# Toshiro Wakimaru

> Toshiro Wakimaru is a seed investor at MedPeer backing Task Management and Food and Beverage. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [MedPeer](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/medpeer)
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2020
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Toshiro Wakimaru is a seed investor at MedPeer focused on Task Management and Food and Beverage. Toshiro “Tosh” Wakimaru is the Chief Operating Officer of MedPeer, Inc. , Tokyo, Japan since May 2010. Medpeer is the “Medical Doctor Exclusive” SNS in Japan that has just successfully gone to the market in 2014.Prior to the current job, Tosh had been actively working for Price Waterhouse Consulting, Japan LLP (now IBM Japan, Ltd.) aftergraduating from the Boston University School of Management in 1996. While there he completed numerous projects in corporate strategy, operation improvement, and new business development focusing on the retail, service, and healthcare industries with a secondment to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $800k–$7.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Task Management | 2 | 50% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 50% |
| SNS | 1 | 25% |
| Beauty | 1 | 25% |
| Fashion | 1 | 25% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 3 | 75% |
| India | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cub McPaws | Cub McPaws is a kids clothing brand which celebrates the most unique trait of childhood - curiosity. They focus on delivering modern, chic designs for boys and girls making them look fashionably adorable. Many of us at Cub McPaws are parents themselves. And hence, they understand that making kids feel comfortable is of utmost importance. Thisreflects in their thoughtful designs and excellent quality materials and construction. What makes us truly unique is that they creatively inspire kids curiosity making them explore the world and giving them joy of discovery. The most pleasurable thing about discovery is sharing it with someone else, often with parents. They thus make kids shopping an engaging experience for parents and kids, building bonds and developing shared learnings. | $800K | Seed | Sep 14, 2020 |  |
| Smartround | Smartround is a specialized finance management platform for startups and their investors. For start-ups, for entrepreneurs who are not familiar with finance, simply enter the necessary information according to the guide, prepare appropriate financing round, and prepare a function that can simulate and execute a capital increase. Support informationsharing and communication with shareholders even after the capital increase. | $7.6M | Seed | Mar 06, 2019 |  |
| Clear | Clear, Inc. operates sake subscription service “SAKELIFE". | $10.6M |  | Oct 31, 2018 |  |
| MedPeer | MedPeer operates as a community site for doctors. MedPeer is a recruitment agency collective registration service.MedPeer operation of "MedPeer," a collective intelligence service/ community website for physicians. | $2.8M | Seed | May 14, 2010 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ANOBAKA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kvp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Samyakth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samyakth-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About MedPeer

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

MedPeer operates as a community site for doctors. MedPeer is a recruitment agency collective registration service.MedPeer operation of "MedPeer," a collective intelligence service/ community website for physicians.

5 contacts available at MedPeer.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tomohito Ebine | Business counsel | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tomohito-ebine |
| Akinori Fukumura | Executive Officer CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akinori-fukumura |
| Mitsuhiro Hayashi | COO & Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsuhiro-hayashi |
| Toshio Hirabayashi | Executive officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toshio-hirabayashi |
| Toshiro Wakimaru | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wakimaru-toshio |

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## FAQ

### What does Toshiro Wakimaru invest in?

Toshiro Wakimaru invests primarily in Task Management, Food and Beverage and SNS startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Toshiro Wakimaru's check size?

Toshiro Wakimaru typically joins rounds of $800k–$7.6M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Toshiro Wakimaru participates in.

### When did Toshiro Wakimaru last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Toshiro Wakimaru closed in Sep 2020. Shizune tracks 4 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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