# Hidekazu Yokota

> Hidekazu Yokota is a seed investor at OLM Ventures (Tokyo) backing Content and Telecommunications. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [OLM Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/olm-ventures-inc)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hidekazu-yokota-57569b5/

Hidekazu Yokota is a seed investor at OLM Ventures in Tokyo focused on Content and Telecommunications. Hidekazu Yokota is the Founder, President & CEO of OLM Ventures. He previously worked at Mizuho Capital as a General Manager. Hidekazu Yokota attended Waseda University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Content | 2 | 40% |
| Telecommunications | 2 | 40% |
| Video | 1 | 20% |
| Animation | 1 | 20% |
| Digital Media | 1 | 20% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 40% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MyDearest | MyDearest is a Full dive product planning and development company | $7.7M | Series C | Nov 07, 2023 |  |
| Plott | Plott producing youtube animation platform under Vision “Become a Content holder from YouTube”. In August 2019, the company name was changed from Fabo to Plott. Plott, the new company name, is derived from the plot that you make before writing novels, etc., and the idea that “I want to make content all the time” is put in the company name. | $56.7M |  | May 12, 2021 |  |
| Plott | Plott producing youtube animation platform under Vision “Become a Content holder from YouTube”. In August 2019, the company name was changed from Fabo to Plott. Plott, the new company name, is derived from the plot that you make before writing novels, etc., and the idea that “I want to make content all the time” is put in the company name. | $3.6M | Seed | May 12, 2021 |  |
| Radiotalk | Radiotalk is a Voice distribution platform business. | $42.5M | Seed | Oct 19, 2020 |  |
| One Media | One media provides YouTube channel production, SNS video creation and marketing, and live stream creation and planning. ONE MEDIA's unique visual storytelling, the message you want to convey is turned into video content. Everyday video distribution, viewing data analysis, creative planning, and production are all done in-house to deliver videocontent with unique value. | $59.5M |  | Jul 16, 2019 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ANRI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anri) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DG Daiwa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dg-daiwa-ventures-6537) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DIMENSION](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dimension-0ef6) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hakuhodo DY Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hakuodo-dy-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Polygon Pictures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polygon-pictures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About OLM Ventures

VC Fund · Setagaya, Japan

OLM Ventures is an animated movies production company.

1 contacts available at OLM Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hidekazu Yokota | Founder, President & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hidekazu-yokota |

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## FAQ

### What does Hidekazu Yokota invest in?

Hidekazu Yokota invests primarily in Content, Telecommunications and Video startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Hidekazu Yokota last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hidekazu Yokota closed in Nov 2023. Shizune tracks 5 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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