Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Tokyo.
Founder of MyMiniLife/FarmVille; Was CTO of @zynga Japan; Created @zynga's core game framework; Investor in @heyday, @pixelapse, @hipmunk
http://www.amitt.com
Writer, designer. Previously product designer for @flipboard. Advisor for @medium, @955dreams. Mentor at @500startups & @designer-fund. Investor in @oyster, @editorially, @tokyo-otaku-mode, @timbuktu-labs. 2011 TechFellow. 2012 MacDowell fellow.
http://craigmod.com/journal/
Head APAC SMB Acquisition Mktg, @google
PAST:
Global Finance Lead b2b Mktg, @google
Head Finance & Operations, @svox (acquired by Nuance)
I work for Recruit Strategic Partners which is Cooperate Venture Capital of Recruit Holdings in Japan
Advising early stage startups globally as Trailnavi, Inc. (Founded in April, 2013) Invested in @twitter, @path and etc. when I worked at Digital Garage.
Founder @zynga
Managing Partner at 500 Startups. Ex-Googler & ex-YouTuber. Left-handed. Ballet dancer of ~25 yrs. Go Bears.
http://christinetsai.co
Based in Japan, hands-on team manager at DG Incubation. I support localization for portfolio companies while helping run one of JP's leading incubators, OnLab.
Internet entrpreneur + Angel. Founded Sublime IP. Managed Australia's first ISP; >20 years Internet experience. @insead-1 MBA. IP Attorney
Director of the MIT Media Lab, Board Member of Sony, New York TImes, Knight Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Tucows, Mozilla Foundation. Early stage investor.
http://joi.ito.com/
Founder of @division-films, @w4, Hydra, Investor in Path, Playsino, Titan Gaming, @evertune, @mp3-com, @net2phone
Co-founder of DeNA
Founding engineer at Operator.com • Ex-Facebook, Yahoo • Studied at Stanford, CMU • Specialized in User Acquisition, Internationalization & Growth • Angel
Venture Capitalist and Partner at Global Brain Corp.
デジタルガレージ/DGインキュベーション/OpenNetworkLab
Former corp dev / online marketing executive at @rakuten.
Managing Partner of BEENOS - A Tokyo-based investment program. - http://beenos.com
http://hiromaeda.com
CEO @zendrive. Making Driving A Rewarding Experience. Marketing, Product & Strategy @android, @facebook @boston-consulting-group
Co-Founder of @rimnet-k-k, @mysql K.K., @redrobot-k-k; Worked at News Corporation, NTT DoCoMo R&D, @mysql and Sun.
Partner at WiL, a venture capitalist to bridge US and Japan, ex-Digital Garage.
Entrepreneurial VC with truly global exposure
CEO of A2O,Inc., President of TiE Japan, Mentor of 500 StartUps, Advisor of Kamiyama Foundation and Ex.Managing Director of ITOCHU Technology Ventures,Inc.
CEO @anyroad • Cognitive Neuroscience at @berkeley • Founded KAIS International School in Tokyo. Founder of the Mirai Institute and Midori.so.
Co-Founder @gengo-1; @brown-university & @stanford-university in CS & Music; ex-@Microsoft, @sony; OnLab mentor; featured in Time.com & WSJ; J+E bilingual
Managing Director at Draper Nexus
Startup Accelerator. President & CEO of SunBridge Global Ventures Inc. Co-founder of Interscope Inc.(sold to @yahoo JAPAN), also WebCrew Inc.(listed TSE).
Partner and CFO
CEO of addlight Inc. / Director of some Japanese start-ups / Angel Investor
Founder & CEO at Archtype(Incubator). Former COO at Inspire Corp.
Worked on Dentsu.(Internet business specialist) Mentor of NTT com Open Lab,
Managing Director of CyberAgent Ventures. One of the most active VC firm, headquartered in Tokyo.
Work @issuu Worked @google, @admob, @criteo • Studied at @iu @cal • Investor
Founded Cocoon Ventures & World TaSCforce. Crossborder VC. Worked at @apple, @tellme-networks. Studied at @stanford-university, @university-of-california-berkeley, @university-of-maryland-baltimore-county
Co-Founder of early stage VC, @real-ventures (Montreal, Canada) and an investor in the FounderFuel Accelerator.
