Osuke Honda

Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Coreline Ventures

🔄 Updated September 2026💼 51 investments📅 21 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2026
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2026
https://linktr.ee/fish.audio
Board Observer
2026
Flagship is bringing new technology to omnichannel retailers. Our suite of solutions unleashes the potential of every retailer. We provide advanced analytics, insights and easy-to-implement solutions that solve some of retail’s most significant challenges. We aim to bring unparalleled control, efficiency and insight to retail operations and reduce operational costs, increase sell-through and improve broader retail efficiencies for retailers of all sizes. We call this Precision Retail.
Investor
2025
学びをもっと楽に、軽やかに。頑張る高校生のミカタ。
Board Member
2025
Squizify is the leading digital solution for enhancing food safety and operational excellence, dedicated to mitigating brand and consumer risks. Our software is meticulously crafted to cater to the diverse needs of businesses, spanning from small enterprises to multinational global franchises. With an established presence worldwide, weve earned the trust of more than 2,500 renowned brands and venues, operating across the globe from Australia to Thailand. Our valued partnerships with industry giants such as 7-Eleven, IHG Hotels & Resorts, and UnitingCare Australia demonstrate our commitment to reducing brand vulnerabilities and ensuring the utmost safety and satisfaction of their customers.
Investor
2025
Lens, Inc. is a startup providing SaaS solutions in the risk and security domain. Primarily adopted by financial institutions and enterprises, its founders are serial entrepreneurs. Amidst growing importance of risk management and security, we develop impactful SaaS solutions.
Investor
2025
O3 is a social network disguised as a café, built around the premise of space - both physical and digital
Investor
2025
We help small health practices do more of what they love. Carepatron is your Healthcare Workspace - Manage your clients, scheduling, and billing from one secure app.
Board Member
2023
UJET leads the way in AI-powered contact center innovation, delivering a future-proof, cloud platform that redefines the customer experience with cutting-edge AI, true multimodality, and a mobile-first approach. We infuse AI across every aspect of your customer journey and contact center operations, to drive automation and efficiency. UJETs AI solutions empower agents, optimize customer journeys, and transform contact center operations for elevated experiences and actionable insights. Built on a cloud-native architecture with a unique CRM-first approach, UJET ensures unmatched security, scalability, and prioritized data insights (without storing PII). Designed for effortless use, UJET partners with businesses to deliver exceptional interactions, smarter decision-making, and accelerated growth in the AI-driven world.
Investor
2023
LayerXは「すべての経済活動を、デジタル化する。」をミッションに掲げるAIカンパニーです。バックオフィス向けAIエージェントサービス「バクラク」事業、Fintech事業、エンタープライズ向けAIプラットフォーム「Ai Workforce」事業などの複合的な事業を通して日本の社会課題を解決し、AIの力で人々の創造力がより発揮される未来をつくります。
Board Member
2022
enechain is the larget energy marketplace operator in Japan. With mission of building energy markets coloring your life, enechain strives to bring out the innate power of society and contribute to peoples prosperity and world peace by building energy markets that are fair to everyone and where anyone can freely exchange any form of energy based on its given value.
Investor
2021
Metafy enables the best gamers in the world to monetize their talent through 1:1 live coaching, courses and content.
