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Mitch Kitamura

Tokyo Japan - San Mateo California - Valley California - San Mateo, California - Palo Alto (CA), U.S.A.

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Impact • Mobility

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DNX Ventures

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Mitch has been in the venture capital industry for over 20 years and has backed over 40 startup companies including Swell (Acquired by Apple),W.I.S Technologies (Acquired by Micronas), LiveRamp (NYSE: RAMP), and Fortinet(NASDAQ: FTNT). Mitch has worked for years networking to promote business expansion between Asia and the US. With his comprehensive background, he leverages his experience of collaborating with numerous entrepreneurs to help portfolio companies grow. Among the many fields DNX invests in, he has a special passion for Enterprise Services and Fintech. At DNX, He has led investments in PayJoy and SafeGraph, and serves on the boards of Banzai, Creadits, Paystand and Peatix. Mitch is also an entrepreneur. Prior to building DNX, he started a US investment operation for a Japanese venture capital firm from the ground up. Mitch holds a BC, International Business from Curtin University in Australia and an MA, Economics from Boston University

Masahiko Honma

ku Japan - Tokyo Japan, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Human Resources • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobility

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Honma Masahiko is the Co-Founder and serves as General Partner, Investments at Incubate Fund. He also serves as Partner at KK Fund. After graduating from Keio University, in the overseas investment arm of JAFCO, to carry out investments in Internet companies in Israel and Silicon Valley, JV establishment, the Japanese market business. From 2001, he worked in venture capital and corporate development department of Accenture. Works in the capital of Mitsubishi Corporation subsidiary, to experience an IPO from venture capital MonotaRO, of Benchari public than in 2003. funds in 2007, specializing in seed stage investment of the net business, core People Partners establishment. He was appointed representative partner. is performed establishment phase of Pokerabo and gumi, the development of business investment in the establishment phase, significantly grow. 2010, incubate bait Fund No. 1 Limited Partnership establishment. Representative appointed partner.

Mathias Schilling

Brazil - Tokyo Japan - Beijing China - Shanghai China - Western Europe - Eastern Europe - Russia - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Advertising • Mobile • Consumer

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Entrepreneurial VC with truly global exposure

John Stokes

London - New York City (NY) - Sydney Australia - Tokyo Japan - Vancouver Washington - Waterloo Canada - Quebec Canada - Montreal Qc Canada - Toronto On Canada - Canada, Canada

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Human Resources

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Co-Founder & Partner at Real Ventures

Linda Dannenberg

Cologne - Germany; Japan; Tokyo Japan; Rio De Janeiro Brazil; Moscow Russia; Hamburg Germany; San Francisco California ; Califor, U.S.A.

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • IoT (& Wearables) • Gaming (& eSports) • Online Social • Consumer

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Investor in @groupon, @playhaven, Pulse (alphonso Labs), @yume, @angieslist, @kaufda-de, @myfab-com, @experteer, Friendbuy, @xango, @9flats, @sapato, @fastlane, @teamo...

Rickie Koo

San Mateo, California - Tokyo, U.S.A.

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Logistics (& Distribution)

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Early-Stage Investor at DNX Venture Partners (Draper Nexus)

Akio Tanaka

Hong Kong - Tokyo Japan - Japan - Global, U.S.A.

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Mobility • Consumer

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Co-Founder & Partner at Infinity Ventures Crypto

James Riney

Tokyo Japan - Mountain View (CA), U.S.A.

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • IoT (& Wearables) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Advertising • AR/VR • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Mobile Apps • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Nanotechnology • Online Social • Consumer

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James Riney serves as Partner and Head at 500 Startups. He also is an Angel Investor.He also serves as Partner at 500 Kobe Pre-Accelerator. He also co-founded the "Medium.com of Japan" before covering venture investments for DeNA, based in Tokyo. He now heads the 500 Startups Japan fund.

Lydia Jett

Tokyo Japan - Boston Massachusetts - Massachusetts - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - Palo Alto, California - , U.S.A.

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Consumer

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Lydia Jett serves as West Coast Investor at Softbank. She also served as an Additional Director at Snapdeal. She formerly served on the Board of Jasper Innovative Marketing Solutions. She served as Vice President at M/C Partners. She joined M/C Partners in 2009 and focuses on investments in a variety of media, communications and technology industry segments. She has worked with M/C portfolio companies such as Attenda (sold to Darwin Private Equity), Baja Broadband (sold to TDS), GTS Central Europe and Lightower Fiber Networks (sold to Berkshire Partners). Prior to joining M/C, Jett worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Principal Investment Area (PIA) in New York where she completed investments across a number of sectors, including media and education. Previously, he worked at J.P. Morgan Securities in the Telecom, Media & Technology (TMT) group of the Leveraged Finance practice in New York. She also worked at Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer Inc. in Los Angeles and with Grosvenor in Hong Kong. She received a B.A. in Economics and Government from Smith College and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He also serves as the Board Member at Fetch Robotics. She serves on Boad of Flipkart.

John Willmoth

Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky, U.S.A.

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer

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Founder and Managing Partner at Poplar Ventures

Batara Eto

Tokyo Japan, Japan

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce)

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Previously, Batara Eto co-founded Mixi and brought the company public in Japan. He was responsible for creating Mixi in December 2003, and he served as Chief Technology Officer of Mixi until 2008. He started his investment career by co-founding East Ventures and made their first investment in 2010. Batara holds bachelor degree in Computer Science from Takushoku University Japan.

Nobutake Suzuki

Tokyo Japan, Japan

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data)

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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.

Jed Ng

Tokyo - , U.S.A.

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • SaaS • DeepTech

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- Built world's largest API Marketplace with Andreessen Horowitz backed company.  - Venture Partner for Off The Grid Ventures. Raised $600k capital in my last 2 deals. - Working on my next venture at the intersection of B2Dev + APIs (in stealth).

