# Masao Ito

> Masao Ito is a seed investor at User Local backing Content and Social Media. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [User Local](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/user-local)
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 5%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/masao-ito-11197925
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/itomasa
- Website: https://x.com/itomasa

Masao Ito is a Founder & CEO at User Local.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $661k–$17M |
| Series A | $12M–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Content | 5 | 24% |
| Social Media | 4 | 19% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 19% |
| Internet | 3 | 14% |
| Video | 2 | 10% |

44 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 16 | 76% |
| Series A | 3 | 14% |
| Angel | 1 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alyaum | Aryaum supports "regional revitalization through NFT" by offering local governments all around the nation hometown tax and tourism NFT solutions. | $748.7K | Seed | May 21, 2024 |  |
| Illusil | Illusil is a service that makes it easier for anyone to generate slide materials and reduces the amount of time needed to do it. Additionally, presentations can be automatically generated from text input by AI, and over 1,000 design templates can be used to build original slides. |  | Seed | Dec 13, 2023 |  |
| Driver Technologies | Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands. | $660.7K | Seed | Nov 09, 2023 |  |
| Cloudbase | Cloudbase is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of cloud services and management. | $948.2K | Seed | Aug 24, 2022 |  |
| Tokyo | Tokyo provides consistently-designed signage and projector installation, as well as maintenance company support. All customers need is “product selection” considering installation. This is a service that does not take time and effort! | $17M | Seed | Jul 29, 2019 |  |
| mikai | mikai is a virtual YouTuber management, VR / AR content development. | $17M |  | May 27, 2019 |  |
| Graffity | Graffity to provide AR experiences globally and enrich life more conveniently and invent the AR entertainment experience and provide it globally. | $11.3M | Seed | Jan 19, 2019 |  |
| Aidemy | Aidemy is a web service where you can learn AI programming online. | $13M | Series A | May 10, 2018 |  |
| Recipio Japan | Recipio is a service that can suggest recipes just by entering ingredients the user already has at home. The app can also refine suggestions based on the user's mood, the occasion, and how many people the user is eating with, and more. | $1.4M | Seed | Apr 24, 2018 |  |
| Matcher Japan | Matcher is a job hunting information account for the matching service "Matcher", which allows you to "visit OBs and OGs easily for those who are worried about the companies you care about." We will deliver common sense in job hunting, know-how gained by knowing, useful contents, etc. | $7.5M | Seed | Feb 20, 2018 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Skyland Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/skyland-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [F Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/f-ventures-e328) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Crooz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crooz) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Deep30](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deep30) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Delight Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delight-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About User Local

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

User Local is the Japanese startup that provides big data analysis for website owners.

2 contacts available at User Local.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Masao Ito | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masao-ito |
| Takao Ozawa | Outside Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takao-ozawa |

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## FAQ

### What does Masao Ito invest in?

Masao Ito invests primarily in Content, Social Media and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Masao Ito's check size?

Masao Ito typically joins rounds of $661k–$17M at Seed and $12M–$13M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Masao Ito participates in.

### When did Masao Ito last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Masao Ito closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 21 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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