# Ryu Muramatsu

> Ryu Muramatsu is a Series B investor at GMO Global Payment Fund backing FinTech. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [GMO Global Payment Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-payment-fund)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 19%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryumuramatsu
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jediknights
- Website: http://blogfund.jugem.jp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gmo-venturepartners-166638436694918

Ryu Muramatsu is a Series B investor at GMO Global Payment Fund in Tokyo focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Director, Founding Partner of GMO VenturePartners, Inc., Japanese corporate VC firm, a member of GMO Internet Group. Its 40 portfolio companies include 5 IPOs: Qihoo 360 Technology (NYSE), Fullspeed (TSE), Accelmark (TSE), NEXT (TSE), Vector (TSE). Since 2005, GMO VenturePartners has operated a number of funds, approx. 28 Million USD undermanagement.He is also a co-founder, Director of board, Executive Vice President, head of Strategic department of GMO Payment Gateway, Inc., Largest Online Payment Service Provider in Japan with more than 44,000 online merchants. The only Tokyo Stock Exchange listed online PSP, public since 2005, current market cap is approx. 600M USD.Prior to that, Ryu worked for JAFCO, the largest VC in Japan and JAFCO Ventures in Silicon Valley, in charge of Business Development and Japanese connection of its portfolio companies.One of the most successful investments at that time was GMO Internet, Inc. (TSE: 9449) headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, the first internet startup which went public in Japan at 1999, now a comprehensive provider of industry-leading Internet solutions including domain name registration, cloud-based and traditional hosting, ecommerce, security, and payment processing services that each hold the top share of their respective markets in Japan. Other key business areas for the Group include online securities/FX trading, Internet advertising, search engine marketing and online research, and smartphone game development and publishing.Ryu earned his B.A. degree from Waseda University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 5 | 24% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 24% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 19% |
| Finance | 3 | 14% |
| Apps | 2 | 10% |

48 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 7 | 33% |
| Series A | 4 | 19% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 19% |
| Series C | 3 | 14% |
| Seed | 1 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 9 | 43% |
| India | 5 | 24% |
| Singapore | 1 | 5% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sharing Energy | Sharing Energy is providing energy supply and energy management services. | $5.4M | Series C | Apr 17, 2026 |  |
| DPDzero | DPDzero is a borrower data platform for all ambitious fintechs and NBFCs to automate end-to-end lending operations. | $7M | Series A | Aug 05, 2025 |  |
| 10x | 10x provides One-stop service from meal planning to grocery shopping. | $14.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 28, 2025 |  |
| RightTouch | RightTouch is a media company that offers customer support with KARTE RightSupport, and media CS Mag for tailored solutions and insights. | $5.6M | Series A | Apr 17, 2025 |  |
| Bureau | Bureau is a no-code identity and risk orchestration platform that tackles friction and fraud. It assists businesses in automating decisions, onboarding good customers, preventing fraud, and enabling seamless user experiences. The platform utilizes real-time insights, instant logins, and risk profiling to secure and simplify authentication andaccelerate onboarding. Bureau provides extensive protection throughout the entire customer journey with solutions that include customer onboarding, account monitoring, device intelligence, behavioral biometrics, and transaction monitoring. Its unique Identity Bureau Network utilizes contextual data to deliver actionable insights, enabling businesses to make well-informed choices regarding digital identities. | $30M | Series B | Dec 18, 2024 |  |
| Tacoms | CAMEL is a service that allows you to easily manage orders from multiple food delivery / takeout services on a single tablet. | $6.1M | Series B | Nov 13, 2024 |  |
| Smart Bank | Smart Bank is a softawre firm that has developed an application for money spending management. | $18.9M | Series B | Nov 12, 2024 |  |
| Leaner Technologies | Leaner Technologies provides cloud-based software for cost reduction analysis. | $9.8M | Series B | Oct 25, 2024 |  |
| Drip Capital | Drip Capital offers trade financing product targeted towards SMEs in developing markets. Its automated risk assessment model allows rapidly growing SMEs quick and easy access to finance. With a focus on technology, Drip aims to eliminate the hassle of paperwork and bureaucracy and create a seamless borrowing experience for its clients.The companyconsists of a team of financial consultants, engineers and analysts from Wharton, Stanford, and IITs with years of experience at Standard Chartered, Black Rock and Yahoo. They are backed by leading Silicon Valley investors - Y Combinator and StartX. They are always eager to connect with sharp minds to grow within their quest to becoming the future of global trade finance.Drip Capital was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | $23M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 05, 2024 |  |
| ASUENE | Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc. | $26.7M | Series C | Jun 14, 2024 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Blume Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blume-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Founder Bank Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founder-bank-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sumitomo-mitsui-banking-corporation) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Surge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/surge-ahead) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [100Unicorns](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/9unicorns) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About GMO Global Payment Fund

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

GMO Global Payment Fund's limited partners are major financial institutions like credit card issuers and acquiring banks. GMO Payment Gateway is the strategic management company; GMOVenturePartners is the fund manager. The fund was established with 15 million USD. The investment target is payments companies throughout Asia, especially inSoutheast Asia.

4 contacts available at GMO Global Payment Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hirofumi Monden | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hirofumi-monden |
| Jin Hashimoto | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jin-hashimoto |
| Ryu Muramatsu | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryu-muramatsu |
| Sho Nakagawa | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sho-nakagawa |

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## FAQ

### What does Ryu Muramatsu invest in?

Ryu Muramatsu invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ryu Muramatsu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ryu Muramatsu closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 21 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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