Investor in @groupon, @playhaven, Pulse (alphonso Labs), @yume, @angieslist, @kaufda-de, @myfab-com, @experteer, Friendbuy, @xango, @9flats, @sapato, @fastlane, @teamo...
Management Sensei ◦ Infrastructure Samurai ◦ Analytics Otaku ◦ Architecture Ninja. 1st programming job at 14. Effective in teams of 4 to 10,000.
Angel Investor, Advisor, C-level Executive with 20 years of Media experience in print and digital platforms. Currently CEO at SheKnows.com
Serial Entrepreneur. Within 10 years has ventured into Telco, ICT, MLM, FOREX, Hedge Fund, Events, Media Production & Business Consulting for Fortune 500.
Worked at @open-network-lab, @dg-incubation, Managing director
Former tech/media banker at GS,MS in Tokyo, a VC in Hong Kong turned seed,early stage investor based in NYC.
Based in Japan
VC @ DeNA, Founding CEO @ STORYS.JP, Former J.P. Morgan
VP Product & Marketing @sendgrid
Entrepreneur, Technologist, Strategist, Startup Advisor, VC Whisperer, Connector of Dots, Marketer & Creator of Cool Stuff
CEO and co-Founder of Gengo
http://robertlaing.com
President of CyberAgent Ventures. One of the most active VC firm focusing on internet service, headquartered in Tokyo.
Specialized in technologies. Investment and incubation, product management, and engineering.
Founder @fullcourt • Worked at @amazon, @yahoo-japan, @peatix, @six-apart • @500startups Mentor
http://angrymoose.org
CTO & Co-founder of @bottlenose. Created web products, companies and development teams in Japan, Europe and US. Comp sci background. #machinelearning #bigdata
http://synaptify.com/
Founder @cirius-technology, @cirius-technologies-usa
COO/CFO of the Marketing Solution Company at Yahoo! JAPAN.
Invest on behalf of Recruit to @translink-capital, DCM, and 500 Startups.
http://blog.livedoor.jp/shby/
Founder of @digital-magic-labs(DML), @ip-infusion (an ACCESS Company) and Miselu.
Intel Microprocessor designer, EDA experts starting from MetaSoftware FAE, Japan business development consultant for many silicon valley startups, 13 years investment in tech domain.
Co-founder of @simplehoney, shopping simplified.
Founder of @icanhascheezburger. Millions of lols.
http://ericnakagawa.com
Investment Principal at @dg-incubation, ex- @gree-inc In Tokyo 6 years, on my way back to CA. Excited to help companies looking to change the world!
Venture Partner, DFJ-JAIC Venture Partners
Firestarter @ Think Gaming // Previous: co-founder, @squrl, @industrynext
Co-founded M3 (TSE:2413). Created world's most successful pharma-to-physician online marketing channel. Transformed $2M startup capital into $1B market cap.
Director, ITOCHU Technology Ventures.
http://www.asada23.com/
Investor in 500 Startups (Fund), @zazzle.
Managing Partner at Strive Capital (fka Kii Capital)
http://ngpedro.tumblr.com
Biz Dev and CVC (KDDI Open Innovation Fund) at @kddi, the biggest Japanese teleco; Worked at Crosslink Capital: Studied at @keio-university and @bates-college
Founder Original Stitch, @startforce • Worked at @splashtop • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley
Co-Founder of @tokyo-otaku-mode Inc,.Ad Planner/Creative Director. I'm responsible for planning and advertising Web services.
Just An Indelible Adopter. ex-Investors of a few early birds.
