Hajime Hotta
Angel Investor
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Hajime Hotta is a seed investor in Kuala Lumpur focused on Q&A and FinTech. Hajime is a serial entrepreneur and an early stage investor with a strong academic background in artificial intelligence (AI) and AI web applications. Received Ph.D with a study of neural networks. Hajime started coding when he was 12 years old and implemented his first AI code at 14 years old, which automatically correct simple grammatical mistakes. He was the inventor and product lead of AI-backed Ad Tech at Cirius Tech, which was acquired by Yahoo Japan, and also a CTO at NakedTech, which was sold to Mixi Japan.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Hajime Hotta invests in
Stages Hajime Hotta invests in
Countries Hajime Hotta invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $14k–$793k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Q&A 1 (25%)
- FinTech 1 (25%)
- Finance 1 (25%)
- E-Commerce 1 (25%)
- Employment 1 (25%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (75%)
- Angel 1 (25%)
Country
- Japan 1 (25%)
- Thailand 1 (25%)
- Singapore 1 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nishika provides a data science competition, Q&A and recruitment platform. | $793.2K / Seed / Nov 13, 2020 | ||
| Marketing Platform for E-Commerce | $70K / Angel / May 01, 2015 | ||
| Marketing Platform for E-Commerce | Seed / Jan 01, 2015 | ||
| Deepscope's AI / data mining platform provides daily analysis of the entire stock market to deliver the best quality stocks that beat the market for investors / brokers / funds. | $14K / Seed / Dec 16, 2014 |
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FAQ
What does Hajime Hotta invest in?
Hajime Hotta invests primarily in Q&A, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 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 Hajime Hotta invest in?
Hajime Hotta typically joins rounds of $14k–$793k at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Hajime Hotta's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Hajime Hotta took part in.
How do I contact Hajime Hotta?
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When did Hajime Hotta last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Hajime Hotta closed in Nov 2020. Shizune tracks 4 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?
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 Nov 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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