# Open Up

> Open Up is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Recruiting, Crowdfunding and Career Planning. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.openupgroup.co.jp/

Open Up is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Recruiting and Crowdfunding. Open Up engages in dispatching engineers to manufacturers, general contractors, and IT companies. It provides employment opportunities to those who are inexperienced but willing to take on challenges and supports them in creating, changing, and expanding their careers.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recruiting | 1 | 100% |
| Crowdfunding | 1 | 100% |
| Career Planning | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ROXX | ROXX is a planning, development, operation and sales of agent bank and back check. | $2.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 18, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Darwin Venture Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darwin-venture-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fundnote](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fundnote) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Heights Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heights-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Open Up invest in?

Open Up invests primarily in Recruiting, Crowdfunding and Career Planning startups, most often at Funding Round 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 Open Up last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Open Up closed in Jul 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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