#Angel #i18n #gihyodp #barlog
//All activities on the Internet is the responsibility of mine.//
Former DeNA full-stack engineer specialized in front-end for successful social games and credited for a popular HTML5 OSS. Co-Founded 2 companies in Tokyo.
http://chikathreesix.com/
Vice President at Recruit Strategic Partners
Hacker • Founder @wazanova • Worked at @dena, @ntt
Serial Entrepreneur, Growth Hacker & Rock'n Roll Guitarist
http://www.strikingly.com/3-0inc
Co-Founder/CEO of @babelverse. TEDx Organiser. Community Builder. Jungle Survivor. Frequent Traveller & Glomad.
http://babelverse.com/blog
Co-founder of @anyperk. co-founded @goood-company, which was acquired. co-founded AppDorks. Designer.
Self-taught developer, designer, and author; consulted with companies across the world, always looking for new and interesting technology.
http://venodesigns.net/
Co-Founder & CTO: @social-rewards, Inc., Screen Rewards
Founder & CEO: Global Micro Solutions, Inc.
Founder & Chairman: GMS Japan, Inc.
Venture Capitalist at CyberAgent Ventures, Inc.
http://www.venturising.com/
Virtual Reality @general-motors , Led System Group @industrial-light-magic, Research Scientist @Fuji Xerox PAL, DCinema @fujifilm, Founder @cinemacraft
CIO at @yahoo Japan. Advisory at Softbank mobile. Founder & President at P.I.M. (Acquired by YahooJP in 2000)
Co-Founder and Director at @weatherly-japan
Co-founder and Asia Lead of @peatix. Marketing and business development are primary strengths. 15+ yr in B2C and B2B internet space in Japan.
Cofounder @intraix. Graduated @national-university-of-singapore. Self taught @ios-developer. Worked at @yahoo
http://bosslee.co/
Angel,entrepreneur in Japan.Founded @bizseek(acquired by @rakuten for 20M$),@crocos,@nanapi,@starfestival.
Invested in over 10 companies.
Co-founder at @100village
Driven to solve big social problems. Co-founded @makible, product managed LEGO.@cuusoo-com. Ex @yahoo, @microsoft.
http://cloneofsnake.posterous.com
Founder and CEO @remotus @nobot
Ph.D (Univ. of Tokyo), M. Sc (Carnegie Mellon Univ.), B.Eng (Nat. Univ. of Singapore). Worked at IBM Singapore, IBM Tokyo Research Lab, NICT Japan, Gengo.com.
Excective secretory of CyberAgent, Venture capitalist of CyberAgent Ventures,
http://ameblo.jp/tetsu-mame/
Investor in @social-rewards.
CEO of @six-apart. Founder and investor of @connectfree-k-k, @ikumore. Investor of @say-media. Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university, @university-of-tokyo
Experienced Program/Project Manager of WW Professional Service with global team members/partners/customers. Worked at Rovi, Adobe/Macromedia, @openwave, @ntt.
Developer, Growth Hacker, Hardcore Gamer, All-around otaku-nerd that bounces between Tokyo and SF.
Innovation strategy. Advisor to startups and programs in emerging markets.
http://papadimitriou.co
Co-Founder, VP of Sales and BD at Aktana. Sales/Biz Dev/Product Mngt specialist. Big data, analytics, and mobile expertise. Former D-1 College Football Player.
Principal at DGIncubation. I do early stage investment on behalf of Digital Garage.
Led business and technology consulting practices at PwC Consulting and IBM, Brand Manager at P&G, Co-founded consumer start-up in China with a successful exit
Co-founder at Denno-tai (Mobile Search Engine, Acquired by YahooJP)
Senior Planner at Dentsu.
Founder & CEO at Distant Drums inc.
CEO Founder of @storefront-social. Creator of SushiGuru, @storefront-social, @spekkle and many more. Global Marketing, International experience, fluent Japanese.
http://globetrotter.us
President of KLab Ventures
http://koukokuno.tumblr.com/
Investor @cinemacraft, @technostar • Studied at @insead-1
@babelverse Co-Founder.
Glomad. Ideator. Hacker. Maker.
Winner @ LeWeb, TheNextWeb, TechCrunch Disrupt.
Alumni @500startups, @startupchile, @startupweekend
http://blog.deborniol.com/
I.T. Bureau Chief at Fuji Television (Japanese Biggest TV station)
junior developer
An angel investor with a business development and investment banking background in the US and Japan.
