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 11 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #87,311 among 486,860 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 50,780 followers as of September 2026 and has published 77,519 posts on the platform. Skyland Ventures has been mentioned by 18 accounts, with 466 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Skyland Ventures include 99 founders, 23 angel investors, 14 influencers and 5 VCs. Among them are Andrew Steinwold, Cole Kennelly, Zach Segal, Taran, Dave McClure and Ty.ai.