# Masaru Tange

> Masaru Tange is a seed investor at Shift backing E-Commerce, Internet and Food Delivery. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Shift](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shift-4)
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Mar 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/masaru-tange-9b659231/

Masaru Tange is a seed investor at Shift focused on E-Commerce and Internet. Masaru Tange graduated from Kyoto University and joined Incs Inc. in 2000 where he started their IT business and strategy consulting group with only 2 members and developed it into the company's main business with a team of 140 consultants with annual revenue of $50M in 5 years. He then founded SHIFT Inc in 2005 in his studio apartment. He wasthe only employee. The business world wasn't very kind to him - he made no revenue for a while but he kept experimenting with the business model listening to the needs of customers. In 2009, he finally found traction in the "software testing industry." In 2014, Masaru successfully IPO'ed the company. Shift now has 500 employees.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.2M–$28M |
| Series A | $21M–$43M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 38% |
| Internet | 2 | 25% |
| Food Delivery | 2 | 25% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 13% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 50% |
| Series A | 3 | 38% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 6 | 75% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Launchable | Launchable is an intelligence platform layer for all software testing that shortens wait times for testing, speeds up and optimizes CI pipeline efficiency, leading to shipping higher-quality software faster. Through machine learning in Lauchable’s SaaS, developers and Dev teams can test what matters and find bugs faster, reduce risk, increasecommit frequency, and decrease time-to-production, all leading to Continuous Quality. Test what matters at launchableinc.com | $3.2M | Seed | Nov 05, 2019 |  |
| Timee | Timee is a Planning, development and management of Internet media company. | $42.5M | Series A | Jan 10, 2019 |  |
| S-Mat | S-Mat is an eco-friendly IoT purchase system for on-demand, no-hassle grocery with cost-effective shipping. | $28.3M | Seed | Feb 09, 2018 |  |
| Office de Yasai | Office de Yasai is an online platform that enables users to order and get vegetables delivered to their offices. The platform’s operations are based in Tokyo, Japan. | $21.3M | Series A | Mar 23, 2017 |  |
| Leeways | Leeways is an artificial intelligence start up. |  | Seed | Feb 12, 2016 |  |
| Leeways | Leeways is an artificial intelligence start up. |  | Seed | Feb 12, 2016 |  |
| EMET Creation | Vimet is a video app that allows you to instantly watch your favorite topic videos.ViMET offers high-quality video content that is currently talked about, Realizing a world where everyone can see, by providing new services, Restructure the power relationships of all players involved in existing video | $9.9M | Seed |  |  |
| KOMPEITO | Office de Yasai is an online platform that enables users to order and get vegetables delivered to their offices. The platform’s operations are based in Tokyo, Japan. |  | Series A |  |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [K&P Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k-p-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Adventure](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adventure) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Battery Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/battery-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [en-Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/en-japan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Monozukuri Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/makers-boot-camp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NOS Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nos-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Shift

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

SHIFT is a tech company founded by tech guru masaru tange in 2005, providing software testing, security assessment and offshore development services with made in japan tailored quality.

5 contacts available at Shift.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Masaru Tange | President/Rep Dir/Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masaru-tange |
| Katsuyuki Matsui | Auditor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katsuyuki-matsui |
| Kazuya Mashiko | Executive Officer, CFO Corporate Development Division Management Division M & A Promotion Office | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kazuya-mashiko |
| Kiroko Yoshiyuki | Auditor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kiroko-yoshiyuki |
| Kiyota Kosuke | Executive Officer and Corporate Development Division Management Strategy Department | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kiyota-kosuke |

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## FAQ

### What does Masaru Tange invest in?

Masaru Tange invests primarily in E-Commerce, Internet and Food Delivery startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Masaru Tange's check size?

Masaru Tange typically joins rounds of $3.2M–$28M at Seed and $21M–$43M 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 Masaru Tange participates in.

### When did Masaru Tange last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Masaru Tange closed in Mar 2017. Shizune tracks 8 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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