# Hirokazu Mashita

> Hirokazu Mashita is a seed investor backing Apps and Credit. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jul 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hiro-mashita-b810339b/?originalSubdomain=sg

Hirokazu Mashita is a seed investor focused on Apps and Credit. Hirokazu Mashita

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| Credit | 1 | 33% |
| EdTech | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Lending | 1 | 33% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 2 | 67% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tyms | Tyms Africa provides AI-powered financial tools for SMEs and startups by automating the process of bookkeeping, accounting, invoicing, bank reconciliation and financial reporting. We are able to lower the rate at which businesses lose money due to poor cash flow management and inadequate bank reconciliation. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2023 | https://tyms.africa |
| NeoStencil | NeoStencil is a managed online education marketplace in the form of a comprehensive, one-stop test preparation platform for Indias most coveted jobs. The company's online test preparation platform offers live online classrooms where students can learn at their own pace, pause, rewind and replay anytime, use any computer or mobile device toaccess their classroom and submit their answers online, enabling them to access quality educational content from the comfort of their home. In last two years, NeoStencil has established itself as a leading player in the test preparation segment by giving industry best results for 2017. With a 3x growth YoY, the business model is operationally profitable since inception and built towards sustainability. | $1M | Seed | Jan 16, 2017 | https://neostencil.com |
| LazyLad | LazyLad offers an application that enables its users to shop, and get groceries, stationeries, and more delivered from local stores. It also provides users the convenience of doorstep delivery of items of daily need, sourced from local and trusted sellers. They offer a technological platform to booksellers, fruit and vegetable sellers, bakers,local grocers, florists, stationers, and other retailers enabling them to expand their outreach and hence and business.LazyLad provides pop and mom shops with a mobile platform to facilitate their neighborhood commerce. The app helps create a direct platform for retailers to sell and for customers to buy, thereby doing away with any middlemen in the neighborhood/hyper-local market.LazyLad was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. | $500K | Seed | Jul 31, 2015 | http://www.lazylad.com/ |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [91springboard](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/91springboard) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Brand Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brandcapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HoaQ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hoaq) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Paragon Trust](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paragon-trust) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tekedia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tekedia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Hirokazu Mashita invest in?

Hirokazu Mashita invests primarily in Apps, Credit and EdTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Hirokazu Mashita's check size?

Hirokazu Mashita typically joins rounds of $500k–$1M 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 Hirokazu Mashita participates in.

### How do I contact Hirokazu Mashita?

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### When did Hirokazu Mashita last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hirokazu Mashita closed in Jul 2023. 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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