OPT
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
OPT is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Mobile and Advertising. OPT, Inc. is Japanese e-marketing company, which supports customer's Internet marketing holding the concept 'e-marketing that would directly into sales'.OPT, Inc. aims to create new market by realizing maximizing customer's ROI and finding the best way of solutions to the customer's problem. It is the OPT'stask to propose collectively the way how to use the Internet as a marketing tool for customers and support them.In order to maximize customer's ROI, it is necessary to make ads, develop sites, develop marketing strategies, and support communication and IT strategies.At OPT. Inc: it has wide business lines, customers would be supported by the 4 business fields making ads, technology, solution, and contents.The important thing for the e-marketing company is always standing the idea "market in" not "product out". And so OPT, Inc instantaneously developed its own tool to objectively effect measurement and has tried to improve customer's marketing by using the objective data.
- Total investments:
- 19
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 21%
Last updated:
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Industries OPT invests in
Stages OPT invests in
Countries OPT invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 9 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $1.3M–$21M
- Series A
- $1.8M–$3.8M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Mobile 6 (32%)
- Advertising 5 (26%)
- Apps 4 (21%)
- Software 3 (16%)
- E-Commerce 3 (16%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (26%)
- Series A 3 (16%)
- Funding Round 3 (16%)
- Corporate Round 3 (16%)
- Series B 2 (11%)
Country
- Japan 15 (79%)
- New Zealand 1 (5%)
- United States 1 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Noboru Hachimine
President & Founder
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President & Founder | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Kanazawa Daisuke
President & CEO
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President & CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Matsuda Kiyoshi
Executive officer
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Executive officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Okabe Akihiko
Director
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Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Shinomiya Fumiyuki
Auditor
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Auditor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPT China is a company that provides marketing and distribution support for Chinese consumers. | $2M / Corporate Round / Apr 01, 2019 | ||
| Shuttlerock is a provider of mobile-first creative with unrivaled speed and limitless scale. The company's proprietary platform leverages designers and technology to quickly create high-performance mobile video ads using a single visual asset as simple as a still photo. The resulting ads allow agencies and brands to maximize existing creativefor a wider audience.Founded in 2011, Shuttlerock provides guidance on effective digital marketing all over the world in over 30 languages and is one of Facebook and Instagram marketing partners. | $1.5M / Series B / Sep 26, 2016 | ||
| Shuttlerock is a provider of mobile-first creative with unrivaled speed and limitless scale. The company's proprietary platform leverages designers and technology to quickly create high-performance mobile video ads using a single visual asset as simple as a still photo. The resulting ads allow agencies and brands to maximize existing creativefor a wider audience.Founded in 2011, Shuttlerock provides guidance on effective digital marketing all over the world in over 30 languages and is one of Facebook and Instagram marketing partners. | $1.8M / Series A / Sep 26, 2016 | ||
| Raksul.inc is a fabless B2B platform builder. It aims to redesign and simplify value chains in legacy industries. It has enabled the "sharing economy" business model in printing, logistics and advertising, by connecting SME customers directly to excess capacities of existing players in various industries at a low cost. | $20.2M / Series D / Aug 03, 2016 | ||
| Market Enterprise is an online second-hand distributor under the C to B to C model. For the C to B, it has approximately 40 online sites, and for the B to C portion, it sells its product through online marketplaces such as Yahoo Auction, Amazon, and Rakuten. | $1.7M / Corporate Round / Mar 11, 2015 | ||
| Fuller is a software development company that builds mobile phone applications and provides internet media services. The company’s products include App Ape Analytics and App Ape Lab.App Ape Analytics is a trend research and analysis app that investigates the usage of Android terminal, and offers the viewing rate data; the number of active usersof the application; and user attribute information such as the user’s age gender, the user who is in possession of the application, and more.App Ape Lab analyzes the trends and offers real-time information of the app market.Fuller was founded in 2011 and is based in Chiba, Japan. | $1.9M / Seed / Feb 27, 2015 | ||
| Raksul.inc is a fabless B2B platform builder. It aims to redesign and simplify value chains in legacy industries. It has enabled the "sharing economy" business model in printing, logistics and advertising, by connecting SME customers directly to excess capacities of existing players in various industries at a low cost. | $33.7M / Series C / Feb 17, 2015 | ||
| LANCERS Inc. provides crowdsourcing services. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Kamakura, Japan. | $151.3K / Corporate Round / Feb 13, 2015 | ||
| Helpfeel develops software for AI-powered search, knowledge management, and information sharing. Its products include Helpfeel for customer support search, Cosense for team knowledge management, and Gyazo for capturing and organizing screenshots and other content. | $2M / Series A / Nov 11, 2014 | ||
| Omni provides access to the things you need through its rentals platform. By partnering with local businesses, Omni is bringing rentals to communities so everyone can have access to more items — from bikes and surfboards to camping equipment and air purifiers. Customers can reserve items from local businesses and pick up them instantly, or bookrentals in advance.The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. | $3M / Seed / Sep 01, 2014 | ||
| See all 19 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does OPT invest in?
OPT invests primarily in Mobile, Advertising and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does OPT invest in?
OPT typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$21M at Seed and $1.8M–$3.8M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not OPT's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds OPT took part in.
How do I contact OPT?
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Who are the partners at OPT?
The team at OPT includes Noboru Hachimine (President & Founder), Kanazawa Daisuke (President & CEO) and Matsuda Kiyoshi (Executive officer), among 9 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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