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Singapore - Tokyo Japan, Singapore
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data)
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.
Hong Kong - Tokyo Japan - Valley California - Palo Alto, California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools
Builder · Investor · Managing Partner at Locus Ventures
Most Interested In
AI enabled services, e-Sports, Infrastructure as a Service, B2B SaaS, Industrial Robotics, Cloud Security, India
Not Interested In
Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies
Founding engineer at Operator.com • Ex-Facebook, Yahoo • Studied at Stanford, CMU • Specialized in User Acquisition, Internationalization & Growth • Angel
Arizona ; Japan; Tokyo Japan; New York New York ; Paris France; Scottsdale Arizona ; France; New York ; California Un, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Online Social
Philippe Guelton serves as Chief Executive Officer at BabyHold.com. He also is an Angel Investor. Philippe Guelton serves as Chief Executive Officer at SheKnows Media. He is also a Board Member at BT Software and Research. Before joining SheKnows, Philippe Guelton served as President of Thrillist Media Group, a leading men's lifestyle publication, and operator of Jackthreads.com, a members-only shopping club. Previously, Philippe served in several senior roles at Hachette (Lagardere Media), including Chief Executive Officer for Northern Asia, where he led the acquisition and integration of Japanese media company Fujingaho, and more recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of HFMUS, where he oversaw the company's media properties, including Elle, Elle Decor and Woman's Day, among others. During his time at HFMUS, Philippe led the acquisition of digital ad network Jumpstart Automotive Group and the launch of Glo.com, a premier online fashion and beauty property, in partnership with MSN and Whalerock Industries. He was also instrumental in the sale of HFMUS to Hearst Corporation in June 2011.
Menlo Park California - New York City (NY) - Seoul South Korea - Tokyo Japan - Beijing China - Shanghai China - San Francisco, California - Los Angeles (CA), United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT (& Wearables) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Mobile • Mobility • Consumer
Most Interested In
Vertical SaaS Transactional Consumer Real Estate Tech Fin Tech Check out more at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylelui/
Kyle Lui serves as Principal at DCM Ventures. He also is an Angel Investor. Prior to DCM Ventures, Kyle was the co-founder and CEO of ChoicePass, where he led product management, user acquisition, partnerships, sales and operations. ChoicePass was an enterprise perks and rewards SaaS company backed by prominent angel investors, and acquired by Salesforce.com and Rypple. At Salesforce, Kyle served as Director of Product Management on the founding product team for Work.com, growing the business to over 1,000 enterprise customers. Kyle is a frequent speaker at Salesforce's customer conferences and holds a patent on innovative systems and methods for delivering rewards in an on-demand SaaS environment.
Kentucky - The firm was founded in 1993, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • HealthTech (& Fitness) • DeepTech • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Mobile
Chrysalis Partner - I invest with entrepreneurs who use information and data to drive innovation for businesses.
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..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Food & Beverage • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Online Social
Brett Mason is the Co-Founder, Board Member and Vice President at BitCoin India.
Owensboro Kentucky - London United Kingdom - U.K., U.K.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution)
Very experienced investment banker interested in funding growing manufacturing and clean technology businesses in the UK
ku Japan - Tokyo Japan, U.S.A.
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
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.
Brazil - Tokyo Japan - Beijing China - Shanghai China - Western Europe - Eastern Europe - Russia - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Advertising • Mobile • Consumer
Entrepreneurial VC with truly global exposure
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania - Tokyo Japan - Los Angeles, California - Santa Monica, California - , U.S.A.
Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy)
Patrick McKenzie is the Founder of Bingo Card Creator. He was the Owner of Bingo Card Creator. He also is an Angel Investor.
Durham North Carolina - San Francisco California - Raleigh North Carolina - Chicago Illinois - North Carolina - Louisville Kentucky - Massachusetts - Concord California - Kentucky, U.S.A.
Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Consumer
Recognizing the absence of resident venture capital managers in Mid-America as a business opportunity, David founded Chrysalis Ventures in 1993. To this task he brought a varied background in business, law and banking. At Chrysalis, David has worked with some of the most exciting growth companies in the Midwest and South, including Six Flags (formerly Premier Parks of Oklahoma City), Tritel (merged with Telecorp and sold to AT&T Wireless), Regent Communications (sold to Jacor Communications which was sold to Clear Channel Communications), ActaMed (merged with Healtheon and then with WebMD), and High Speed Access Corp (IPO and later sold to Charter Communications). He currently focuses primarily on healthcare investing and chairs the management company and funds' investment committees. In April 2005, David was appointed non-executive Chairman of Humana, Inc. (NYSE: HUM). He has served on Humana's Board of Directors since 1993, and was non-executive Vice Chairman from 1996 to April 2005. Prior to Chrysalis, David's law practice included both domestic and international work, the latter with the U.S. Department of State Legal Adviser's (general counsel's) office in Washington (1988-1992). Before law school, he worked as a commercial banker for Bank of Boston in Hong Kong, New York, and Boston. David left the bank to manage the import division of a regional hardware wholesaler.
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.
Tokyo Japan - Foster City California - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Food & Beverage • Impact • Logistics (& Distribution) • Mobile • Mobility • Online Social
Founder of Scrum Ventures, early stage-focused fund. Serial entrepreneur background ( J-Magic(mobile), Neven Vision(software))
San Francisco California - Lexington Massachusetts - Canada - Massachusetts - Palo Alto California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Mobile
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.
Evansville (IN) - Dayton (OH) - Indianapolis (IN) - Cincinnati (OH) - Louisville/Jefferson Coun, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Sales (& Marketing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Future Of Work • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution)
Most Interested In
Startups and co-investors in the Ohio River Valley region, 3 hour drive from Louisville, KY (including Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Columbus, Nashville)
Not Interested In
Companies who are ignoring the industries in their own community.
Tokyo Japan - Palo Alto (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • HealthTech (& Fitness)
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 - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Investment Management
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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
Chief Mentor & Accelerator Evangelist at GHV Accelerator
Vikram is having diversified experience from Japanese Projects Offshoring to Global Corporate Strategy and New Ventures Turnaround, specialized for the Japan-India Cross Border Business execution. -Go-to-market Strategist -Expert in building a "winning team", -Successful executive for "new market entry ". -Visionary & mentor - A change leader Specialties: Day job:Go-to-market Strategist, expert in building a "winning team", successful executive for "new market entry ".visionary & a change leader New Venture Turnaround, Venture Catalyst, Start-up Mentor, Indo-Japanese Business Operations and Building best ROI by leveraging on growing Indian Economy. Internet Business Modelling. Japanese Project Offshoring. Brandbuilding and client capital building for Indian/Japanese Market.
Hanoi Vietnam; Vietnam; Japan; Tokyo Japan; United Kingdom; London United Kingdom; California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT (& Wearables) • Mobile • Consumer
Hajime Hotta is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Innovatube. He also is an Angel Investor. He invented and lead the core product at Cirius Tech which was acquired by Yahoo Japan and also lead the series A funding at Naked Tech which was sold to Mixi Japan. He has a PhD in computer science and a strong academic background in AI and AI-web application.
Japan - Tokyo Japan - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Mobile • Online Social • Consumer
Managing Officer, Executive Office at LIFULL Co.,Ltd.(formerly NEXT) (Also Board Director of Trovit and Mitula)
Tokyo - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - South San Francisco (CA) - , U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Real Estate (& Construction) • Online Social
Most Interested In
SaaS, IoT, A.I, Marketplaces
Not Interested In
Games, adtech
Japan - Tokyo Japan - Singapore - Barcelona Spain - San Francisco California - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • Human Resources • Mobile • Online Social • Consumer
CDO, Fintech Data Strategist. Professor of Data Strategy and AiEthics. SGWIT committee member, UNWomen Ambassador.