# Shunsuke Oyu

> Shunsuke Oyu is a seed investor in Tokyo backing Content, Internet and E-Commerce. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shunsuke-oyu-%E5%A4%A7%E6%B9%AF-%E4%BF%8A%E4%BB%8B-04211217/

Shunsuke Oyu is a seed investor in Tokyo focused on Content and Internet. Shunsuke Oyu is the co-founder of Connehito Inc. Started an online Q&A platform “mamari” which is the largest platform for moms in Japan. Connehito was acquired by one of the telecom giant KDDI in 2016. Selected as a “Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia” at consumer technology department. Angel-investing 50+ companies globally.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $480k–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Content | 6 | 27% |
| Internet | 5 | 23% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 14% |
| Media and Entertainment | 3 | 14% |
| Apps | 2 | 9% |

51 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 68% |
| Angel | 2 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 9% |
| Series B | 1 | 5% |
| Series C | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 17 | 77% |
| Singapore | 1 | 5% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tohakusha | Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services. |  | Seed | Jan 13, 2026 |  |
| Ai-Dounyu.com | Ai-Dounyu.com is a platform that helps organizations looking to integrate AI choose their ideal AI implementation partner for free. | $319.6K | Seed | Jan 22, 2025 |  |
| Tohakusha | Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services. | $690.2K | Seed | Aug 29, 2024 |  |
| Neighbor | Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite. | $1.5M | Seed | Nov 16, 2023 |  |
| LOCKON | Lock On is a finance platform that helps in finding profitable wallet addresses and reproducing transactions to make a profit. | $804.4K | Seed | Oct 03, 2023 |  |
| Lecto | Lecto provides Saas solutions to eliminate the tedious practices behind financial services | $919.4K | Seed | Mar 22, 2021 |  |
| SPORTS CROWN | SPORTS CROWN engages in the development and operation of fantasy sports. | $26.3M | Angel | Oct 07, 2020 |  |
| Paytner | Paytner is providing services to support freelance people's funding. The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation whereproblems such as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated. | $1.2M | Seed | Jul 29, 2020 |  |
| Manabie | Manabie is an Education Technology start-up company on a mission to provide a new style of online & offline merged learning around the world. It provides students with everything they need for efficient learning, learning materials, learning environments, and personal coaches. The company integrates online and offline learning. | $4.8M | Seed | Apr 22, 2020 |  |
| Luup | Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets. | $3.3M | Seed | Mar 01, 2020 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ANRI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anri) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Globis Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/globis-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hyperithm](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyperithm) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Incubate Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/incubate-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Shunsuke Oyu invest in?

Shunsuke Oyu invests primarily in Content, Internet and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Shunsuke Oyu's check size?

Shunsuke Oyu typically joins rounds of $480k–$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 Shunsuke Oyu participates in.

### When did Shunsuke Oyu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shunsuke Oyu closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 22 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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