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AAIC Investment

VC
Tokyo, JapanWebsite

AAIC Investment is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan investing in Other. The firm typically writes $100K–$200K checks and has 47 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$200K
Portfolio
47 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
AUM
$87M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other
HQ
Tokyo, Japan

Last verified: 2026-05-30

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $200K

AUM

$87M

Portfolio

47+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

AAIC focuses on empowering African founders through investments in microfinance, healthcare, and impactful financial inclusion solutions to drive development.

How AAIC Investment invests

AAIC Investment is a vc firm based in Tokyo, Japan. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other.

AAIC Investment typically writes checks of $100K–$200K per investment, backed by approximately $87M in assets under management.

AAIC Investment has backed 47 companies in our records, including MFS Africa, YAPU Solutions, DeepEcho.

Partners & Team

SH

Shigeru Handa

Managing Partner

Financial Inclusion
Africa

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Portfolio Companies (47)

Other

MF

MFS Africa

FinTech
YA

YAPU Solutions

Microfinance
DE

DeepEcho

healthcare-technologies·early

DeepEcho is a health-tech startup based in Morocco using AI to automate fetal ultrasound analysis and improve prenatal care.

FO

Fourth Valley Concierge Corporation

hr-technologies·growth

Support for the recruitment and training of foreign talent worldwide.

CL

Cloudline

mobility·early

Developing an airship-type drone in South Africa that is less expensive than existing drones and helicopters.

WA

Waspito Inc.

healthcare-technologies·early

Operates the country’s largest digital healthcare platform, providing remote diagnostics and medicine delivery.

YE

Yemaachi Biotechnolog

healthcare-technologies·early

Provides precision medicine in the field of cancer using state-of-the-art technology.

HY

Hyrax Biosciences (Pty) Ltd

healthcare-technologies·early

Provides an automated platform to simplify complex DNA sequencing analysis.

WE

Wellahealth Technologies Limited

healthcare-technologies·early

Provides a system service where users can order pharmaceutical products for major insurance companies.

UB

Ubie, Inc.

healthcare-technologies·growth

Develops and provides 'Ubie', which guides patients from symptoms to appropriate medical care.

How to pitch AAIC Investment
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $200K check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Shigeru Handa, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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