Rakuten
Overview
Rakuten Group is a Japanese technology conglomerate that operates as an investment firm through its corporate venture capital arm, Rakuten Capital, while maintaining a broad ecosystem of internet services including e-commerce, FinTech, and telecommunications.
Investments
| Company | Date | Stage | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rakuten Medical | Jan 2026 | Series F | Co-investor |
| Rakuten Medical | Mar 2024 | Series E | - |
| QuEra Computing Inc. | Nov 2021 | Seed | Lead |
| Rakuten Medical | Jul 2021 | Series D | - |
| Taster | Apr 2021 | Series B | Co-investor |
Key People
MSc Brendan Paull
Cross Project Management Group Manager, Founder And Chair Of Rakuten LGBT Network
Seichu MASATADA KOBAYASHI
Co-Founder And Chief Well-being Officer, Co-Founder, Director And Managing Executive Officer
Palaxa Parwatagoudar
Senior Partner Solution Architect
Shoichiro Suzuki
Senior Partner, Rakuten Capital
Tien Thanh
Regional Managing Director
Ami Moriya
Partner Planning
Guanhong Li
DevOps Partner
Ikuo Nagayama
Employee Relations And People Partner For Rakuten Tech, Technology Divisions HR
Mike Piechalak
Partner, Rakuten Capital
Tomoko Takuma
People Partner
Ajeeth Kumar
Quality Leader at CIO Office
Rachna D.
Director Partner Alliance
Adolfo Hernández
Principal Product Manager At Point Experience At The Media And Data Solutions Department
Arinobu Fukuhara
Principal Application Architect
JAEMIN SHIM
Principal Architect
Ko Narushima
Principal
Sector & Stage Mix
Industry, funding stage, and valuation band breakdowns.
