
Team

Naoki Sato Naoki Sato
Business Development
Corporate Officer / Business Development Division
Partner(SV6)
He joined JAFCO in April 1992. Since then, he has been consistently engaged in investment exit activities on the front line, involved in a wide variety of projects ranging from start-up investments to buyout type investments, and handled not only IPO but also many capital tie-ups with large companies and M&A deals. Currently, he oversees a division that specializes in increasing the value of portfolio companies and works to refine JAFCO's status as a venture capital company. He has been a partner since March 2018 and in charge of Chief Financial Officer Business Development since June 2022.
As a true partner that is considered “reliable” by courageous entrepreneurs, I would like to work together with portfolio companies to create new value that has yet to be seen by firmly leveraging both “businesses” and “people.”
Portfolio

IPO
ブランディングテクノロジー株式会社
Branding Technology Inc.
Category
Other

IPO
データセクション株式会社
Datasection Inc
Category
AI / Data Analytics
Initial Investment
2011

IPO
株式会社アイキューブドシステムズ
i3Systems, Inc.
Category
Mobile
SaaS
Initial Investment
2014

IPO
株式会社スタメン
Stamen Co.,Ltd.
Category
SaaS
Initial Investment
2017

IPO
ユニフォームネクスト株式会社
UNIFORM NEXT CO., LTD.
Category
Other
Initial Investment
2014

IPO
株式会社じげん
ZIGExN Co., Ltd.
Category
Market place
Initial Investment
2010

M&A
フリュー株式会社
FURYU Corporation
Category
Buyout Investment

M&A
株式会社ネクイノ
NEXTINNOVATION,inc
Category
Healthcare / Biotech
Market place
Initial Investment
2019

M&A
株式会社ベクトルワン
VECTORONE Inc.
Category
SaaS
Initial Investment
2010

ACALL株式会社
ACALL Inc.
Category
SaaS
Initial Investment
2020

AGRIST株式会社
AGRIST Inc.
Category
AI / Data Analytics
Science and Engineering
Initial Investment
2020

Baseconnect株式会社
Baseconnect Inc.
Category
AI / Data Analytics
SaaS
Initial Investment
2019

フルカイテン株式会社
FULL KAITEN Inc.
Category
SaaS
Initial Investment
2021

株式会社Gaudiy
Gaudiy Inc.
Category
Sales and Marketing
Initial Investment
2018

株式会社GENEROSITY
GENEROSITY Inc.
Category
Sales and Marketing
Initial Investment
2019

株式会社ギフトモール
Giftmall.Inc
Category
Market place
Initial Investment
2019

京都フュージョニアリング株式会社
Kyoto Fusioneering ltd.
Category
Science and Engineering
Initial Investment
2021

株式会社pafin
pafin Inc.
Category
Fintech
Initial Investment
2018

株式会社REJECT
REJECT Inc.
Category
Media and Entertainment
Other
Initial Investment
2021

Repro株式会社
Repro Inc.
Category
SaaS
Sales and Marketing
Initial Investment
2016

SEIMEI株式会社
SEIMEI Inc.
Category
SaaS
Sales and Marketing
Initial Investment
2021

株式会社SPLYZA
SPLYZA Inc.
Category
SaaS
Initial Investment
2021

株式会社ティアフォー
Tier IV, Inc.
Category
AI / Data Analytics
Initial Investment
2018

株式会社TOKIUM
TOKIUM Inc.
Category
AI / Data Analytics
SaaS

ユーザーライク株式会社
User Like, Inc
Category
Other

株式会社ワントゥーテン
1-10, Inc.
Category
Other
Initial Investment
2016