# Katsumasa Watanabe

> Katsumasa Watanabe is a funding round investor at Fundnote backing Recruiting and Crowdfunding. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Fundnote](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fundnote)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://x.com/katsumawatanabe

Katsumasa Watanabe is a funding round investor at Fundnote focused on Recruiting and Crowdfunding. Katsumasa Watanabe is the CEO of Fundnote.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recruiting | 1 | 100% |
| Crowdfunding | 1 | 100% |
| Career Planning | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ROXX | ROXX is a planning, development, operation and sales of agent bank and back check. | $2.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 18, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Darwin Venture Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darwin-venture-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Heights Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heights-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Open Up](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/open-up-6982) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Fundnote

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Fundnote is a boutique investment fund that invests in Japanese companies.

1 contacts available at Fundnote.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Katsumasa Watanabe | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katsumasa-watanabe |

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## FAQ

### What does Katsumasa Watanabe invest in?

Katsumasa Watanabe invests primarily in Recruiting, Crowdfunding and Career Planning startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Katsumasa Watanabe last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Katsumasa Watanabe closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 1 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 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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