UCSC Comp Sci B.S., web (backend mostly, Ruby, Python, PHP), desktop development (Qt/C++). Loves music, natural languages, traveling. Working in Tokyo.
Founder and general partner of @incubate-fund. Managing 50MM USD fund and actively investing into seed stage startups of mobile, media, gaming in Asia pacific.
http://www.corepeople.jp
Founder @vinetrade • Worked at @marono-media-k-k, @peatix • Studied at @university-of-sussex, @university-of-brighton
http://www.tacchistudios.com
Rinkya MFCEO, entrepreneur, resident nerd, techie, otaku, pimp, Ironman
Born & raised in Brooklyn, lived in Tokyo for 11 years, just moved to London.
Co-Founder and CEO @amazinglife, Japan Country manager @dropmysite, Previous Founder and CEO @everconnect.
http://shinoha.la
Early stage venture capital. Focus in consumer media, mobile and EC. Expert in US-Japan cross border biz dev and investments.
Tokyo-based consultant focused on Japan's web, mobile and social gaming industries, Japan contributor for TechCrunch
http://www.serkantoto.com
Director of Asia Community Engagement @mozilla; @500startups mentor; @h2 Tokyo co-chair; advisor @fullcourt; advisor @Reviewed.com; ex-Sony; ex-Toyota.
Co-founder & CEO of @unda. Serial entrepreneur, hustler. Founded my first company at age 17. Technologist and web pioneer in Latin America.
http://neotokyo.vg
Co-Founder and CEO of @wondershake, Evangelist, Hustler and a Dreamer.
Co-Founder & CEO @whill , @smile-park, @500startups • Worked at @nissan-motors • Studied at @ritsumeikan-asia-pacific-university, @nanjing University(China)
Principal at ZenShin Capital, MS&E at @stanford-university 2015, @stanford-university BASES
Co-CEO of @language-cloud
Secretary-General of the French National Digital Council, essayist and journalist, former CLO of the Wikimedia Foundation, Lawyer, Business Angel, Entrepreneur
Co-founder/CEO at @selvz. Co-Founder/CEO @iPing/MrWakeup (acquired by eCal); Investor/Advisor @Conatus Energia (Brazil)
http://mrwakeup.tumblr.com/
Otaku, gamer, media executive, business developer, ex-chemist, producer-director, Japanese speaker, world traveler, recipe-maker, hot dog.
Working on @appsocially. Cycle Road Racer. Writer @GrowthHackerjp @jpTechCrunch @StartupDating @Shimizukobundo
http://growthhacker.jp
Co-Founder & CTO of:
Exco Financial Services, including Paidy.com, Aqush.com and MyCredit.jp.
Wavecell, Global SMS aggregator.
Nozara, research & investment.
CTO of @language-cloud
Co-Founder and CTO of @unda. Studied at Tokyo University. Devoted surfer and PhD of Engineering.
http://www.sonasphere.com/
Full Stack Generalist, developer at Gengo
http://herman.asia
Investor @30k • Investor @airhelp • Investor @trekbooking.com •Studied at @rutgers-university-newark, @iscte-lisboa
First visited Japan in 2005. Founded MakeLeaps in 2010 to focus my 12+ years of software experience in startups and enterprise on the Japanese SME space.
A seasoned linguist passionate about data
http://www.proz.com/profile/13290
Venture Capitalist at CyberAgent Ventures. One of the most active VC firm focusing on internet service, headquartered in Tokyo.
Co-Founder | President | CTO of ubi interactive inc. / @ubi-interactive / Human Computer Interaction, ex-Vodafone, ex-Siemens, ex-Philips, CDTM, TUM Alumnus
http://chaozhang.com
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.
