expanded (6 Aug 2019); S1 Akatsuki: Heart Driven Fund begins (2 Nov 2018, English).

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
Offices: Tokyo, Japan

Investment regionsS2 S1

Asia

LeadersS1 S2

Kazuhiro IshikuraSenior Vice President, Investment and Co-Creation; head of Heart Driven FundFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Yuji KumagaiSenior Director, Heart Driven FundFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Ayako HasegawaEntrepreneur in Residence, Heart Driven FundFind on LinkedIn Firm page

Heart Driven Fund on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Akatsuki	Single source	S1
Parent industry	Internet and media	Single source	S1
Founded	2018	Single source	S2
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
Companies backed	20+	Single source	S2
Stages	Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C+, Growth, Late stage	Single source	S2

History

2018Heart Driven Fund began under Kazuhiro Ishikura.S1
2019Team expanded with Yuji Kumagai and Ayako Hasegawa; more than 20 investments reported.S2
2020Investment in Natee announced.S3

Portfolio

Portfolio company named in public sources: Natee.S3

The firm also states 20+ companies backed. The page list and the stated total measure different things.S2

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

1 companies on the Heart Driven Fund portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
Shizuoka Capital	1	Natee

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Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website aktsk.jp/heart-driven-fund-about/?ct_1I61546c0e0IM827=15.2.365.DxAaqTPAPjkAIAW8.365.DwOIb02APjDZwyhy.DxAaqTPAPjkAIAW8.null

Sources

S1Akatsuki: Heart Driven Fund begins (2 Nov 2018, English)Firm
S2Akatsuki: Heart Driven Fund hands-on team expanded (6 Aug 2019)Firm
S3Akatsuki: Heart Driven Fund invests in Natee (5 Feb 2020)Firm
S4Akatsuki investment projects pageFirm

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