# Shoji Miyata > Shoji Miyata is a seed investor at SmartMeeting (Tokyo) backing Travel and Organic. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [SmartMeeting](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smartmeeting) - Location: Tokyo, Japan - Total investments: 5 - Last investment: Jun 2025 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shoji-miyata-a11749144 - X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/miyasho88 - Website: https://x.com/miyasho88 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shoji.miyata Shoji Miyata is a seed investor at SmartMeeting in Tokyo focused on Travel and Organic. Shoji Miyata is the CEO of SmartHR. ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Seed | $764k–$11M | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Travel | 1 | 20% | | Organic | 1 | 20% | | Software | 1 | 20% | | Life Science | 1 | 20% | | Sustainability | 1 | 20% | 10 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 3 | 60% | | Series A | 1 | 20% | | Funding Round | 1 | 20% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Morus | Morus primarily engages in the sustainable mass supply of biomaterials. It focuses on research and development of silkworm-derived raw materials for the food, cosmetic, animal feed, and pharmaceutical industries. | $5M | Series A | Jun 30, 2025 | | | Epicbase | Epicbase is an AI-based automatic voice transcription service based on voice recognition technology. | $763.6K | Seed | Mar 19, 2020 | | | Somewhere | Somewhere is engaged in the travel and transportation business. | $10.6M | Seed | Dec 30, 2019 | | | Sunblaze | sunblaze is a android-based smartphone users begin to experience stability issues after one to two years of use. For example, their device may get slower or they encounter unexpected app crashes. These stability issues also lead to security vulnerabilities.SUNBLAZE OS features essential functions only, meaning it does not have any unnecessaryfunctions. This allows the system to be more stable and secure, and users are able to use it for a longer period of time. | $7.5M | Seed | Nov 13, 2019 | | | Sunblaze | sunblaze is a android-based smartphone users begin to experience stability issues after one to two years of use. For example, their device may get slower or they encounter unexpected app crashes. These stability issues also lead to security vulnerabilities.SUNBLAZE OS features essential functions only, meaning it does not have any unnecessaryfunctions. This allows the system to be more stable and secure, and users are able to use it for a longer period of time. | $7.5M | | Nov 13, 2019 | | 5 of 5 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [DG Daiwa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dg-daiwa-ventures-6537) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Chiba Dojo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chiba-dojo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Coral Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coral-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Delight Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delight-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [FGN ABBA Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fgn-abba-lab) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Media Do](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/media-do) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About SmartMeeting VC Fund 1 contacts available at SmartMeeting. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Shoji Miyata | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shoji-miyata | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [HOWZAT Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/howzat-partners) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund - [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund - [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Travel Angel Investors in Asia](https://shizune.co/investors/travel-angel-investors-asia) - [Travel Angel Investors in Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/travel-angel-investors-japan) - [Transportation Angel Investors in Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/transportation-angel-investors-japan) - [Artificial intelligence Angel Investors in Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/artificial-intelligence-angel-investors-japan) - [Life Science Investors in Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/life-science-investors-japan) - [Energy Angel Investors in Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/energy-angel-investors-japan) ## FAQ ### What does Shoji Miyata invest in? Shoji Miyata invests primarily in Travel, Organic and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### What is Shoji Miyata's check size? Shoji Miyata typically joins rounds of $764k–$11M 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 Shoji Miyata participates in. ### When did Shoji Miyata last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Shoji Miyata closed in Jun 2025. Shizune tracks 5 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? 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