# Ken Tsurumaru

> Ken Tsurumaru is a seed investor at Catcha Group backing Travel, Leisure and Tourism. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Catcha Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catcha-group)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Apr 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentsurumaru

Ken Tsurumaru is a seed investor at Catcha Group focused on Travel and Leisure. Ken Tsurumaru

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 1 | 100% |
| Leisure | 1 | 100% |
| Tourism | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hitchbird | Hitchbird is a tourism company that offers an online portal for couples to plan their dream wedding anywhere in Asia. The website connects couples to wedding vendors across 43 cities in Asia. Couples can book wedding venues and find all the information they need. The company was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. |  | Seed | Apr 03, 2018 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Catcha Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catcha-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Catcha Group

VC Fund · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Catcha Group has a proven track record of investing in small- to medium-sized businesses to achieve rapid growth, profitability, IPO, and beyond. We do this by taking sizable stakes in companies with the ability to alter or define markets and mentoring them to unlock their true potential. We love talking about ideas, finding ways to createvalue, and developing businesses to realize tremendous growth. We are always ready to work with our portfolio companies through challenges, celebrate their successes, and do whatever it takes to make them number one in their fields.

5 contacts available at Catcha Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dato Larry Gan | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dato-larry-gan |
| Ken Tsurumaru | Former Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ken-tsurumaru |
| Lucas Elliott | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lucas-elliott |
| Luke Elliott | Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luke-elliott |
| Patrick Grove | Co-Founder & Group CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-grove |

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## FAQ

### What does Ken Tsurumaru invest in?

Ken Tsurumaru invests primarily in Travel, Leisure and Tourism startups, most often at Seed stage. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ken Tsurumaru last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ken Tsurumaru closed in Apr 2018. 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?

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