Asakura will teach the course “Financial Thinking for Startups” as a part-time lecturer at Waseda University Business School (Winter Quarter of the 2026 academic year)
Animal Spirits will host “Selected Startup Pitch 2026 Fall,” a pitch event focused on seed and early-stage startups and co-organized by more than 30 venture capital firms (2026/10/19)
Animal Spirits invested in Kimi no Tonari, Inc., an AI company that aims to overcome supply constraints in “people-centered work” and provide emotional support to as many people as possible in a seed round.
Animal Spirits invested in cosmobloom, Inc., a company aiming to build large-scale structures in space in a seed round.
Asakura will speak at at the online seminar “Japan Startup Finance: First Half of 2026—Startup Funding Trends,” hosted by Userbase, Inc.（2026/08/24）
Asakura will speak at the “M&A for Startups Conference 2026,” a conference specializing in startup M&A organized by for Startups, Inc.（2026/09/04）
Araki will speak at the seminar “VC AI Night | How Will AI Transform the VC Industry?” hosted by Tokyo Venture Capital Hub（2026/08/07）
Animal Spirits has established its second fund, “Animal Spirits 26 Limited Partnership,” with assets under management ranging from 6 to 8 billion yen.
Independent VCs will co-host the official IVS side event "VC Night 2026". (2025/7/1)
Animal Spirits invested in ElevationSpace, Inc., a company developing infrastructure services—including transportation from space to Earth—based on Japan’s world-leading small satellite re-entry technology, in its Series B funding round.