Team
Yutaro Saka Yutaro Saka
Venture
Partner （V7 / V8）
Yutaro Saka joined JAFCO in April 2012 and has been consistently engaged in venture investment. He has experience serving as CFO at a portfolio company and has helped build the foundations for the current sales/marketing, HR, and back office support operations. He has been a Partner since June 2022.
"Don’t search for today’s answer. Rather, create tomorrow’s solution together with entrepreneurs."
It's a difficult and lonely battle to shape the common sense of a future that no one has yet imagined. In the process, we must reexamine the nature and value of our business and face situations that sometimes require course corrections. Even so, I value the attitude of continuing to face the business while exploring “what I believe in and what I aim for” through dialogue. In a world where change is intense and the future is always unpredictable, I would like to be a person that responds to entrepreneurs’ resolve to bet on the future they believe in.
Awards
- Selected by Forbes Japan as the No.2 Most Influential Venture Capitalist in Japan in 2017 and No.9 in 2021
Portfolio
IPO
Chatwork株式会社
Chatwork Co.,Ltd.
Category
SaaS
Initial Investment
2016
IPO
株式会社マネーフォワード
Money Forward, Inc.
Category
Fintech
Mobile
SaaS
Initial Investment
2013
IPO
株式会社WACUL
WACUL INC.
Category
AI / Data Analytics
SaaS
Initial Investment
2015
M&A
Why株式会社
Why, Inc.
Category
SaaS
Initial Investment
2022
株式会社Azoop
Azoop Co., Ltd.
Category
Market place
Initial Investment
2019
株式会社バックテック
BackTech Inc.
Category
Healthcare / Biotech
Initial Investment
2022
株式会社ブリングアウト
Bring Out Inc.
Category
AI / Data Analytics
SaaS
Sales and Marketing
Initial Investment
2022
CAGUUU株式会社
CAGUUU
Category
AI / Data Analytics
Market place
Initial Investment
2024
株式会社カンリー
Canly Inc.
Category
SaaS
Initial Investment
2021
Cloudbase株式会社
Cloudbase, Inc.
Category
SaaS
Initial Investment
2023
株式会社EventHub
EventHub Co., Ltd.
Category
SaaS
Sales and Marketing
Initial Investment
2022
株式会社フォワード
Forward, inc.
Category
AI / Data Analytics
SaaS
Initial Investment
2024
JAPAN AI株式会社
JAPAN AI, Inc.
Category
AI / Data Analytics
Initial Investment
2024
株式会社Matchbox Technologies
Matchbox Technologies Inc.
Category
Market place
SaaS
Initial Investment
2024
MI-6株式会社
MI-6 Ltd.
Category
AI / Data Analytics
SaaS
Science and Engineering
Initial Investment
2023
株式会社Onion
Onion, Inc.
Category
SaaS
Sales and Marketing
Initial Investment
2017
株式会社OPERe
OPERe Co., Ltd.
Category
AI / Data Analytics
Healthcare / Biotech
Mobile
SaaS
Sales and Marketing
Initial Investment
2025
PIVOT株式会社
PIVOT, Inc.
Category
Media and Entertainment
Initial Investment
2023
ポケットサイン株式会社
PocketSign Inc.
Category
Fintech
Mobile
SaaS
Initial Investment
2023
secondz digital株式会社
secondz digital Inc.
Category
AI / Data Analytics
Sales and Marketing
Initial Investment
2024
シンプルフォーム株式会社
SimpleForm, Inc.
Category
AI / Data Analytics
SaaS
Initial Investment
2024
ソルビファイ株式会社
SolvifAI Inc.
Category
AI / Data Analytics
SaaS
Initial Investment
2025
株式会社Srush
Srush, Inc
Category
AI / Data Analytics
SaaS
Initial Investment
2023
Starley株式会社
Starley, Inc.
Category
AI / Data Analytics
Media and Entertainment
Mobile
Initial Investment
2024
株式会社ウタイテ
UTAITE Co., Ltd.
Category
Media and Entertainment
Initial Investment
2024
株式会社WAKAZE
WAKAZE Inc.
Category
Other
Sustainablility
Initial Investment
2021
