# Ken Toyoda

> Ken Toyoda is a seed investor at Next Billion Ventures backing FinTech and Employee Benefits. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Next Billion Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/next-billion-ventures)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-toyoda

Ken Toyoda is a seed investor at Next Billion Ventures focused on FinTech and Employee Benefits. Ken Toyoda

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 100% |
| Employee Benefits | 2 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 100% |
| Consulting | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mexico | 1 | 50% |
| Philippines | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| minu | minu is revolutionizing the financial health of Mexican employees, offering them access to their already worked salary when they need it, instead of having to wait for payroll. The company works with HR divisions of companies that offer the provision of minu to improve satisfaction, retention, and attraction of talent. minu is supported byFinTech's leading institutional investors globally, including QED. | $30M | Series B | Nov 19, 2024 |  |
| Advance Tech Lending | Advance Tech Lending is an online salary loans provider. They help employees cover their daily financial needs with a click of a button. They don’t charge interest, just a processing fee to get funds to you immediately. |  | Seed | May 28, 2020 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Clocktower Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clocktower-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Integra Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dymon-asia-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Endeavor Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/endeavor-catalyst) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FinTech Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fintech-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Flourish Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flourish-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nazca Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nazca-ventures-3) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Next Billion Ventures

VC Fund · Washington, United States

Next Billion Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on making early-to-growth stage investments in tech companies in emerging markets. The firm was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

5 contacts available at Next Billion Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ruzgar Barisik | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ruzgar-barisik-06c1 |
| Ruzgar Barisik | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ruzgar-barisik |
| Christopher Schroeder | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-schroeder-2d28 |
| Falgu Shah | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/falgu-shah |
| Ken Toyoda | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ken-toyoda |

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## FAQ

### What does Ken Toyoda invest in?

Ken Toyoda invests primarily in FinTech, Employee Benefits and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Mexico. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ken Toyoda last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ken Toyoda closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 2 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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