BASE
VC Fund
Roppongi, Japan
BASE is a VC fund in Roppongi focused on Content and Internet. BASE provides web-based services that develop and build e-commerce platforms. The company provides its services across Japan, such as net shop creation, development of shopping applications, development of online payment, and other services.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 20%
Last updated:
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Industries BASE invests in
Stages BASE invests in
Countries BASE invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 10 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $2.8M–$2.8M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Content 2 (40%)
- Internet 2 (40%)
- E-Commerce 2 (40%)
- SNS 1 (20%)
- Fashion 1 (20%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (40%)
- Series E 1 (20%)
- Corporate Round 1 (20%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (20%)
Country
- Japan 3 (60%)
- India 1 (20%)
- Australia 1 (20%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yuta Tsuruoka
Representative Director & CEO
|
Representative Director & CEO | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Jinguuji Masahito
Operating Officer
|
Operating Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Kazuma Ieiri
Founder & Outside Director
|
Founder & Outside Director | Total investments: 22 | Find email | |
Ken Harada
Director & CFO
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Director & CFO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Kenichi Takano
CEO
|
CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 10 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Note develops a media platform that aims to help creators publish sentences, images, and audio over the Internet. The company's platform enables users to receive updates in order to keep track of daily information, allowing creators and readers to feel comfortable creating things and delivering them pleasantly to the recipients. | Corporate Round / Jan 12, 2021 | ||
| Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over700,000 people. | $29.9M / Series E / Dec 04, 2020 | ||
| Instamojo is an on-demand payments platform that enables entrepreneurs to build, manage, and grow their business online. With transactions being a key part of every business, Instamojo pioneers 'Payment Links' in India, an easy-to-start and easy-to-integrate payment solution, enabling entrepreneurs and businesses to quickly get startedwith collecting payments online.Instamojo also provides a suite of services and products which enable sellers to create a store online, uncover insights into their store behavior, and use that to scale their business further. | Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 13, 2020 | ||
| MOSH is an online health platform that provides clinical treatments for men. They also provide men with discreet online treatment for hair loss, sexual health, skincare, mental health, and weight loss. They are a digital healthcare platform for prescribing and delivering medicines direct to consumers. | $2.8M / Series A / Oct 16, 2020 | ||
| MOSH is a web page creation services for individual business owners. | $2.8M / Series A / Oct 16, 2020 |
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FAQ
What does BASE invest in?
BASE invests primarily in Content, Internet and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A and Series E 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 round sizes does BASE invest in?
BASE typically joins rounds of $2.8M–$2.8M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not BASE's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds BASE took part in.
How do I contact BASE?
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Who are the partners at BASE?
The team at BASE includes Yuta Tsuruoka (Representative Director & CEO), Jinguuji Masahito (Operating Officer) and Kazuma Ieiri (Founder & Outside Director), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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