Kazuma Ieiri
CEO, Co-Founder @ NOW Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Kazuma Ieiri is a seed investor at NOW Japan in Tokyo focused on Content and Fashion. Born in 1978 and raised in Fukuoka prefecture, Kazuma founded paperboy&co. inc. (currently GMO Pepabo) and went on to become the youngest CEO ever (at the time) to take a company public in Japan by taking paperboy&co. public on the JASDAQ Japanese stock exchange. After leaving paperboy&co, he continued his startup trail by foundingBASE, CAMPFIRE, and XIMERA. Kazuma also dabbled in the food services industry via the founding of On The Corner (a cafe) and is active in the startup investment scene. He also started the Liverty-house project which attempts to create shared housing for young people in need.
- Total investments:
- 22
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 9%
Last updated:
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Industries Kazuma Ieiri invests in
Stages Kazuma Ieiri invests in
Countries Kazuma Ieiri invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $380k–$28M
- Angel
- $64k–$474k
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $19k–$363k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Content 5 (23%)
- Fashion 4 (18%)
- Finance 3 (14%)
- SNS 2 (9%)
- FinTech 2 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 11 (50%)
- Angel 4 (18%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (14%)
- Series A 2 (9%)
- Series B 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Wunderbar provides intellectual property along with branding and marketing services. | $3.5M / Series A / Jun 25, 2025 | ||
| Bé-A Japan producer and distributor of fashion accessories. They provide products that include underwear, sanitary napkins, interior goods, fashion accessories, health foods, and cosmetic products. They offer products that are available for shopping online. | $25.5M / Jun 07, 2021 | ||
| Bé-A Japan producer and distributor of fashion accessories. They provide products that include underwear, sanitary napkins, interior goods, fashion accessories, health foods, and cosmetic products. They offer products that are available for shopping online. | $1.6M / Seed / Jun 07, 2021 | ||
| vivid garden is an Agriculture company. | $5.7M / Series B / Aug 05, 2020 | ||
| Yutori is engaged in retailing and wholesaling apparel goods and creating brands reflecting diversity in digital culture through media and individual stories. The company does everything from product planning to sales in-house, without intermediary distributors or retailers. Until now, the company has used various tools such as e-mail,spreadsheets, and SMS messages to exchange data. | Seed / Jun 18, 2019 | ||
| Meily is Creating a base for the minds of people who struggle with appearance. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 18, 2019 | ||
| BlockBase provides consultation on blockchain-related technology. It also engages in product planning and development utilizing blockchain-related technology. | Seed / Dec 03, 2018 | ||
| Established in May 2018, the Company completed the transfer procedure for the Discover Japan business unit from EI Publishing, and started its business as a new company on November 26, 2018. The magazine Discover Japan, launched in 2008, continues to disseminate Japanese culture such as traditional manufacturing, design, clothing, and landscape. InJanuary 2020, the magazine “Discover Japan”. Magazine was launched in the 10th year milestone, in addition to magazines, digital, technology, commerce, experience, product development, store, promotion, branding, in addition to magazinesto further develop the Discover Japan brand. On November 27, 2018, we signed a capital and business alliance with CAMPFIRE. The company utilizes the expertise of financing such as jitsugen specializing in CAMPFIRE and SYNERGY's business to address issues related to Japanese culture transmitted by media such as magazines and the web.We aim to convey the values of Japanese culture such as food, inn, culture, things, things, things, things, and people” not only in Japan, but also to the world. | Seed / Nov 27, 2018 | ||
| CoCooking uses food and cooking to create ample opportunity for dialogue and thought, fostering creativity, diversity, and well-being of individuals and communities. | $380K / Seed / Aug 10, 2018 | ||
| One Nova is a lifestyle brand and online platform that offers a range of innerwear products, such as men's boxers. | $179.1K / Angel / Aug 01, 2018 | ||
| See all 22 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About NOW Japan
NOW, Inc operates as a venture capital firm. Invest in people. Invest in stories of entrepreneurs born from the original experience.
NOW Japan Contacts
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Hiroki Nakajima
Director
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Kazuma Ieiri
CEO, Co-Founder
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Ryosuke Kajitani
General Partner
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FAQ
What does Kazuma Ieiri invest in?
Kazuma Ieiri invests primarily in Content, Fashion and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Kazuma Ieiri's check size?
Kazuma Ieiri typically joins rounds of $380k–$28M at Seed, $64k–$474k at Angel and $19k–$363k at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kazuma Ieiri participates in.
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When did Kazuma Ieiri last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Kazuma Ieiri closed in Jun 2025. Shizune tracks 22 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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