# Naoto Nozawa

> Naoto Nozawa is a startup investor at Gaiax. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Gaiax](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaiax-japan)
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Naoto Nozawa is a startup investor at Gaiax. After joining the Consulting company in 1995, he moved into the media industry and covered a number of venture managers as editorial director of business magazines. After that, he was engaged in public relations, human resources, and new business start-up, and established a PR company specializing in small and medium-sized venture companies in2010. He was appointed Executive Officer of the Company in 2014. Graduated from Meiji University Faculty of Political Economics.

## About Gaiax

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Gaiax is a startup studio that focuses on social media and the sharing economy to connect people in order to solve social issues. The company is also actively investing in sharing economy services both inside and outside the company, as a result of social media penetration, and 60% of new graduates are growing as startup studios that produceentrepreneurs.

5 contacts available at Gaiax.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Higo Akihide | Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/higo-akihide |
| Kentaro Okada | Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kentaro-okada |
| Koji Hayami | Director (Outside Director) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koji-hayamizu |
| Naoto Nozawa | executives | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/naoto-nozawa |
| Yuji Ueda | President & Representative Executive Officer &Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yuji-ueda |

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