# Ando Masaaki

> Ando Masaaki is a Series A investor at Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company backing Video and Events. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsui-sumitomo-insurance-company)
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ando-masaaki-2832927b/?originalSubdomain=jp

Ando Masaaki is a Series A investor at Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company focused on Video and Events. Ando Masaaki is the Principal at Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital Co., Ltd.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Video | 1 | 17% |
| Events | 1 | 17% |
| Sports | 1 | 17% |
| Software | 1 | 17% |
| Education | 1 | 17% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mento | UGOKU is a provider of management of personal coaching service. | $11.3M | Series B | Apr 16, 2025 |  |
| Gaudi Clinical | Gaudi Clinical is a health care firm that engages in regenerative medicine outsourcing and cell processing contract establishments. | $8.9M | Series A | Feb 07, 2025 |  |
| Piazza | PIAZZA deploy the regional platform PIAZZA. | $956.6K | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 12, 2024 |  |
| KiteRa | KiteRa is a cloud service that allows you to create and operate work rules and company rules. | $42.5M |  | Apr 19, 2021 |  |
| KiteRa | KiteRa is a cloud service that allows you to create and operate work rules and company rules. | $2.8M | Series A | Apr 19, 2021 |  |
| Balus | Balus provides motion capture, Unity systems, and AR live permanent venues.The company provides character content infrastructure using real-time animation, we also support the production of original content. Balus provides the necessary technology for event planning, casting, VR events, recording and creation of production images, real-timemotion capture during live events, real-time transmission, event management, and systems that allow users to participate in the production. | $49.6M | Series A |  |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DIMENSION](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dimension-0ef6) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Eight Roads Ventures Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eight-roads-ventures-japan) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [KISCO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kisco) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lifetime Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lifetime-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [World Innovation Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wil) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [XTech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xtech-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited ("MSI") was formed in October 2001 through a merger between the former Mitsui Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.("Mitsui Marine") and the former The Sumitomo Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. ("Sumitomo Marine").

5 contacts available at Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ando Masaaki | Investment Development Principal and Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ando-masaaki-3fe4 |
| Junichi Ui | Director, Vice President Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/junichi-ui |
| Shinichiro Funabiki | Director, Vice President and Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shinichiro-funabiki |
| Susumu Fujimoto | Vice President Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/susumu-fujimoto |
| Toshiaki Egashira | President & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toshiaki-egashira |

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## FAQ

### What does Ando Masaaki invest in?

Ando Masaaki invests primarily in Video, Events and Sports startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ando Masaaki last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ando Masaaki closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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