SHIYO TAKEOKA

Corporate VC Investor | textile, fashion, Material at GOLDWIN

📍 Japan🔄 Updated September 2026💼 9 investments📅 5 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2025
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Investor
Jul 2025
At Ambercycle, were changing humanitys relationship with materials. We believe textiles and consumer goods are valuable materials that should be completely regenerative the way basic materials are in nature. We are a materials company that produces virgin-grade decarbonized raw materials from end-of-life goods. cycora®, our high-quality regenerated polyester, is our first product that offers the same strength and versatility as virgin polyester, at less than half the CO2 emissions associated with petroleum-based fibers.
Investor
May 2025
We engineer nature’s brilliance to pioneer a new approach to colour. Colorifix has developed a revolutionary dyeing process to help the textile industry dramatically reduce its environmental impact. Using synthetic biology we produce, deposit and fix dyes biologically, avoiding harmful chemicals whilst reducing water, energy and waste. Lets rethink industrial dyeing. Contact us today to discuss how Colorifix can fulfil your coloration requirements.
Investor
Oct 2024
dimpora® is the revolutionary textile membrane that makes fabrics completely waterproof and breathable without harming the environment. Were shaking things up in the outdoor wear world by merging top-tier technology with sustainability. Think of us as the behind-the-scenes hero in your favorite waterproof clothes and shoes. We team up with outdoor wear brands to make sure you stay dry and comfortable while being kind to the planet. We don’t use PFAS or toxic solvents and we are going big on alternative materials. From bio-based to mono-material or even biodegradable, were on a mission to keep our footprint as light as a feather. But heres the thing, were not going it alone. We work with partners and brands that are as stoked about sustainability as we are. Together, were proving that you dont have to choose between top-notch performance and being kind to the planet. We can do good as long as others join us. Membranes are a key part of functional wear but it’s just a part of the whole garment. Whether you want to integrate our technology into your collections or develop a tailor-made solution, our team is ready to collaborate. Contact us to explore how we can work together: ✉️ info@dimpora.com #LeaveNoTrace
Investor observer to the Board
Apr 2024
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Investor
Mar 2024
Solarcore® is a materials technology company developing the most advanced thermal solutions on the planet.
Investor
Mar 2024
Infinited Fiber Company was born out of the desire to solve some of the biggest challenges in the textile industry – mountains of waste, limited natural resources, and consumers calling for more sustainable choices. We’re a bunch of engineers, chemists, innovators and disruptors on a mission to make textile circularity an everyday reality. Our technology turns materials that would otherwise be landfilled or burned into something truly valuable – Infinna™, a premium textile fiber that reduces the world’s reliance on virgin resources. Our technology is now ready to scale for real impact. Working together with textile producers, brands and people who share our vision, we can bring joy and hope back to closets, homes and people as we go.
Investor
Mar 2024
We create solutions for the most challenging environments – from shelters on the battlefield, to clothing built for expeditions on never before summited mountains, to spacecraft leaving the Earth’s atmosphere. Our vision is to develop thermal technology that empowers humanity to reach its full potential.
Investor
Dec 2022
Synflux is a Speculative Fashion Laboratory to envision a great transition from polluting mass production to an update for an optimized ecosystem empowered by planetary-scale computation.
Investor/Board Observer
Oct 2021
We teach machines to understand how people behave so that any human/machine interaction is safe, efficient and – most importantly – more human. By combining novel deep learning, behavioural psychology and statistical AI, we’ve developed powerful and ethical computer-vision software that predicts human decision-making. This means we can quickly, safely and accurately provide context around interactions between people and machines, whether it’s a consumer device, home appliance, vehicle, gaming equipment or any automated machine. We help you make better-informed decisions – just connect our Behaviour AI platform to your camera for real-time insights, or give us access to your video footage for crucial historical analytics. We do all of this whilst prioritising individual privacy with our ethical AI technology. Our solutions: Telematics - Understand the cause of incidents with usable video insight for accurate insurance reporting and decreased vehicle downtime with speedy, accurate and usable scene reconstructions for post-incident reporting. Traffic Analysis, Monitoring and Management - we enable traffic monitoring and management providers to enrich current intelligent transport systems (ITS) by spotting multiple traffic patterns sooner - making confident decisions faster. ADAS - Our behaviour AI technology can enhance your ADAS solution by improving driver safety monitoring, vehicle tracking and navigation with precision decision making, allowing for more conservative safety mechanisms, with proven reduction in false positives. Health and Safety - We offer health and safety service providers an extra layer of superior safety enhancement, making it easier and faster to to identify the riskiest incidents happening across hazardous sites. Connect with Humanising Autonomy Twitter: https://humanising.link/Twitter YouTube: https://humanising.link/Youtube Subscribe to our newsletter: https://humanising.link/newsletter-subscribe
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2025
Investor
Jul 2025
At Ambercycle, were changing humanitys relationship with materials. We believe textiles and consumer goods are valuable materials that should be completely regenerative the way basic materials are in nature. We are a materials company that produces virgin-grade decarbonized raw materials from end-of-life goods. cycora®, our high-quality regenerated polyester, is our first product that offers the same strength and versatility as virgin polyester, at less than half the CO2 emissions associated with petroleum-based fibers.
