# Tomoya Hirota

> Tomoya Hirota is a seed investor at CLASS, Inc. (Tokyo) backing Apps and Rental. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [CLASS, Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/class-inc)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomoya-hirota-6525ba33/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/tomoyahirota
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomoya.hirota.58

Tomoya Hirota is a seed investor at CLASS, Inc. in Tokyo focused on Apps and Rental. Tomoya Hirota - Director @ CLASS, Inc.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 100% |
| Rental | 1 | 100% |
| Sharing Economy | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ecbo cloak | Ecbo cloak is a sharing service that connects "persons who want to store luggage with shops with space to store luggage. Instead of coin lockers, you can pre-order places online online and store your luggage in the open space of stores of various types of business. | $31.4M | Seed | Feb 05, 2018 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [East Japan Railway](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-japan-railway) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JR West Innovations](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jr-west-innovations) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mercari](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mercari) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About CLASS, Inc.

VC Fund



1 contacts available at CLASS, Inc..

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tomoya Hirota | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tomoya-hirota |

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## FAQ

### What does Tomoya Hirota invest in?

Tomoya Hirota invests primarily in Apps, Rental and Sharing Economy startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Tomoya Hirota last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tomoya Hirota closed in Feb 2018. Shizune tracks 1 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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