ZenShin Capital is a Menlo Park, California-based venture capital firm founded in early 2005 by Takeshi Mori and Yoji Kawaguchi. See contact routes.
ZenShin Capital is a Menlo Park, California-based venture capital firm founded in early 2005 by Takeshi Mori and Yoji Kawaguchi that specializes in US-Japan market navigation. The firm’s investment thesis targets information technology companies at seed, early, and late stages that serve customers or partners in Japan, with a primary geographic focus on the United States and Japan. ZenShin typically invests in seed and Series A rounds, acting as a value-add investor that helps portfolio companies navigate the Japanese market rather than just providing capital. Notable portfolio companies include VideoAmp, HackerRank, Strikingly, and Peatix, which received earlier investment from ZenShin before its Series A. The firm distinguishes itself by positioning as a “neutral value-add investor” that thinks and acts from the portfolio company’s perspective, unlike other investors with Japan expertise. Since 2005 through 2019, ZenShin made 17 investments, achieving liquidity through 2 IPOs and 4 mergers or acquisitions. Specific typical check sizes and lead/follow behavior details are not publicly disclosed in the available sources.
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