Naoki Aoyagi is an active angel investor who primarily targets seed-stage companies. See portfolio, sector focus and contact routes.
Naoki Aoyagi is an active angel investor who primarily targets seed-stage companies, with a focus on sectors like mobile, e-commerce, insurtech, and business/productivity software. His notable portfolio includes SmartHR, justInCase, ContractS, One Nova, Parallel, and WAmazing. A distinctive part of his thesis involves evaluating early-phase startups by the "scent of the office," looking for cramped spaces that signal a strong sense of purpose and the "pain of growth". While specific check sizes are not publicly detailed, he participated in a seed round for justInCase where cumulative funding reached 45 million yen (~$414K).
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