Helping travelers discover unique experiences @voyagin. Indian tech geek / entrepreneur from Japan, @columbia-university Eng grad, previously @producteev, @social-bicycles
http://www.tushark.com
Co-founder mixi • Co-founder @east-ventures
Founder @little-arrows & @valet-1, previously founder @poke-new-york and @winedirect.
http://aaronrutledge.com/#/blog
Mobile, web & cloud enthusiast. Webmaster at VC-funded startup with 15. Former IT Consulting + Web Ops at HP. Previous mobile startup experience. iOS developer.
http://funkfeuer.net
Hacker @edsurge
http://medium.com/@chibicode
Business Co-Founder of MakeLeaps, a B2B SaaS Invoicing platform. 13 years in Japan, 10+ years running a business here. Fluent in Japanese.
Interface Developer with a passion for user experience
Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer and Engineer of @sassor. He has been working on Interaction designer.
Invested DENNOO, MONOCO
http://ameblo.jp/mta045
Investor in @nobot, @share0, @bukupe, @anydoor, @social-recruting, @fanbook, @whyteboard, @i-c-cruise, @nagisa, @rei-frontier, @miew, @trippieace, @bluenote, @frybridge...
Owner Beccari Consulting - Product Strategy, Innovation, Startups. VP at Isango! (sold to TUI). Head of Global Products at Amadeus. R&D at HP. INSEAD. Dad. I liked Gopher.
Manager - Client Engineering @cinemacraft, Partner and CTO at BluSoft Inc., Strong background in UI/UX & Backend design and implementation. Never sleeps.
My studies and strong interest in information and communications technology, computer science, social networking and the web have become my career.
http://www.bucchi.me
Representative of Japan venture research
Partner of Sun Bridge Global Ventures
Angel activity
salesforce.comJapan founding president
Sun Bridge founders
Investor, KLab Ventures.
#4 employee and Board member of GREE, founder and SVP of its US branch, GREE International. Product leader having Engineering background.
Co-Founder @pocketmath, • Studied Economics/Math at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1
Former entrepreneur and capitalist himself, currently advises enterprises and mentors startups worldwide. Also teaches at SBI Graduate School of Business.
http://nobuya-yoshida.sblo.jp/
Currently Nodejs, Rails, iOS. Love coding, making things, running and rockclimbing
http://dyashkir.com
CEO Vizalytics Technology • Content janitor. Worked at @razorfish, @FinancialTimes @newsweek • Studied at @city-university-of-new-york, Former IBCLC with private practice.
http://cuppagemma.com/
Economist, Writer & Globetrotter. Cold emails are my superpower. @500startups
http://hongkongandbeyond.com
Manager of Innovation Encouragement in SunBridge Global Ventures. Marketing expert especially in marketing communication(includes PR, SMO, website).
Co-founder/Developer at @fullcourt
Love Tech, Mobile & Startups
http://www.ryoumezawa.com/
Founded Unoh Inc. (sold to Zynga), then founded Mercari, Inc.
I am the co founder & CEO of 8 Securities. My journey has taken me through Silicon Valley, New York, London, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Hong Kong and now Tokyo.
http://www.siliconyuan.com
Branding consultant as well as investment advisor (US-based strategic micro fund and others). Also entrepreneur of two startups as well.
Founder @wantedly • Worked at @facebook, @goldman-sachs • Studied at @kyoto-university
Established in 2000. A listed company. Focus on providing mobile contents to consumer, apps, email decoration, e-commerce. Offices in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Singapore.
Hi there, I'm kristopher. I create experiences wherever I go and right now, I'm in Kyoto. CEO at connectFree k.k., founder of @zooomr -- remember to say hello!
Worked at @dg-incubation, @open-network-lab
Front End Engineer, UXD
http://www.bucchi.me
Founder of Vanguard K.K. and three other Japanese companies. Investor, advisor, hacker, author, picker, grinner, lover, sinner.
http://t3.org/en
Cambridge Univ/Cavendish Laboratory PhD in Physics.
Entrepreneur/Founder in Tokyo/Japan
worked with 100s of high-tech companies on business development and strategy in Japan
http://www.eurotechnology.com/
I invest startups on behalf of @mitsui-co-ltd .Worked at @kicklabs • Studied at @Tuck @dartmouth-college as a Special Student.