Soichi Kariyazono

Tokyo Japan, U.S.A.

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Mobile

Julien Nguyen

Fremont California - San Francisco California - Woodside California - Tokyo, Japan,

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Mobile

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Julien Nguyen is the Founder and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer at E-Motions. He served as Board Member at SBA Materials. Julien Nguyen is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing General Partner at Alta Berkeley. He is also a Co-Founder of ezlogin.com. He also served as Venture Partner at NanoDimension. Prior to NanoDimension, Julien was a Managing Director at Applied Materials Ventures and Concept Ventures. Julien led investments in companies such as Infinera (Nasdaq: INFN), M-Stream (acq'd by Broadcom), Devicescape, Grandis (acq'd by Samsung), Takumi (acq'd by Sagantec), Envis (acq'd by Magma), with co-investors including August Capital, Benchmark, Kleiner Perkins, Matrix Partners, Sevin Rosen, Sigma Partners. Prior to his venture capital activities, Julien founded or was part of the founding team for four startups: Ezlogin (acquired by 724 Solutions), Novita Communications (acquired by Planetweb), Radius (IPO). He holds 21 patents issued in the US. Julien received his postgraduate degree from Telecom Paris (France) and his Master of Science from Ecole Polytechnique (France). He co-founded Faircare and served as its Chairman.

Akihiko Okamoto

San Francisco California - Palo Alto California - Tokyo, Japan

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Blockchain (& Cryptos)

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Managing Director at MUFG Innovation Partners Co., Ltd

Masahiko Inada

Tokyo, U.S.A.

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Real Estate (& Construction)

Kyohei Mukaigawa

Tokyo, U.S.A.

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Real Estate (& Construction)

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VC and Entrepreneurship enthusiast especially in areas of Industrial-IoT. 5 years experience in buy-side M&A especially in public utility arena at Mitsubishi Corporation. 2 years of experience in a management role in a water operations company focusing on strategic pivoting and personnel management. US-born, fully bilingual in English and Japanese.

Akira Kurabayashi

Tokyo, U.S.A.

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Real Estate (& Construction)

Taizo Son

Tokyo Japan, Japan

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables)

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Taizo Son is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Mistletoe. He also serves as Investment Committee Member and Senior Advisor at Abies Ventures. He is the Founder at Gastrotope. He is also the Founder at Movida Japan. He also serves as Chairman at Visionnaire Ventures. Taizo is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in investing and incubating IT-related venture companies in Asia. He founded Gungho Online which is one of the most successful online gaming companies in Japan in 2002, which had its IPO in 2005.

Robert Ackerman

San Francisco California - Lexington Massachusetts - Canada - Massachusetts - Palo Alto California, U.S.A.

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Mobile

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Founded in 1978, Watermill Group is a private buyout group focusing on acquiring middle-market (<$40-500M sales) companies in transition based in the U.S. and Canada. The firm's preferred industry types are Manufacturing, Value-added distribution, and Business services. The only industries that Watermill will not consider are those with short product life cycles, such as pure fashion or leading edge technology. The ideal company will be generating between $40 to $500 million in revenues and present an opportunity for Watermill to acquire a control position. Watermill engages a wide range of business situations, including the following: Situations which require creativity, operating experience, strategic insight, and ability to act quickly; Carve outs and divestitures of non-core businesses; Secured lender sales; Balance sheet restructurings; Prepackaged bankruptcies, section 363 sales, and stalking horse bids; and Distressed, turnaround, and other special situations.

Taro Fukuyama

Portland, Oregon - Tokyo, U.S.A.

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Human Resources • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Payments • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility

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Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund

Michael Madison

Palo Alto California - Switzerland - Israel - Tokyo Japan - New Orleans Louisiana - Valley California - Ahmedabad Gujarat India - Slovakia - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - Ahmedabad Gujarat India; ; Louisiana ; Japan; Indi, U.S.A.

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Mobile • Online Social • Consumer

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Founded Orogenesis, Cocoon & World TaSCForce. Crossborder VC. Worked at @apple, @tellme-networks. Studied at @stanford-university, @uc-berkeley-1 , @umbc-1

Salil Pradhan

Santa Monica California - Tokyo Japan - San Mateo California - Menlo Park (CA), U.S.A.

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • IoT (& Wearables)

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Salil Pradhan is an Angel Investor. He serves as Venture Partner at Draper Nexus. He is also a Board Member at Chirp Microsystems. An advisor to corporate LPs on product strategy, partnerships with startups, and M&A, his current focus in on seed/early stage startups in verticals including retail, healthcare and agriculture with an emphasis on IoT (Internet of things). Previously, Salil spent 10 years at Hewlett Packard in a variety of roles, including CTO of HP's Enterprise RFID/IoT business where he helped create and grow the nascent IoT solutions business to $100m in revenue. He serves on the Board of Momentfeed Inc., is a mentor at the Plug & Play Tech center and Cincinnati based Brandery and an advisor to a number of tech startups. Salil is also an advisor to Washington DC based Govonomy, which helps technology startups growth into government markets. He has also served on the advisory boards of UCLA's WINMEC and UCSD's Center for Wireless Communications. A founder of two startups, Salil's all round experience as a entrepreneur, venture capitalist, product executive and corporate strategist makes him a sought after panelist and judge at venture pitch events. He has been frequently quoted by leading publications. Salil has been issued 54 US patents, in areas related to sensors, IoT and computer systems. He has an MS in Computer Science from Northeastern University in Boston and a B.E. (Computer Engineering) from the University of Pune, India.

Tatsuya Kubo

Tokyo - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Investment Management • Mobile