Hajime Hotta
Partner, Tokyo @ Zeroth.AI
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Hajime Hotta is a seed investor at Zeroth.AI 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 grammaticalmistakes. 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:
- 3
- 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
Round size
- Seed
- $14k–$12M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Q&A 1 (33%)
- FinTech 1 (33%)
- Finance 1 (33%)
- E-Commerce 1 (33%)
- Employment 1 (33%)
Country
- Japan 1 (33%)
- Thailand 1 (33%)
- Singapore 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Nishika
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Nishika provides a data science competition, Q&A and recruitment platform. | $11.8M / Seed / Nov 13, 2020 | |
Beeketing
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Beeketing is #1 popular marketing platform for E-commerce with more than 400,000 merchants. Beeketing helps businesses grow customers, increase conversion rate and retention. | Seed / Jan 01, 2015 | |
Deepscope
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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 |
Co-Investors
About Zeroth.AI
Zeroth is an accelerator for early-stage start-ups in Asia. It primarily invests in AI technology with focus in edge computing, natural language, autonomous vehicles, agtech, human-machine interface technology, and ethical computing. Zeroth seeks to invest between USD20,000 and USD120,000 in funding in exchange for a six percent stake in thecompanies. It provides a three-month programme. Tak Lo founded Zeroth in 2017. Its headquarters is in Hong Kong.
Zeroth.AI Contacts
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Dirk Lehmann
Venture Partner
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Hajime Hotta
Partner, Tokyo
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Jeremy Fisher
Mentor
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Sachin Unni
Partner
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Tak Lo
Founder
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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 stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Hajime Hotta's check size?
Hajime Hotta typically joins rounds of $14k–$12M 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 Hajime Hotta participates in.
When did Hajime Hotta last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Hajime Hotta closed in Nov 2020. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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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