Taiga Matsuyama
Co-Founder and Managing Partner @ East Ventures
Tokyo, Japan
Taiga Matsuyama is a seed investor at East Ventures in Tokyo focused on Software and Internet. Taiga Matsuyama graduated form Waseda University, Matsuyama has been engaged in venture company support for more than ten years in Tokyo, after experience as a consultant at Accenture. Matsuyama became one of the board member of NetAge, Inc (IPO 2006), start-up incubator known by having invested in MIXI – Japanese top SNS and support several start-up companies. He also has contributed to the activity for create the start-up eco-system in Tokyo through the NPO Organization BVA (Bit Valley Association). Currently he has established Kronos Fund with angel investors, venture capital fund for investment in emerging early-stage companies. Kronos Fund has invested in more than 20 companies.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
Last updated:
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Industries Taiga Matsuyama invests in
Stages Taiga Matsuyama invests in
Countries Taiga Matsuyama invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $250k–$9.2M
- Angel
- $320k–$3.7M
- Series A
- $5M–$5.3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (25%)
- Internet 2 (17%)
- Analytics 2 (17%)
- E-Commerce 2 (17%)
- Machine Learning 2 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 6 (50%)
- Angel 2 (17%)
- Series A 2 (17%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (8%)
Country
- Japan 5 (42%)
- United States 3 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Anyplace is a marketplace that provides flexible housing to digital nomads and millennials. Its mission to free people to live wherever they feel inspired to go by providing modern, dependable, turn-key living and accommodations anyplace in the world. | $5.3M / Series A / Jan 24, 2022 | ||
| Anyplace is a marketplace that provides flexible housing to digital nomads and millennials. Its mission to free people to live wherever they feel inspired to go by providing modern, dependable, turn-key living and accommodations anyplace in the world. | $2.5M / Seed / Jun 03, 2019 | ||
| Spectra is a Provision of services for artists and fans company. | Seed / Mar 06, 2018 | ||
| Autify is an AI-focused company that offers software testing solutions to address the challenges associated with automation testing. The company's flagship product, Autify No Code, empowers anyone to create automated end-to-end tests for their applications. Additionally, Autify's new product, Zenes, aims to simplify the process ofcreating new software tests through AI, allowing customers to work directly with the company's AI agent to generate tests from product documents. | $510K / Pre-Seed / Jul 31, 2017 | ||
| Anyplace is a marketplace that provides flexible housing to digital nomads and millennials. Its mission to free people to live wherever they feel inspired to go by providing modern, dependable, turn-key living and accommodations anyplace in the world. | $320K / Angel / Jul 30, 2015 | ||
| al+ is a Personal Artificial Intelligence which reconstructs individual personalities on the cloud by analyzing life log data of individuals and their groups. Based on the analysis of individual personalities, unproductive parts of labour will be automated and alt’s operating efficiency will be maximized.al+ users can focus on more productive,creative and sophisticated work. Using this methodology, we sincerely hope to contribute to the solution of different kinds of social problems. | $7.1M / Seed / May 11, 2015 | ||
| Moi Corporation was founded to deliver on the promise of the Twitcasting social live streaming platform. We developed Twitcasting to enable people to stream and share live video anytime, anywhere - connecting the world in real-time. TwitCasting provides a live streaming social platform that enables real-time chat between broacasters andviewers, through apps or desktop. Users can follow their favorite broadcasters and receive notifications when new a new live stream is about to start. Broadcasters can save and publish their live streams for later viewing.In early 2014 we added "Collabo" to Twitcasting, enabling as many as 6 users to broadcast together, in a single display. Viewers can join a broadcast that is already streaming live and broadcast together. It is the first app to support multi-device broadcasting in a single stream on mobile and PC. Our user base has doubled every year, and hit 7.5 million in September, 2014. While the largest part of our base is in Asia, users in US, Brazil, Mexico and other Latin American countries are now growing rapidly. About 70% of our users are under 25 years old, & approximately 95% of broadcasters shoot on mobile.  | $5M / Series A / Jun 27, 2014 | ||
| Shippo is a versatile shipping platform designed to help e-commerce businesses manage their shipping operations efficiently. It offers a multi-carrier shipping API and web app that connects businesses with over 40 global carriers, including USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL. Shippo provides tools for creating shipping labels, tracking packages, managingbilling and invoicing, and accessing discounted shipping rates. | $250K / Seed / Apr 28, 2014 | ||
| Shippo is a versatile shipping platform designed to help e-commerce businesses manage their shipping operations efficiently. It offers a multi-carrier shipping API and web app that connects businesses with over 40 global carriers, including USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL. Shippo provides tools for creating shipping labels, tracking packages, managingbilling and invoicing, and accessing discounted shipping rates. | $250K / Seed / Mar 27, 2014 | ||
| Moi Corporation was founded to deliver on the promise of the Twitcasting social live streaming platform. We developed Twitcasting to enable people to stream and share live video anytime, anywhere - connecting the world in real-time. TwitCasting provides a live streaming social platform that enables real-time chat between broacasters andviewers, through apps or desktop. Users can follow their favorite broadcasters and receive notifications when new a new live stream is about to start. Broadcasters can save and publish their live streams for later viewing.In early 2014 we added "Collabo" to Twitcasting, enabling as many as 6 users to broadcast together, in a single display. Viewers can join a broadcast that is already streaming live and broadcast together. It is the first app to support multi-device broadcasting in a single stream on mobile and PC. Our user base has doubled every year, and hit 7.5 million in September, 2014. While the largest part of our base is in Asia, users in US, Brazil, Mexico and other Latin American countries are now growing rapidly. About 70% of our users are under 25 years old, & approximately 95% of broadcasters shoot on mobile.  | $9.2M / Seed / May 22, 2013 | ||
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Co-Investors
About East Ventures
East Ventures is a pioneering and leading sector-agnostic venture capital firm. Founded in 2009, East Ventures has transformed into a holistic platform that provides multi-stage investments, from Seed to Growth stage investments, for over 300 tech companies across Southeast Asia. As an early believer in the startup ecosystem in Indonesia and the most active investor in Southeast Asia, East Ventures is an early backer of prominent tech companies in the region, such as Tokopedia, Traveloka, Ruangguru, ShopBack, Waresix, Xendit, IDN, Sociolla, Fore Coffee (IDX: FORE), Tech in Asia (acquired by SPH), Kudo (acquired by Grab), Loket (acquired by Gojek), and MokaPOS (acquired by Gojek). East Ventures was named the most consistent top-performing VC fund globally by Preqin and the most active investor in SEA and Indonesia by various media. Moreover, East Ventures is Indonesia's first venture capital firm to sign the Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI), supported by the United Nations (UN). East Ventures is committed to achieving sustainable development and positively impacting society through its initiatives and ESG-embedded practices.
East Ventures Contacts
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Luthfi Prasetya
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Takanori Oshiba
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Avina Sugiarto
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Batara Eto
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Italo Gani
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FAQ
What does Taiga Matsuyama invest in?
Taiga Matsuyama invests primarily in Software, Internet and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 12 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 Taiga Matsuyama invest in?
Taiga Matsuyama typically joins rounds of $250k–$9.2M at Seed, $320k–$3.7M at Angel and $5M–$5.3M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Taiga Matsuyama's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Taiga Matsuyama took part in.
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When did Taiga Matsuyama last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Taiga Matsuyama closed in Jan 2022. Shizune tracks 12 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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