# Optima Ventures

> Optima Ventures is a VC fund backing E-Commerce and Food Processing. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Matsuyama, Japan
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Aug 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://optima-ventures.jp/

Optima Ventures is a company that invests and supports venture companies mainly in Shikoku.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Optima Ventures. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Optima Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/optima-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 20% |
| Food Processing | 2 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 20% |
| Media and Entertainment | 2 | 20% |
| Sales | 1 | 10% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 6 | 60% |
| Seed | 2 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 10% |
| Series B | 1 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hiroyuki Miyakawa | CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroyuki-miyakawa |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SmartRyde | We are SmartRyde, a young and ambitious fast-growing start-up. Our platform is solely focused on airport transfer services, helping make travel truly comfortable. SmartRyde not only builds upon existing transportation suppliers around the world, all into one single, unique platform but also connects them to online travel agencies (OTA). As ofAugust 2021, we have collaborated with more than 650 transportation operators and more than 25 OTAs, including top global players such as Booking.com, Expedia, Trip.com, Traveloka, and Despegar. | $1.6M | Series A | Aug 31, 2021 |  |
| Play Life | PlayLife is an experience sharing site where you can search, share, and post play information, where users can actually experience and plan a fun experience as know-how of play. It is a service that provides highly reliable information under the real name system, provides know-how that only experienced users can know, and information thatcoordinates the way of spending a day, making play more fun and convenient. | $1.1M |  | May 26, 2020 |  |
| Michil | michil is a glocalist business, research business, communication design business (advertising and PR). pre-research marketing using multifaceted information gathering tools, sales promotion events for Japanese companies |  |  | Feb 26, 2019 |  |
| Co-nect | Co-nect is a Body maintenance is a Body maintenance service platform. |  | Seed | Oct 31, 2018 |  |
| CO-NECT | CO-NECT is a cloud-based online ordering system designed to let users place and receive orders anytime. | $6.5M |  | Oct 31, 2018 |  |
| HIDEOUT CLUB | HIDEOUT CLUB is a food and beverage company. | $6.5M |  | Oct 01, 2018 |  |
| Miraikikai | Miraikikai is a start-up originating from Kagawa University with a mission to create intelligent mobile robots for professional-use.Their robots products, designed based on field reseach to provide the high quality and the best cost effective solution, are achieved with mechanical design and control technology backed by the latest researchachievements and years of experience. | $99.2M |  | Aug 30, 2018 |  |
| Drone Department | Drone Department is a company provides aerial photography and video production aerial photography services. | $2.2M |  | Feb 08, 2017 |  |
| A.L.I.works | A.L.I.works specialize in e-commerce site operation services. | $2.2M | Seed | Feb 08, 2017 |  |
| Laxus Technologies | Laxus Technologies is an E-Commerce start up. | $198.4M | Series B | Jan 25, 2017 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Genesia Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genesia-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Iyogin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iyogin-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [START POINT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/start-point) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Drone Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drone-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsui-sumitomo-insuarance-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Optima Ventures invest in?

Optima Ventures invests primarily in E-Commerce, Food Processing and Information Technology startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Optima Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Optima Ventures?

The team at Optima Ventures includes Hiroyuki Miyakawa (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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