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Pragmaworks Co.

Family office

Tokyo · Seed · 6 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Pragmaworks provides an independent, fee-based family office service ('innovative and accessible family office') aimed at helping successful entrepreneurs and asset owners manage increasingly complex wealth. Treating asset management as a project, it assembles bespoke professional teams—private bankers, traders, AI engineers, and business experts—and coordinates with financial institutions and partners. Its flagship 'THE BASIC' service, built on knowledge from over 100 asset-management projects, focuses on long-term, multi-generational wealth prosperity through goal setting, investment execution, and ongoing monitoring. The firm explicitly does not sell or recommend financial products, positioning itself purely from the investor's perspective. It serves individuals with over ¥500M in assets, corporations, foundations, and similar organizations.

Source: firm website, verified Oct 5, 2026.

Stage
Seed
HQ
Tokyo, JP
Founded
2019
AUM
$1B
Tracked investments
1

Team · 6 people

from the firm's website
平塚 哲也· Founder/代表取締役社長/CEO

Founder and CEO who holds an MBA from Nagoya University of Commerce & Business and worked as an asset management professional at Nomura Securities and Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley PB Securities before founding Pragmaworks in 2019. He leads overall management and business strategy.

畑下 昌範· Co-founder/COO|Fixed Income Specialist

Co-founder and COO with a master's in financial engineering from Keio University, previously working in bond/rate trading and investment strategy at Citigroup and Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley PB Securities. He oversees strategy, systems, and market-related operations.

佐々木 剛· 執行役員|Executive Financial Mentor

Executive officer and Executive Financial Mentor with a master's from Waseda University, who worked in markets at Sumitomo Bank, BNP Paribas, and Merrill Lynch Japan, then in wealth management at HSBC and Credit Suisse as an Investment Specialist.

戸田 静香· ミドルバック統括(経理・総務・法務)

Head of middle/back office covering accounting, general affairs, and legal. After experience at a regional bank and an overseas posting, she joined Pragmaworks and built out its organizational foundations from the founding period onward.

渡邊 直樹· CTO

CTO with a master's in particle physics from the University of Tokyo, previously at IBM Japan, now overseeing all system development at Pragmaworks.

澤邉 信吾· 執行役員|Executive Financial Mentor|FX Specialist

Executive officer and FX specialist, a Kobe University economics graduate who held various asset-management roles at Sumitomo Trust Bank, Nomura Securities, and Credit Suisse before joining Pragmaworks as an Executive Financial Mentor.

What they invest in

from 1 of 1 portfolio companies

Healthtech ×1

HQs:India×1

Investments · 1 tracked

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Frequently asked questions

What stage does Pragmaworks Co. invest at?
Pragmaworks Co. invests at the Seed stage.
What sectors does Pragmaworks Co. focus on?
Pragmaworks Co. focuses on Fintech, Healthtech.
Where is Pragmaworks Co. located?
Pragmaworks Co. is headquartered in Tokyo, JP.

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