# Ken Suzuki

> Ken Suzuki is a angel investor in Tokyo backing SNS and Hotel. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jun 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ken-suzuki/0/89/34
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/kensuzuki
- Website: https://x.com/kensuzuki
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/suzuki.ken

Ken Suzuki is a angel investor in Tokyo focused on SNS and Hotel. As SmartNews’s Co-CEO, Ken is responsible for its business and corporate operations, as well as its product vision and strategy. Ken co-founded SmartNews with Kaisei Hamamoto in 2012, and has been a member of the board of directors since then. In 2009, he received a Ph.D. in complex systems from the University of Tokyo, where, as a projectresearcher, he continues to study complex systems and the future of the Internet. Ken was honored as a Super Creator by the MITOH Program of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in 2003. His first book, published in 2013, has been widely read in Japan's academic community, where he's regarded as one of the most significant thinkers about the Internet society.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Angel | $320k–$3.7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SNS | 1 | 33% |
| Hotel | 1 | 33% |
| Travel | 1 | 33% |
| Content | 1 | 33% |
| Fashion | 1 | 33% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angel | 2 | 67% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CAMPFIRE | Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over700,000 people. | $18.9K | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 14, 2016 | https://camp-fire.jp/ |
| Anyplace | Anyplace is a marketplace that provides flexible housing to digital nomads and millennials. Its mission to free people to live wherever they feel inspired to go by providing modern, dependable, turn-key living and accommodations anyplace in the world. | $320K | Angel | Jul 30, 2015 | https://www.anyplace.com |
| CAMPFIRE | Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over700,000 people. | $3.7M | Angel | Jun 14, 2011 | https://camp-fire.jp/ |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [insprout](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insprout) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ken Suzuki invest in?

Ken Suzuki invests primarily in SNS, Hotel and Travel startups, most often at Angel and Venture - Series Unknown 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 Ken Suzuki's check size?

Ken Suzuki typically joins rounds of $320k–$3.7M at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ken Suzuki participates in.

### How do I contact Ken Suzuki?

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### When did Ken Suzuki last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ken Suzuki closed in Jun 2016. 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?

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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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