Board Member
2020
Magic Momentは、「すべての企業が、顧客との関係性を根拠にした、正しい経営判断ができる世界をつくる。」というVisionを実現するため、顧客との関係性を根拠にした営業組織運営が可能となる営業支援SaaS「Magic Moment Playbook」、営業情報・財務情報などを集積することでより正しい経営判断が可能となる 経営ダッシュボードSaaS「Insight Board」の2つのサービスを提供しています。 また、特に大規模営業組織において、営業のトランスフォーメーションを起こすことは難易度が高く時間も要します。このような課題を解決するために、Magic Momentでは2つのサービス提供に加え、営業組織を変革をリードする営業人員の派遣も行うことで、迅速な変革を実現しております。
Board Member
2019
2021年4月創業の建設テックスタートアップ。 建設工事会社で3年間デジタル経営に挑んだチームがスピンオフ。 次の挑戦は建設業全体のデジタル化。産業構造を一気にアップデートし、世界一魅力的な業界を創ります。
Board Member
2018
「教育に、人に、社会に、 次の可能性を。」をミッションに、「基礎学力」の習得にかかる時間を短くし、「社会でいきる力」を養う時間を増やすことを目指しています。 現在は、AIがつまずきの根本原因を特定し、一人ひとりに合わせた「自分専用カリキュラム」を作成する「atama+(アタマプラス)」を全国の塾・予備校に提供。駿台グループやZ会グループなどで導入され、2017年7月の提供開始から4年で導入教室数は2500以上となりました。 2021年7月にシリーズBラウンドで約51億円の資金調達を実施し、融資を含む累積調達額は約82億円に。メンバーも160名を超え、テクノロジーを活用した教育改革をさらに加速していくフェーズです。 ▼ メディア掲載情報 21/7/21 BRIDGE:AI先生「atama plus」51億円調達の衝撃、世界戦に向けグローバル機関投資家が出資 https://thebridge.jp/2021/07/atama-plus-go-global-with-5b-yen-fundraising 20/8/10:日本経済新聞:新興人図鑑 笑顔とAIで学習変える https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO62409290X00C20A8TCL000/ ▼ 受賞歴 21/2/5 Forbes Japan「Cloud Top10」4位にランクイン 関連記事:プロダクト進化、新領域参入 ミッションとカルチャーが生んだatama plusの急成長 https://forbesjapan.com/articles/detail/39667 20/10/27 「第17回日本e-Learning大賞」にて最優秀賞となる大賞受賞 関連記事:https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000042.000037602.html ▼ atama plus採用サイト https://recruiting.atama.plus/career/
Investor
2018
CADDi is an AI Data Platform on a mission to democratize your drawings and supply chain data. Our primary product offering in the United States, CADDi Drawer, leverages patented AI to aggregate, analyze and extract everything you need from your data to produce better products. In 2024, CADDi was the sole manufacturing SaaS company featured on Fast Companys Most Innovative Companies 2024 list, and won Best Business Intelligence and Engineering Management Software in the 2024 SaaS awards.
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2026
https://linktr.ee/fish.audio
Board Observer
2026
Flagship is bringing new technology to omnichannel retailers. Our suite of solutions unleashes the potential of every retailer. We provide advanced analytics, insights and easy-to-implement solutions that solve some of retail’s most significant challenges. We aim to bring unparalleled control, efficiency and insight to retail operations and reduce operational costs, increase sell-through and improve broader retail efficiencies for retailers of all sizes. We call this Precision Retail.
2025
Co-Founder and General Partner
Jan 2025
Coreline Ventures is an early-stage boutique VC investing in Japan, the U.S., and beyond, supporting founders building multi-billion-dollar companies. Our founding team combines over a decade of collaboration with the resources of a global platform and the personal touch of a boutique investor. We have backed breakout companies including Freee (4478.T), Sansan (4443.T), CADDi, Enechain, Linc’well, Craftbank, 10X, MagicMoment, M2X, Brigit, EvenUp, Playground, Weekend Health (acquired by WW), and Kakao (KRX: 035720). We focus on a few high-conviction investments in B2B software, vertical AI, fintech, and consumer applications, allowing us to be deeply involved, long-term partners. If you share our vision for building category-defining companies, visit coreline.vc to connect.
Investor
2025
学びをもっと楽に、軽やかに。頑張る高校生のミカタ。
Board Member
2025
Squizify is the leading digital solution for enhancing food safety and operational excellence, dedicated to mitigating brand and consumer risks. Our software is meticulously crafted to cater to the diverse needs of businesses, spanning from small enterprises to multinational global franchises. With an established presence worldwide, weve earned the trust of more than 2,500 renowned brands and venues, operating across the globe from Australia to Thailand. Our valued partnerships with industry giants such as 7-Eleven, IHG Hotels & Resorts, and UnitingCare Australia demonstrate our commitment to reducing brand vulnerabilities and ensuring the utmost safety and satisfaction of their customers.
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