GMO Internet
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
GMO Internet is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Finance and SNS. GMO Internet Group develops, operates and markets a full spectrum of Internet services for both the consumer and enterprise markets. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan the Group comprises more than 60 companies in 10 countries, and operates in four business segments.1. Web Infrastructure & Ecommerce2. Internet Media3. Internet Securities4.Social Media & Smartphone Platform
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries GMO Internet invests in
Stages GMO Internet invests in
Countries GMO Internet invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 7 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $2.8M–$43M
- Corporate Round
- $16M–$21M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Finance 3 (33%)
- SNS 2 (22%)
- FinTech 2 (22%)
- Internet 2 (22%)
- Software 2 (22%)
Stage
- Corporate Round 4 (44%)
- Series A 2 (22%)
- Seed 1 (11%)
- Series C 1 (11%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (11%)
Country
- Japan 5 (56%)
- United States 2 (22%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Masatoshi Kumagai
Founder & Group CEO
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Founder & Group CEO | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Hiroyuki Nishiyama
Executive Vice President
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Executive Vice President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Horiuchi Toshiaki
Executive Officer, Managing Director
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Executive Officer, Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Issei Ainora
Executive vice-president
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Executive vice-president | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | ||
| See all 7 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turing develops and manufactures fully autonomous vehicles. | $43M / Series A / Jul 06, 2026 | ||
| Turing develops and manufactures fully autonomous vehicles. | $20.9M / Corporate Round / Feb 12, 2026 | ||
| Crossover Markets Group develops trading technology for digital asset markets and operates CROSSx, an execution-only electronic communication network used for cryptocurrency transactions. The platform connects institutional participants such as liquidity providers, brokers, and trading firms to execute spot digital asset trades through a matchingengine that processes orders and generates market pricing. It separates trade execution from custody and brokerage functions, allowing participants to choose their own counterparties and service providers for settlement and credit relationships. The system supports configurable liquidity pools, order matching rules, and connectivity through APIs and graphical interfaces for trading and market data access. Crossover Markets Group also maintains infrastructure and tools that facilitate order routing, liquidity interaction, and continuous trading in cryptocurrency markets. | $6.4M / Seed / Mar 21, 2023 | ||
| MediBang is the creator of the art app MediBang Paint and runs an online platform ART street for sharing and viewing manga and illustrations.The birth of the internet has made it easy for people to share their art with other people.Because of this, the gap between writers, artists, and their audience has never been smaller than it is now. | Corporate Round / Jun 14, 2021 | ||
| SHOWROOM is live streaming services. | $16.1M / Corporate Round / Nov 21, 2019 | ||
| Fundbox is an AI-powered financial platform for small businesses that offers fast and intuitive access to business credit. Our mission is to power the small business economy by unlocking customer growth. | $176M / Series C / Sep 24, 2019 | ||
| Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over700,000 people. | $2.8M / Series A / Dec 26, 2016 | ||
| Monitoring and countermeasures for fraudulent online Advertising transactions in Japan for the first time. | $564K / Venture - Series Unknown / May 29, 2015 | ||
| Monitoring and countermeasures for fraudulent online Advertising transactions in Japan for the first time. | Corporate Round / Oct 27, 2014 |
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FAQ
What does GMO Internet invest in?
GMO Internet invests primarily in Finance, SNS and FinTech startups, most often at Corporate Round and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does GMO Internet invest in?
GMO Internet typically joins rounds of $2.8M–$43M at Series A and $16M–$21M at Corporate Round. These are whole funding-round sizes, not GMO Internet's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds GMO Internet took part in.
How do I contact GMO Internet?
Public channels for GMO Internet include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.
Who are the partners at GMO Internet?
The team at GMO Internet includes Masatoshi Kumagai (Founder & Group CEO), Hiroyuki Nishiyama (Executive Vice President) and Horiuchi Toshiaki (Executive Officer, Managing Director), among 7 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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