# Jun Masuda

> Jun Masuda is a Series A investor at Line backing Advertising and Local Advertising. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Line](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/line-corporation)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Jun Masuda is a Series A investor at Line focused on Advertising and Local Advertising. Graduated from Waseda University. He became the Board of Directors of Baidu Japan. Appointed as Director of Business Strategy Office at NAVER Japan. Appointed as Executive Officer of NHN Japan's LINE, NAVER and livedoor Business Strategy and Marketing Officer. In 2014, the company became a senior executive officer CSMO. In 2015, the companybecame CSMO of the Board of Directors.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Advertising | 1 | 100% |
| Local Advertising | 1 | 100% |
| Affiliate Marketing | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| For you | For you is a comprehensive Advertising agency business specializing in SNS. | $669.9K | Series A | Mar 06, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Line

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

LINE develops calling and messaging applications for mobile phones in Japan and internationally. It offers LINE, a smartphone application that allows users to make free calls and messaging with other users regardless of which mobile network provider they are using.The company also offers NAVER, a search communication service; NAVER Matome, auser-participatory curation platform; Livedoor, a portal site; livedoor Blog, a blogging service; and livedoor News that provides information gathered from various news sources, as well as a range of advertising products. In addition, it operates LINE GAME, a platform that lets LINE users to play games.

5 contacts available at Line.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jun Masuda | Director CSMO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masuda-jun |
| Shintaro Tabata | Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Sales | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shintaro-tabata |
| Alberto Nicolas Casado | Marketing Manager Latam | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alberto-nicolas-casado |
| Euivin Park | Senior Vice President & CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/euivin-park |
| Hanna Lee | China Hong Kong Business | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hanna-lee |

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## FAQ

### What does Jun Masuda invest in?

Jun Masuda invests primarily in Advertising, Local Advertising and Affiliate Marketing startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jun Masuda last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jun Masuda closed in Mar 2024. 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?

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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