Angel Investor
Founder @iVentLABS Business Accelerator, @ArdreyGroup LLC • Partner at @K5 Launch Alliance @maverick Angels
Serial Entrepreneur,Changemaker, Go-to-market strategist.
Working on @unda as Android developer. Have made more than 30 apps for iOS and Android devices. Founder of @goldrush-computing (Tokyo based app dev company)
Founder @cottontracks • Worked at @demand-media • Studied at @hec-paris, @telecom-paristech
CEO of Increments, the top prize company of Open Network Lab 4th batch. Worked at @google, @hatena.
http://yaotti.hatenablog.com
Veteran TMT investor. Focus on TMT and Education.
Founder and CEO of @3d-travel, a travel-tech startup that raised $3.5MM. Founder and CEO of @team-vision, a successful interactive agency for over 15 years.
http://3dhawaii.com/blog
CEO @marono-media-k-k
Japan Market Entry Manager and Senior AI Developer at Skimlinks (User Intent and Text understanding),
Founder of @expressi (emotional relevance), @emotion-ai. Co Founded @zukool (machine learning / recommendation). BSc Artificial Intelligence.
http://expressi.mewww.emotionai.comwww.attentionai.comwww.neon.aiwww.zukool.com
Codes. Dreams. @Penn @Brown @salesforce MVP. Founder @swarm
http://www.fractastical.com
Investment partner at Netprice.com, serial entrepreneur.
EIR at Beenos.com
My previous startup (cloudshop.jp) is acquired by Aucfan.com which is Japan's largest product-price data analysis company.
http://beenos.com
C#.NET, MSSQL Web & Desktop Developer / Consultant
Founder @wantedly • Worked at @goldman-sachs • Studied at @kyoto-university
Seed incubator. Achieves 80% of portfolios' next round funding. Helps concept making, strategy development and execution, alliance & funding. Ex-BCG consultant.
http://www.rising-asia.com
Serial entrepreneur. CEO at J-Seed Ventures and Chief Mentor at @venture-generation, a Tokyo-based venture community.
I invest in 5-10 startups @ $30K a year.
http://ougonnokane.com
Co-Founder for bootupAsia Inc. and @startupdating. Writer of TechCrunch Japan
Investor&Fundraiser @masdar, Banker @credit-suisse-first-boston-csfb & Techie @merrill-lynch;
MIT Sloan MBA '08, Undergrad LSE '01; born, raised & from Tokyo
COO of Increments,the top prize company of Open Network Lab 4th batch.Open Network Lab is one of the most famous incubation in japan.Worked at Rakuten.
Artist, Founder @artsocket @eureka-1 @hechnr-business-engines-inc-1
http://knowledgeandanticipation.tumblr.com
General partner & Co-founder of @incubate-fund, social and mobile apps- focused venture fund in Japan.
Former TechCrunch Japan editor.
Creator of Dynamic Paper. Energy efficient display technology for e-readers identical to paper. Background in product development of unique display tech.
Researcher, Security Auditor, Developer, Software Architect, Enterpreteneur, ...
Investor: @pinterest, @500startups , @ahalife, @viber ; Founder:; Advisor: @adaptics; Investment/biz role at R Group, @credit-suisse, @ibm; MBA/MS at MIT
co-founder of Increments.
Leading scholar and consultant on virtual economies and digital labor. Splitting my time between London School of Economics and a startup. Ex-game developer
Co-founder of Remotus and currently in charge of business development.
VP Marketing @endpoint.com, Fluent Japanese, founder @mediabang-com • Worked @backcountry-com, @red-hat @shoes.com
http://www.davejenkins.com
Founder @garbs, @grooves
http://www.social-recruiting.jp/
CEO at E-Fi Entreprenuer. Independent Marketing Consultant and CMO for start-ups. Strong Business Background. Looking for a job.
Berkeley MFE, Waterloo Comp Eng, International Experience Designing and Developing World Class Software Systems, Working with Large Data Sets
EVP of CyberAgent Ventures. 10+years of internet industry experience. Joined CyberAgent in 2003, led CyberAgent America,Inc. from 2007.
