# Crooz

> Crooz is a VC fund in Nishi-shinagawa backing Recruiting and Apps. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nishi-shinagawa, Japan
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Oct 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/2787441/
- Website: http://crooz.co.jp/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CROOZ.Inc/

Crooz is a VC fund in Nishi-shinagawa focused on Recruiting and Apps. Crooz, a company based in Japan that offers smartphone games to the Japanese and global markets.CROOZ, Inc. is one of the leading mobile social game providers in Japan. We also publish original titles on “Mobage” and other leading social gaming platforms.Some of our games are grossing over US$1MM per month. We are currently expanding thebusiness internationally to capitalize on the rapid growth of global smartphone game industry., and in doing so, we aim to become a dominant player in both domestic and global markets.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Crooz. Shizune tracks 8 team members at Crooz. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/crooz?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $7.5M–$64M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recruiting | 2 | 33% |
| Apps | 1 | 17% |
| Beauty | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |
| Finance | 1 | 17% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 3 | 50% |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ito Masato | Executive Officer and Chief Legal Officer CLO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ito-masato |
| Koji Obuchi | President and CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koji-obuchi |
| Moroto Yu | Executive Officer and Chief Public Relations Officer, CBO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moroto-yu |
| Nakasa Yoshinori | Director & COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nakasa-yoshinori |
| Ryohei Kojima | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryohei-kojima |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wolfness | Wolfness provides consulting services to personal gym and advertising agencies. |  | Corporate Round | Oct 01, 2018 |  |
| Azit | Azit is an application developer that aims to close the gap in everyone's mobility. Its product is the application CREW, a smart transfer app that allows its user to call someone's car running nearby with their smartphone. It is designed to bring "efficient move"​ to every people who live in Japan.It was founded in 2013 and isheadquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | $141.7M |  | Sep 03, 2018 |  |
| Payme | Payme provides a platform for mobile payments to help users in Japan. | $63.8M | Seed | Apr 19, 2018 |  |
| Strobo | Strobo is a company that connects life and the Internet. It delivers technology to the household. | $21.3M |  | Mar 14, 2018 |  |
| Matcher Japan | Matcher is a job hunting information account for the matching service "Matcher", which allows you to "visit OBs and OGs easily for those who are worried about the companies you care about." We will deliver common sense in job hunting, know-how gained by knowing, useful contents, etc. | $7.5M | Seed | Feb 20, 2018 |  |
| Wefabrik | Wefabrik is a creative platform that is configured together professionals of different fields. | $14.2M |  | Feb 07, 2018 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BULK HOMME](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bulk-homme) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CyberAgent Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyberagent) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DG VENTURES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dg-incubation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dream Incubator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dream-incubator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eight Roads Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eight-roads-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Crooz invest in?

Crooz invests primarily in Recruiting, Apps and Beauty startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed 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.

### What is Crooz's check size?

Crooz typically joins rounds of $7.5M–$64M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Crooz participates in.

### How do I contact Crooz?

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### Who are the partners at Crooz?

The team at Crooz includes Ito Masato (Executive Officer and Chief Legal Officer CLO), Koji Obuchi (President and CEO) and Moroto Yu (Executive Officer and Chief Public Relations Officer, CBO), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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