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investors to give you the best chance to find startup investors.
Cologne, U.S.A. - Germany - Russia - Brazil - Japan
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • IoT (& Wearables) • Gaming (& eSports) • Online Social • Consumer
Co-founder and Managing Director at fulfillmenttools
Investor in @groupon, @playhaven, Pulse (alphonso Labs), @yume, @angieslist, @kaufda-de, @myfab-com, @experteer, Friendbuy, @xango, @9flats, @sapato, @fastlane, @teamo...
Tokyo, expanding its investment activities in the US, United Kingdom
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Investment Management
Partner and Europe Office Representative at Global Brain Corporation
Partner and Europe Office Representative at Global Brain Corporation
Tokyo Japan, Japan
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data)
Nobutake Suzuki serves as Partner in charge of KDDI open innovation fund at Global Brain. Nobutake is in charge of investments outside of Japan. Prior to joining GB, he was a technology analyst at Sanwa Bank in Japan and in the US.
Singapore - Tokyo Japan, Singapore
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data)
Investor & Board Observer at Black Fish Technologies
Saemin Ahn serves as Managing Partner & Executive Officer at Rakuten Capital. He is an Angel Investor. He is also an Advisor and a Board Member at Run Dexter, AdsNative and ViSenze. Saemin invests in diverse verticals such as advertising technology, artificial intelligence and on-demand business around the world. Some of his investments include Carousell, Pocketmath and Algorithmia.
Louisville/Jefferson County - Kentucky, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Sales (& Marketing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Startups and co-investors in Kentucky and the surrounding Ohio River Valley region.
Not Interested In
Companies who are ignoring the industries in their own networks.
Japan; Tokyo Japan; Gurgaon India; Gurugram Haryana India; California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Mobile • Online Social • Consumer
Vikram Upadhyaya is the Founder and serves as Accelerator Evangelist at GHV Accelerator. Vikram serves as Board Member at AM Edumedia. He is an Angel Investor. A technocrat and serial entrepreneur, Vikram holds 14 years of Indo-Japan Market Experience and has been instrumental for some of the Fortune 500 Japanese companies' India market entry.
Japan - China - Shanghai China - Tokyo Japan - Singapore - Hong Kong - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
IT (& TMT) • Education • A.I. (& Big Data)
Rick Myers is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Operating Officer at DFR Asia. Prior to DFR, Rick had a long career in technology in Asia, including serving as General Manager of Asia for InfoGear Technology Corporation (acquired by Cisco in 2000), managing the System Software and Developer Relations groups for Apple Computer Asia, and as one of the first employees of the localization company Pacifitech Corporation in Japan. Rick graduated from UCLA with honors, having also attended Nagoya University in Japan and Yonsei University in Korea.
London - Hamburg Germany - Stockholm Sweden - Tokyo Japan - San Francisco California - Copenhagen Denmark - Hoboken New Jersey - Montpelier Vermont - Wales United Kingdom - - Germany - Japan - Hoboken New, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Businesses Solutions • IoT (& Wearables) • Local commerce • Payments • Online Social • Consumer
Early Yelp ex-IAC/Yahoo/Apple. Advisor, builder, believer in new ideas. Limits like fears are often just an illusion *Exploring new opps @ well-funded startups*
Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Mobile Apps • Mobile • Productivity
Allen Miner is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at SunBridge Partners. He is also the founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at SunBridge Corporation. He is a Board Member at CalmSea. Allen has significant experience in internet, enterprise and open-source software, entrepreneurship, and international technology transfer. Allen graduated from Brigham Young University with degrees in Computer Science and Asian Studies. He joined Oracle Corporation in 1986 and was dispatched to Japan, where he founded and helped lead Oracle Japan to a successful IPO on the Japan stock market. Allen returned from Japan in 1996 to serve as Oracle's Vice President in charge of Linux/Open Source. Allen created SunBridge Corporation in 1999. Allen currently serves on the Boards of several SunBridge portfolio companies and as an advisor to government-affiliated organizations focused on innovation and entrepreneurship. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Japan Venture Capital Association upon its founding in 2002. He served as an advisor at the Geneva Venture Group and Diggle.
Tokyo Japan - San Francisco California - CA - Berkeley - Palo Alto - Portland, United States
Education • Human Resources • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Semiconductors
Head of Ventures at Plug and Play Japan
Mr. Zak Murase is the Founder and serves as Managing Director at Pacific Sky Partners. After joining Sony as a software engineer, he moved to Silicon Valley in 1998 as a product manager for the PC VAIO. He left Sony in 2013 after working with the US PlayStation Network, the optical drive business, and collaboration with startups in UX development. As a representative of the Silicon Valley office of a Japanese venture capital, he was in charge of investing in American startups from CVC funds such as KDDI and Mitsui Fudosan. He has led investments in 14 companies ranging from seed to late stage and managed a portfolio of 18 companies.