Co-founder @readerie; Co-founder XM Asia, acq by WPP Group; Founded Organic Asia, IPO in 2000; Worked at @microsoft, Beacon Communications/Leo Burnett Japan.
http://startuphui.com
Stanford MBA, has extensive network of creators, designers and people in the media industry in Japan
Founder @YSK MEIDA • Worked at @samsung corporation,Investor in @nimbuzz, @ucanfunding, @onoffmix,@lawncompany,@heybread,@xlush
Dutchy that grew up in Europe, spent a decade in Tokyo and now in SF. Starting team member of recruitment firm Wahl & Case and Partner at Red Brick Ventures.
Executive Chairman & Co-Founder of Cerego LLC
Worked at @east-ventures
http://maruyoshi104.hatenablog.com/
Founder of @locomizer, a B2B geo-behavioral targeting engine to help companies monetize on targeted recommendations and advertising.
http://www.locomizer.com/blog/
Founder @j-grab-inc • Worked at @ebay, @yahoo-japan
http://www.facebook.com/jgraben
Engineer with a strong focus on UX. Trilingual, native level proficiency in English/Chinese/Japanese. Worked at Zynga and various Japanese IT firms.
Head of Worldwide Corporate and Business Development at @nexon
Co-Founder of Doorkeeper. Enthusiastic Web Developer (10+ years) and Entrepreneur. Startup Weekend Facilitator.
Venture Capitalist in Asia
General partner at UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital
Worked at @dentsu, @360i • Studied at @columbia-business-school, @waseda
Enabling Innovation @sony, Fueling Growth among new Ventures and emerging Intellectual Property
General Partner & Co-Founder of IncubateFund. Focus on Asia/Japan/Mobile. Woked at CyberAgent,Inc
Was in on the ground floor @the-orchard, @digital-rights-agency, @electronic-arts, @digital-music-group-inc, @red-melon-records • Cognitive Science at @university-of-california-san-diego
Founder & CEO @origami-4
CEO of LM3LABS • Technology management roles @accenture, @nortel-networks @gartner • Engineering + MBA education.
Worked at @the-university-of-tokyo
Founder of @asiajin.com, English blog media on Japanese web/IT.
http://asiajin.com/blog/
Co-Founder, CEO of CoinPass. Ex Director, Regional Head of APAC, Global RTB Team, at Criteo, BD Manager at Groupon, also Co-Founder of Musavy
Film Finance Advisor & Producer with some focus on alternative investments. Graduate of Stern Business School's Entertainment, Media & Technology Program.
Associate @ Incubate Fund
CEO at Profero Tokyo, Founder Growth Hacking Japan, 500 Startups Mentor. Japan-focused brand strategist & growth hacker, bilingual, WPP Fellow, OxfordUni MPhys
http://jameshollow.com
Founded @imobile-inc, @ehealthcare-inc. Owner @imobile, President @ehealthcare, Brand Manager @procter-gamble
Product Design. UI. Director of Product Design @zendesk
https://www.vizify.com/maurio
Design and programming expert of apps. Launched 2 iPhone/ 2 Android apps, master of Asian market.
CEO of Tokyo based startup @campfire.
Misanthropologist
Business Development & Growth at Tokyo-based UI Design company Goodpatch Inc. Worked at @deutsche-bank, @porsche
https://medium.com/@ideeeedit
CEO of GOOPA Inc. Lived in Silicon Valley for 8.5 years. Animation major at Tokyo Polytechnic University. Worked at amana inc. as newly graduate.
COO at @chatwork, Worked at @microsoft, @viacom • Studied at @science-university-of-tokyo
Software engineer with 14 years’ experience as a technology leader, architect and entrepreneur in enterprise & high-volume web. Building a Google Glass startup.
http://www.superhumanlabs.com/blog
A jack-of-all-trades developer who code both front-end and back-end with 10 years of experience.
Founder @everyone @recipay-com-1
https://medium.com/@thierrybezier
Founded AppThemes. Seasoned entrepreneur with strong expertise in Online Marketing and Web Development. Early employee at Salesforce.com.
