# Taiga Matsuyama

> Taiga Matsuyama is a seed investor at SmartApp Japan (Tokyo) backing Software and Internet. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SmartApp Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smartapp-japan)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/@taiga__
- Website: https://x.com/@taiga__
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taiga.matsuyama

Taiga Matsuyama is a seed investor at SmartApp Japan 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 severalstart-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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $250k–$9.2M |
| Angel | $320k–$3.7M |
| Series A | $5M–$5.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 25% |
| Internet | 2 | 17% |
| Analytics | 2 | 17% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 17% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 17% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 50% |
| Angel | 2 | 17% |
| Series A | 2 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 5 | 42% |
| United States | 3 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anyplace | 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 | 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 Japan | Spectra is a Provision of services for artists and fans company. |  | Seed | Mar 06, 2018 |  |
| Autify | 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 | 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+ | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CyberAgent](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyberagent-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Digital Base Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-base-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GA Technologies Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ga-technologies-japan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ANOBAKA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kvp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LAUNCH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MVI (MENA Venture Investments)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mena-venture-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About SmartApp Japan

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Smart Apps is a developer of a blockchain services application designed for smartphones. The company's application uses cryptocurrency technology to offer token issuance, initial coin offering and dApps design support, providing a launchpad for start-up blockchain-related businesses.

4 contacts available at SmartApp Japan.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Taiga Matsuyama | Auditor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taiga-matsuyama |
| High Changde | Business development manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-changde |
| Takashi Sato | President and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takashi-sato |
| Takeya Inagaki | Public relations, Financial Officer, and Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takeya-inagaki |

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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 is Taiga Matsuyama's check size?

Taiga Matsuyama typically joins rounds of $250k–$9.2M at Seed, $320k–$3.7M at Angel and $5M–$5.3M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Taiga Matsuyama participates in.

### 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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