# MTI

> MTI is a VC fund in Shinjuku backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shinjuku, Japan
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 56%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mti-ltd.
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mti_official
- Website: http://www.mti.co.jp/eng/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mtiltd

MTI is a mobile content provider offering fun and convenient services throuth its mobile websites.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for MTI. Shizune tracks 8 team members at MTI. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/mti-ltd?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $385k–$47M |
| Series B | $14M–$102M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 3 | 33% |
| FinTech | 2 | 22% |
| Health Care | 2 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 22% |
| B2B | 1 | 11% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 22% |
| Series B | 1 | 11% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 6 | 67% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hiroshi Matsumoto | Senior Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroshi-matsumoto |
| Bokushi Shuu | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bokushi-shuu |
| Kazuko Ohya | Statutory Auditor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kazuko-ohya |
| Minoru Takei | Corporate Auditor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/minoru-takei |
| Osawa Katsunori | Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/osawa-katsunori |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mutex | Mutex is a software engineering firm that designs, develops, maintains, and markets computer software and hardware. | $385.2K | Seed | Dec 10, 2025 |  |
| Crowd Cast | Crowd Cast, Ltd. is a Tokyo based Fintech startup. Our vision is to reinvent business/corporate cards that open up a huge opportunity in Japan. We’re the pioneer of VISA corporate prepaid card and its spend management solution in Japan. | $6.8M | Series B | Sep 30, 2020 |  |
| HiJoJo Partners | HiJoJo Partners sells "funds incorporating high-quality middle and late-stage private companies in Japan and overseas, including unicorn companies," to domestic investors. | $46.8M | Seed | Jul 20, 2018 |  |
| Diginex | Diginex is a digital financial services and blockchain solutions company. They partner with institutional investors, corporations, and governments to make digital assets more accessible, business processes more efficient, and societies more secure. | $3M |  | Mar 31, 2018 |  |
| CLIPLA | CLIPLA recognizes the importance of protecting personal information and the social nature of medical-related businesses. | $66.6M | Corporate Round | Mar 13, 2018 |  |
| Authlete | Authlete provides a set of Web APIs with which developers implement servers supporting OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, Financial-grade API, etc. | $3M | Seed | Feb 15, 2018 |  |
| Crowd Cast | Crowd Cast, Ltd. is a Tokyo based Fintech startup. Our vision is to reinvent business/corporate cards that open up a huge opportunity in Japan. We’re the pioneer of VISA corporate prepaid card and its spend management solution in Japan. | $14.2M | Series B | Dec 21, 2017 |  |
| CLIPLA | CLIPLA recognizes the importance of protecting personal information and the social nature of medical-related businesses. | $14.2M | Corporate Round | May 09, 2017 |  |
| CLIMB Factory | CLIMB Factory offers CLIMB DB, a database which controls the practice menu and diet for athletes. It was launched in July 2009 & is based in Tokyo, Japan. | $8.5M |  | Sep 30, 2014 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Credit Saison](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/credit-saison) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Finatext](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finatext-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Medipal Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/medipal-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NTT DOCOMO Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ntt-docomo-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Toppan Printing](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toppanprinting) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does MTI invest in?

MTI invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is MTI's check size?

MTI typically joins rounds of $385k–$47M at Seed and $14M–$102M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds MTI participates in.

### How do I contact MTI?

Public channels for MTI include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at MTI?

The team at MTI includes Hiroshi Matsumoto (Senior Managing Director), Bokushi Shuu (Director) and Kazuko Ohya (Statutory Auditor), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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