Our team is dedicated to scouting
investors from all around the world.
FinTech, Hardware, SaaS … we diversify our portfolio of
investors to give you the best chance of finding the right partner.
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.
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.
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))
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.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Mobile • Online Social • Consumer
Founded Orogenesis, Cocoon & World TaSCForce. Crossborder VC. Worked at @apple, @tellme-networks. Studied at @stanford-university, @uc-berkeley-1 , @umbc-1
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.
Japan; Valley California ; Tokyo Japan; San Francisco California ; California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IoT (& Wearables) • Payments • Online Social
A product guy turned into VC, Partner at WiL
Aki is a product guy turned into the venture capitalist. He is also passionate about building the new business through investments, fostering the entrepreneurs and facilitating the Design Thinking and Transformation workshop to the corporate executives. Aki is a partner with WiL, a $900M hybrid venture fund based in Palo Alto with three business missions to bridge the gap between startups and corporates: 1. Investment, 2. Incubation, 3. Empowerment. Sweet spot is in the middle stage with $5M-$20M investment. Aki's particular interest is in media, entertainment, VR/AR, Crypt/Blockchain. Prior to WiL, Aki was in charge of early stage investment for Digital Garage focused on social, advertisement and payment vertical. Aki has worked with Twitter, Path, Udemy, Intercom, etc to accelerate their Japan business backed by Digital Garage Tokyo team and led 30+ early stage investments. Aki joined Digital Garage as a product manager at Tokyo office in 2003. He led the engineering team and UX team in various projects for clients. He moved to Bay Area in 2008 to open up the first office in US to support portfolio companies. He worked at Twitter HQ in San Francisco to grow the early Twitter Japan until 2011. Prior to Digital Garage, Aki was a software programmer such as Java, Perl, Visual Basic and Cobol at AIS for 3 years. Prior to that, Aki was a construction site manager at Kumagai-Gumi, the general contractor in Japan. Specialties: VC, early stage investment, marketplace, VR/AR, mobile, smart home, IoT, connected car, wearable, advertisement, cross-border business development between US and Japan, product development, off-shore development, online marketing, buzz marketing, social media, CakePHP, iPhone App, LAMP, Japanese, English
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
London - Berlin Germany - Hong Kong - Singapore - New York City (NY) - Lisbon Portugal - Seoul South Korea - Tel Aviv Israel - Tokyo Japan - San Francisco California - Beijing China - Valley California - Atlanta Georgia - - Japan - China - Atla, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Mobile Apps • Online Social
Partner at Delta Partners Group - Investments and Corporate Finance, and Managing Partner at Strive Capital (fka Kii Capital)
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.
Japan - Tokyo Japan - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Energy • Entertainment (& Sports) • CleanTech • Online Social
Managing Director at JMAN Group
Tokyo Japan - Mountain View (CA), U.S.A.
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
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.
Japan - Tokyo Japan - San Francisco California - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Mobile • Online Social • Consumer
Board of Director and SVP, Games at GREE, Inc. CEO, Wright Flyer Live Entertainment.
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
Founder of @division-films, @w4, Hydra, Investor in Path, Playsino, Titan Gaming, @evertune, @mp3-com, @net2phone
Cologne - Germany; Japan; Tokyo Japan; Rio De Janeiro Brazil; Moscow Russia; Hamburg Germany; San Francisco California ; Califor, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • IoT (& Wearables) • Gaming (& eSports) • Online Social • Consumer
Investor in @groupon, @playhaven, Pulse (alphonso Labs), @yume, @angieslist, @kaufda-de, @myfab-com, @experteer, Friendbuy, @xango, @9flats, @sapato, @fastlane, @teamo...
New York City (NY) - Tokyo Japan - San Francisco Bay Area - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • AR/VR • Future Of Work • Messaging • Mobile Apps • Nanotechnology • Online Social • Consumer
Co-Founder @zynga • Angel Investor @sprig, @yourmechanic, @gigster-1 ++ • Advisor @kik-interactive
Tokyo - New York (NY) - San Francisco (CA) - Los Angeles (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • Mobile Apps • Online Social • Consumer
Most Interested In
Shifting interest to Seed and Late stage investments.
Not Interested In
Not interested in gaming or dating - we can't make investments in those categories.
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
Vice President at 7shifts • Ex-VP of Brand Ad Sales at Yelp • Founder • Leveraging Diverse Experience to Grow Global Revenue Teams
Tokyo Japan - Foster City California - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Education • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Human Resources • Impact • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Messaging • Payments • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • SaaS • DeepTech • FoodTech • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Incubators • Music • Investment Management • LegalTech • Life Science • Mobile • Mobility • Nanotechnology • Nonprofits • Oncology • Pets • Online Social • Consumer • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine) • Restaurants • Oil & Gas (& Mining) • Woman Focused • Industrials • Film Production (& Distribution) • Semiconductors • 3D Printing
Scrum Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm based in Silicon valley. The firm invests in the commerce, transportation, healthcare, SaaS, fintech and internet of things sectors in the United States. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Tokyo - New York (NY) - San Francisco (CA) - Los Angeles (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • Mobile Apps • Online Social • Consumer
Most Interested In
Shifting interest to Seed and Late stage investments.
Not Interested In
Not interested in gaming or dating - we can't make investments in those categories.
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.
Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky - Evansville (IN) - Dayton (OH) - Indianapolis (IN) - Cincinnati (OH), U.S.A. - India
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Education • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Human Resources • Impact • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Messaging • Payments • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • SaaS • DeepTech • FoodTech • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Incubators • Music • Investment Management • LegalTech • Life Science • Mobile • Mobility • Nanotechnology • Nonprofits • Oncology • Pets • Online Social • Consumer • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine) • Restaurants • Oil & Gas (& Mining) • Woman Focused • Industrials • Film Production (& Distribution) • Semiconductors • 3D Printing
We invest in idea to growth stage Kentucky-based companies and technologies across industries and sectors through our investment arm (Keyhorse Capital) https://www.openvc.app/fund/Keyhorse%20Capital
Oregon - Japan - Portland Oregon - Tokyo Japan - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Life Science • Mobile • Online Social
Serial Entrepreneur