Investor
May 2025
We engineer nature’s brilliance to pioneer a new approach to colour. Colorifix has developed a revolutionary dyeing process to help the textile industry dramatically reduce its environmental impact. Using synthetic biology we produce, deposit and fix dyes biologically, avoiding harmful chemicals whilst reducing water, energy and waste. Lets rethink industrial dyeing. Contact us today to discuss how Colorifix can fulfil your coloration requirements.
CVC lead
Mar 2025
Goldwin Venture Partners is the corporate venture capital arm of Goldwin, a Japanese apparel company specializing in technical sportswear, outdoor, and lifestyle apparel, with deep roots in performance design and material innovation. Through the Goldwin Play Earth Fund, it invests based on the belief that play - born from sports, movement, and curiosity - is an essential force for a fulfilling and healthy life. We recognize that sustaining this sense of play for future generations requires addressing complex social and environmental challenges. Through long‑term partnerships with visionary founders, we invest in technologies and platforms that redesign how people live, create, move, and connect with nature. Our investment focus includes: - Next‑generation materials advancing performance, durability, and environmental responsibility. - Circular economy solutions enabling regeneration across manufacturing, supply chains, and products. - Deep tech and SaaS platforms supporting upstream and downstream transformation, from R&D and production to distribution and consumer engagement. - Outdoor and nature‑connected experiences that enrich well‑being and deepen human relationships with the environment Leveraging the industrial, technological, and brand capabilities of Goldwin, we act as committed partners bringing capital, insight, and collaboration to help design play into everyday life and create a future where people and planet can thrive together. Read more about Goldwin: https://about.goldwin.co.jp/eng/about/company
Corporate Venture Capitalist
Mar 2025
Goldwin is an international technical apparel brand whose purpose is to unify minimalist urban design with technical alpine performance. Its products, ranging from high performance skiwear, lifestyle apparel, activewear and outdoor apparel, follow a distinct design philosophy that emphasizes thoughtfulness and an uncompromising attention to detail. We pursue our manufacturing expertise from our ski background, utilizing high quality materials, cutting-edge techniques and paying close attention to every construction details. Goldwin has refined its uniquely Japanese approach to design over a history that spans more than 70 years and has taken the brand to international heights. Goldwin has flagship retail stores in the US, Japan, Germany, and China. GOLDWIN INC. is a Japanese sports apparel manufacturer founded in 1951 that offers an extensive line-up of brands for both sport enthusiast to world-class elite athletes. From core outdoor to athletic brands, GOLDWIN carries diverse portfolio including Goldwin, The North Face, Helly Hansen, Speedo, Icebreaker, Ellesse, Woolrich, and many more. The cutting-edge technology specifically developed for each brand is applied across all our products to meet a wide variety of customer needs. In 2017, we’ve established the advanced R&D facility “GOLDWIN TECH LAB” in Toyama, where the company was founded, to strengthen and promote our R&D capability. This is where our innovative ideas and technologies are born every day. Our successful expansion of directly operated stores, 150 today, in Japan has enhanced our direct to consumer business leading to our next stage, opening retail stores at global level.
2024
Investor
Oct 2024
dimpora® is the revolutionary textile membrane that makes fabrics completely waterproof and breathable without harming the environment. Were shaking things up in the outdoor wear world by merging top-tier technology with sustainability. Think of us as the behind-the-scenes hero in your favorite waterproof clothes and shoes. We team up with outdoor wear brands to make sure you stay dry and comfortable while being kind to the planet. We don’t use PFAS or toxic solvents and we are going big on alternative materials. From bio-based to mono-material or even biodegradable, were on a mission to keep our footprint as light as a feather. But heres the thing, were not going it alone. We work with partners and brands that are as stoked about sustainability as we are. Together, were proving that you dont have to choose between top-notch performance and being kind to the planet. We can do good as long as others join us. Membranes are a key part of functional wear but it’s just a part of the whole garment. Whether you want to integrate our technology into your collections or develop a tailor-made solution, our team is ready to collaborate. Contact us to explore how we can work together: ✉️ info@dimpora.com #LeaveNoTrace
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