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South San Francisco - San Francisco Bay Area - Tokyo, U.S.A. - Japan
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Online Social
Most Interested In
SaaS, IoT, A.I, Marketplaces
Not Interested In
Games, adtech
Japan, U.S.A. - Japan
Businesses Solutions • IoT (& Wearables) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Advertising • AR/VR • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Nanotechnology • Online Social • Consumer
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.
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...
Palo Alto, U.S.A. - Japan
Businesses Solutions • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social
Yusuke Asakura is a Co-Founder at Tokyo Founders Fund. He serves as Board Member at Relux. Previously, he Co-Founded and served as President at Naked Technology. Heis a Visiting Scholar at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. He is also co-founder of Tokyo Founders Fund, an angel network composed of eight entrepreneurs, which invests in pre-seed and seed stage startup companies globally. Prior to coming to the US, Asakaura was the CEO of mixi, a public company which runs the largest Social Networking Service in Japan. At mixi, he led turnaround strategy by diversification of its business and increased its market cap from $200M to $4B in one year. Prior to mixi, he was the founder and CEO of mobile tech startup, Naked Technology. The company was acquired by mixi in 2011. Asakura earned his bachelors degree in Law from the University of Tokyo in 2007.
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.
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*
Japan - Tokyo Japan - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Mobile • Online Social • Consumer
Angel and Int'l BizDev at NEXT. Joined Rakuten in 1999 when sales was $6 million, grew it to $1.2 billion in 2005. Then joined a VC, helped 2 startups thru IPO.
Japan - Tokyo Japan - San Francisco California - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Mobile • Online Social • Consumer
#4 employee and Board member of GREE, founder and SVP of its US branch, GREE International. Product leader having Engineering background.
Japan - Tokyo Japan - Los Angeles California - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Entertainment (& Sports) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Music • Online Social • Industrials
Wicks Walker is a Co-Founder of W4. He also serves as an Angel Investor.
Honolulu - Hawaii, U.S.A. - Japan
Hospitality (& Events) • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • GovTech • Payments • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused
Cheif Strategy Officer of Cerego Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - Japan
Businesses Solutions • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Future Of Work • Robotics • DeepTech • Mobility • Nanotechnology • Online Social
Investor at KDDI Open Innovation Fund
Most Interested In
Mobile related, Consumer Facing Service and Technology since we have over 45M mobile customers in Japan.
Ken Sobajima serves as Director, Investments at KDDI.
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - Netherlands
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Gaming (& eSports) • Food & Beverage • Local commerce • Online Social
CEO of @908 Inc. Serial entrepreneur, angel investor, networker, bootstrapper!
Lewes Delaware - Saudi Arabia - London - Hong Kong - Singapore - Dubai United Arab Emirates - Sydney Australia - Malaysia - Tokyo Japan - San Francisco California - India - Canada - China - South Africa - Asia - Uruguay - - Argentina, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • CleanTech • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Developer tools • Online Social
Brett Mason is the Co-Founder, Board Member and Vice President at BitCoin India.
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - Germany - Japan
Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Developer tools • Local commerce • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Nanotechnology • Online Social • Consumer
Creative Director at @Trydesignlab Founder @makerlab @LittleCities ⢠Worked at @yammer, @wieden-kennedy @intuit @tangible-ux @saucelabs @platial
Menlo Park, U.S.A. - Japan
Businesses Solutions • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • Local commerce • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social • Consumer
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.
Palo Alto, U.S.A. - Japan
Education • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Analytics • Developer tools • Local commerce • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility • Nanotechnology • Online Social
Masai Ishikawa serves as Assistant Manager of Global Business Development at NTT DoCoMo.
Japan - Tokyo Japan - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Mobile Apps • Online Social • Consumer
Kiyoshi Nishikawa is the Founder and Board Member of Ngi Group. He founded and is the Owner and President & Chief Executive Officer at NetAge. He also serves as Board Member at Oceans. He serves as a Board Member at Nightley.
Japan - Tokyo Japan - Sydney Australia - Singapore - Australia - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Online Social
Angel + Internet entrpreneur. Founded Sublime IP. Managed Australia's first ISP; >20 years Internet experience. @insead-1 MBA.