# Masashi Kiyomine

> Masashi Kiyomine is a seed investor at Kicker Ventures (Bryn Mawr) backing Apps and Fitness. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kicker Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kicker-ventures)
- Location: Bryn Mawr, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiyomine

Masashi Kiyomine is a seed investor at Kicker Ventures in Bryn Mawr focused on Apps and Fitness. Masashi Kiyomine is the founder and CEO of Kicker Ventures. He previously worked at goBalto, Inc. (Acquired by Oracle) as a Board Member. Masashi Kiyomine attended Dartmouth College.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 50% |
| Fitness | 1 | 50% |
| Women's | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Wellness | 1 | 50% |

12 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Talofa | Talofa is building games that make players mentally and physically healthier. Their flagship game on the platform, Run Legends, got over 300,000 downloads in the first 3 months and was featured as one of the "Best New Games" by Apple and Google Play Stores. Talofa’s team has been built up with game veterans from EA, 2K, and Riot Games andthe CEO, Jenny Xu, has created mobile games with over 10M downloads. | $6.3M | Seed | Jan 18, 2024 |  |
| Migraine.AI | Migraine.AI is the first personalized migraine management application that can predict migraine attacks and optimize medication windows. Migraine.AI specialized in women's migraines. The app has tailored for the nuances a woman's body has, as well as many passive monitoring tools to monitor their health metrics. |  | Seed | Nov 20, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Insight Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insight-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1Up Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1up-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Basis Set Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basis-set-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chamaeleon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chamaeleon-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fusion Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fusion-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Kicker Ventures

VC Fund · San Carlos, United States

It is a Venture Capital & Private Equity

3 contacts available at Kicker Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Masashi Kiyomine | Co-Founder, CEO & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masashi-kiyomine |
| Tobias Offergeld | Head of Corporate Development and Strategy | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tobias-offergeld |
| Tomoko Saek | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tomoko-saek |

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## FAQ

### What does Masashi Kiyomine invest in?

Masashi Kiyomine invests primarily in Apps, Fitness and Women's startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Masashi Kiyomine last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Masashi Kiyomine closed in Jan 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?

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