Skyland Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm founded by Yoshihiko Kinoshita, who serves as its Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and General Partner. Skyland Ventures's Twitter Score is 10 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #99,759 among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Skyland Ventures was established in 2012 and focuses on equity and token investments in early-stage startups, with a particular emphasis on young and student founders. Kinoshita previously worked at Incubate Fund as an associate and formerly served as a venture capitalist at Daiwa SMBC Capital, now known as Daiwa Corporate Investment. In April 2022, Skyland Ventures established a new fund targeting ¥5 billion for equity and token investments in Web3 startups, and its second fund had previously completed fundraising totaling ¥900 million by the end of 2016.
Skyland Ventures has maintained an active presence in the Japanese venture ecosystem. Kinoshita received the Venture Capitalist Encouragement Award at the 22nd Japan Venture Awards in December 2022, recognizing his contributions to early-stage investing. Skyland Ventures has accumulated 50,373 followers as of July 2026 and has published 77,094 posts on the platform. Skyland Ventures has been mentioned by 18 accounts, with 465 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Skyland Ventures include 94 founders, 20 angel investors, 15 influencers and 6 VCs. Among them are Andrew Steinwold, Cole Kennelly, Zach Segal, Ty.ai, Taran and Dave McClure.