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investors to give you the best chance to find startup investors.
Tokyo - San Francisco - Boston - Los Angeles - Seattle - Bay Area, U.S.A.
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.
Tokyo - San Francisco - Bay Area - South - SF, U.S.A.
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
Tokyo Japan - Palo Alto (CA), U.S.A.
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.
Hamburg - Moscow - Rio De Janeiro - Tokyo - San Francisco Bay Area - Cologne - Japan - San Francisco California - San Francisco nia, U.S.A.
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...
Los Altos California - Japan - San Mateo California - Tokyo Japan - Mountain View California - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Media • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Online Social
Founder of @digital-magic-labs(DML), @ip-infusion (an ACCESS Company) and Miselu.
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.
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)
Tokyo Japan - Foster City California - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Food & Beverage • Mobility • Online Social
Founder of Scrum Ventures, early stage-focused fund. Serial entrepreneur background ( J-Magic(mobile), Neven Vision(software))
San Francisco (CA) - Japan - Tokyo Japan - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Media • Businesses Solutions • Food & Beverage • Online Social
Hello All, I have been Head of APAC & Japan operations for a IT Company for last 8 years, and now have started my own venture. Looking forward for interaction
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 - Mountain View, U.S.A.
Businesses Solutions • IoT (& Wearables) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Advertising • 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.
Palo Alto California - Mountain View California - Kiev Ukraine - San Francisco (CA) - Kyiv Ukraine - ; Ukraine; Valley California ; Amsterdam Netherl, U.S.A.
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!
Tokyo, Japan - Japan - Tokyo Japan - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Local commerce • Mobility • Online Social
Advising global startups' Japan entry as Trailnavi, Inc. (Founded in April, 2013) and Egg Japan MD. Invested in @twitter, @linkedin and etc. when worked at DG.
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 - 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.
Honolulu Hawaii - Vancouver - California - Tokyo, U.S.A.
Hospitality (& Events) • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • GovTech • Payments • Online Social • Consumer
Cheif Strategy Officer of Cerego Inc.
Tokyo - New York - San Francisco - Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • 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.
Tokyo - Palo Alto California - Japan, U.S.A.
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.
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 Gueltun 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.
Tokyo - Japan, U.S.A. - Israel - Canada - Japan
AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Food & Beverage • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Robotics • DeepTech • Mobility • Nanotechnology • Online Social
Most Interested In
Looking closely at the Media and Entertainment sector (Gaming, Music, Sports/Esports, Pictures), Blockchain, NFT's, Healthtech, Fintech, Environment, Foodtech, and additional areas in which Sony can bring strategic value.
Not Interested In
Pre-seed startups
San Francisco - Japan - Oakland California - Tokyo - New York New York - Berlin - Los Angeles California - Oakland ornia, U.S.A.
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