Takao Ozawa
Angel Investor · at Boost Capital
Tokyo, Japan
Takao Ozawa is a seed investor at Boost Capital in Tokyo focused on Artificial Intelligence and Real Estate. Takao is the former CEO of YJ Capital. He is also the President of Shopping Company at Yahoo Japan. Prior to Yahoo, he founded Bizseek, Inc. in 1999 which was acquired by Rakuten, Inc. in 2001. He joined Rakuten after the acquisition and was the Corporate Officer in charge of auctions. During his career in Rakuten, he was engaged in projects such as formation of Rakuten Eagles. He left Rakuten in 2006 and founded Ozawa Research Institute where he enhanced business in areas such as investments to start-up companies and consulting. In 2011, he founded Crocos, Inc. which was sold to Yahoo Japan in 2012. As an angel investor, he invested/founded companies like nanapi, Appgrooves, STARFESTIVAL, Crocos, Netage and many others.
- Total investments:
- 25
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 16%
Last updated:
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Industries Takao Ozawa invests in
Stages Takao Ozawa invests in
Countries Takao Ozawa invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $41k–$13M
- Series A
- $145k–$19M
- Series B
- $4.2M–$12M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (16%)
- Real Estate 3 (12%)
- Information Technology 3 (12%)
- B2B 2 (8%)
- News 2 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 9 (36%)
- Series A 7 (28%)
- Series B 3 (12%)
- Series C 3 (12%)
- Angel 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| H2 Corporation offers an automation solution called "AI Estimation" for estimating tasks. | Seed / Dec 26, 2025 | ||
| TERASS is a High-end real estate information site. | $13.4M / Series C / Jul 30, 2025 | ||
| Kotoba Technologies develops and supports technology tailored to business fields and applications. It supports the implementation of language models into corporate applications by communicating closely with companies in Japanese to accurately understand the needs and actual situation of each company, and then provide optimal technical support.++ | $11.8M / Seed / Jun 30, 2025 | ||
| Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands. | $3.7M / Series A / Mar 28, 2025 | ||
| Aeterlink is a wireless device maker and developer. They applied their technology to fields such as FA, robots, smart houses, and medicine and developed practical level technologies such as elemental technology that can wirelessly supply power. | $12.1M / Series B / Feb 26, 2025 | ||
| Pleap is a medical engineering company specializing in the development of AI and IoT-based technology solutions tailored for medical institutions. The company's product offerings include "medimo" which is an AI tool that automatically creates medical record manuscripts from medical audio. | $964.2K / Seed / Jan 28, 2025 | ||
| ARCH provides research, development, operation, and support systems for gynecology and fertility treatment solutions | $5.9M / Series A / Nov 26, 2024 | ||
| HA-LU is a Short Drama Label that aims to produce authentic "Youth 2.0 IP Contents" for the next generation. | Seed / Oct 24, 2024 | ||
| ACROVE is an EC & D2C platform company that provides brand building services such as SaaS and consulting-service. | $14.1M / Series C / Sep 12, 2024 | ||
| H2 Corporation offers an automation solution called "AI Estimation" for estimating tasks. | $2.1M / Seed / Aug 22, 2024 | ||
| See all 25 investments → | |||
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What does Takao Ozawa invest in?
Takao Ozawa invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Real Estate and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 25 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 Takao Ozawa invest in?
Takao Ozawa typically joins rounds of $41k–$13M at Seed, $145k–$19M at Series A and $4.2M–$12M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Takao Ozawa's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Takao Ozawa took part in.
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When did Takao Ozawa last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Takao Ozawa closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 25 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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