# Muneaki Masuda

> Muneaki Masuda is a seed investor at Culture Convenience Club (CCC) backing Beauty and Events. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Culture Convenience Club (CCC)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ccc-co-ltd)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Muneaki Masuda is a seed investor at Culture Convenience Club (CCC) focused on Beauty and Events. Muneaki Masuda is the Founder & CEO of Culture Convenience Club (CCC).

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beauty | 1 | 50% |
| Events | 1 | 50% |
| Communities | 1 | 50% |
| Presentations | 1 | 50% |
| Event Management | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PechaKucha | Take 400 seconds and listen to the PechaKucha story: pechakucha.com/presentations/pechakucha-company-overview.PechaKucha (Japanese for ‘chit chat’) has over 65,000 sign-ups for our new beta product, PK Create, that helps people become better storytellers (think Twitter meets Pinterest) and produce better virtual events (think Zoom withTED Talks, but democratized and more fun). Our growth is all organic and we’ve been able to build a brand known by content creators and event hosts all over the world (140+ countries). Sean Smyth, CEO, has 20+ years in tech, most recently an early employee at Groupon who served as a global GM/VP; John Brooks, CTO, former start-up CEO with 20+ years dev experience. We're based in Chicago with a small community management team in Tokyo. We’re raising a $3M Seed and looking to connect with investors interested in consumer/media/social. | $2.7M | Seed | Jul 02, 2021 |  |
| Go Today Shaire Salon | GO TODAY SHAiRE SALON is a private room-type shared salon where freelance hairdressers and teams gather. | $141.7M | Series B | Aug 24, 2020 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lofty Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lofty-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nameless Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nameless-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [W ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/w-ventures-5f08) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Culture Convenience Club (CCC)

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

CCC plans and operates a comprehensive entertainment business. CCC operates and proposes new lifestyles from multiple platforms, including bookstores, a database marketing business (mainly focused on T Point), and several other new-platform services, both online and offline.

1 contacts available at Culture Convenience Club (CCC).

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Muneaki Masuda | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/muneaki-masuda |

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## FAQ

### What does Muneaki Masuda invest in?

Muneaki Masuda invests primarily in Beauty, Events and Communities startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Muneaki Masuda last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Muneaki Masuda closed in Jul 2021. 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?

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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