# Narita Shuzo

> Narita Shuzo is a seed investor at CrowdWorks (Tokyo) backing Task Management and Content. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [CrowdWorks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crowdworks)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shuzo-narita-655a9316/

Narita Shuzo is a Executive Vice President/COO, CrowdWorks Inc.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $926k–$18M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Task Management | 3 | 33% |
| Content | 2 | 22% |
| Internet | 2 | 22% |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| Education | 2 | 22% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 56% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 22% |
| Angel | 1 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Morght | Morght is an information technology service company. | $925.6K | Seed | Apr 21, 2021 |  |
| MIL | MIL is a marketing company it can be used for a wide range of video marketing such as video commerce , O2O measures , recruitment videos , and landing videos. | $18.4M | Seed | Oct 15, 2019 |  |
| MiL Inc | Emerging products for healthcare food brands Producing food retailing and wholesale recipe development Restaurant management Catering media operation. | $16.3M | Seed | Sep 18, 2019 |  |
| Leaner Technologies | Leaner Technologies provides cloud-based software for cost reduction analysis. |  | Angel | Apr 25, 2019 |  |
| Spornia | SPORNIA is an editor of sports knowledge technology.We provide support for athletes using content and monetization using emerging media such as SNS and YouTube. | $4.7M | Pre-Seed | Sep 25, 2018 |  |
| Waaq | Waaq is an actively recruiting members who want to change the work environment in Japan. |  | Seed | Sep 20, 2018 |  |
| UNITED DREAM | United Dream is a company includes GIRL PRESS distributed media for women | $7.1M |  | Aug 08, 2018 |  |
| Aidemy | Aidemy is a web service where you can learn AI programming online. | $2.5M | Seed | Nov 01, 2017 |  |
| OPSION | OPSION is an internet company that develops cloud and 3D virtual offices. |  | Pre-Seed |  |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MTG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mtg-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BASE Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/base-partners-2726) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [For it](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/for-it) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JAPANET](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japanet) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ANOBAKA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kvp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About CrowdWorks

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

CrowdWorks is one of the biggest crowdsourcing services and growing rapidly in Japan. Registered developers/designers can apply to more than 70 kinds of projects/tasks, from development of iPhone(iOS) and Android Apps, to website and logo designs.CrowdWorks is used by over 25,000 companies, including Japanese ministries andpublicly traded companies.They offer new work style to 130,000 users. CrowdWorks won IVS Launch Pad 2012 Spring.Trusted by Nikkei Business Publications Inc., CrowdWorks was selected as one of the influential 100 companies that will improve Japan in the next generation.The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

5 contacts available at CrowdWorks.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Koichiro Yoshida | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koichiro-yoshida |
| Narita Shuzo | Executive Vice President & COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/narita-shuzo |
| Akira Yumiyama | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akira-yumiyama |
| Hiroshi Mukai | Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroshi-mukai |
| Mitsuhiro Kimura | Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsuhiro-kimura |

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## FAQ

### What does Narita Shuzo invest in?

Narita Shuzo invests primarily in Task Management, Content and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed 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 Narita Shuzo's check size?

Narita Shuzo typically joins rounds of $926k–$18M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Narita Shuzo participates in.

### When did Narita Shuzo last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Narita Shuzo closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 9 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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