CEO of 3 REITs. Computer Science from CMU, Harvard MBA. Solid business background with BCG, JPMorgan and Lazard
Work at @samurai-incubate-1 which is a seed-Investor.
Director/Event Organizer/
http://www.entrepreneursmind.net/
Founder @nipponterest, @aviationfanclub • Worked at @bbc-worldwide, @bt-group • Studied at @ecole-des-mines-de-paris
Builds stuff. CS @berkeley and @stanford-university. Likes Machine Learning, Big Data, UX Design, Lean Startups. Lived in US, Germany, Japan, Thailand.
http://dennybritz.com
Designer, UI Engineer, UX Advocate, Digital Illustrator, Sketchnoter.
http://www.calvin-c.com
Owner, Software engineer of @LittleApps Inc.
http://ngsdev.org/
Serial entrepreneur. Co-Founder at @basaar & @siison. Studied marketing and finance at the University of Tartu and Waseda University in Tokyo.
http://silverhage.com
Founder at @design Royale (acquired dec'12). Founder at @drumo
Vice President of CyberAgent Ventures. One of the most active VC firm, headquartered in Tokyo.
Founder Vitanect • Worked at @medtronic, @eli-lilly, @arthur-andersen • Studied at @insead-1, @universidade-nova-de-lisboa
Founder @j-grab-inc • Worked at @ebay, @ctc-enterprises • Studied at American University from Pennsylvania and Master degree in Japan Social Science.
http://www.facebook.com/jgraben
StudyPact Founder. MSc in Big Data. Deep passion for behavioral design. Entrepreneur & full-stack dev since age 10.
I get things done.
http://www.hoenisch.at
Born in Vancouver, Canada but Tokyo is home now. Fintech & Japan market expert, over 8 years experience building new businesses and services in finance & EC
Planner at @digital-garage, Tokyo. Project Management related to incubation of mobile and web applications in the Japanese market. PR, marketing expertize.
Co-founder @chiizu. @university-of-california-los-angeles MFA Media Art 2006, @swarthmore-college CompSci 1996. Built Pretendster plus social networks for MTV, Participant Media.
Worked at @canon, @samurai-international • Studied at @university-of-california-irvine
Swedish Entrepreneur and currently founder of Primal Shield. 5 Countries, 5 companies, 5 Languages and 5 areas of expertise.
Founder @yoketown, Sence • Worked at @goldman-sachs, @morgan-stanley • Studied at @stanford-university, @university-of-waterloo
https://medium.com/@fon_tran
Chief Architect at Recruit Co., Ltd
http://kawanet.blogspot.com/
Founder. Art Director. Launched mobile app Area Now.
Game industry conference planner. Worked @ startups in Tokyo & Vienna. Speaker @ MIT, GDC, Gamescom. PhD.
Ruby on Rails contributor, Kaminari maintainer(watched by +2600 on Github). experience in programming for +10 years.
http://yukinishijima.net
Media Mogul behind #QEBLLC @QEBVLogTV #PublishingQEB #QEBStudios & #QEBFoundation. NEWS TIPS #4045329232
Creative, independent professional with experience working abroad in hospitality, travel and trip planning and online editorial content management.
http://glimpsesfromthestreet.com/
Interactive Developer Web/Device
Developing Second Screen experiences
Worked at @hatena • Studied at @hosei-university
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/yosuke/
Founder islamap
Studying Waseda University
I'm now in MOVIDA School by Taizo Son.
Graduated Kaisei High&Middle Hish School.
Inventor, "Med-Surg Onshoring" (pat. pend.). Project leader $50MM ILEC COs. Leading Wall St. analyst Cable-Modem 1.0. MBA, UNC-Chapel Hill. U-Mich. award.
Startups and large corporations work experience in management positions. MBA holder. Technical background & business experience. Trilingual (Japanese, English and Spanish)
Mobile Developer, Photographer, Blogger.
http://zuco.org
CFO/BizDev @matrixvision • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology • Worked at MUFJ @morgan-stanley in Tokyo.
ex-Co-founder of @fluxflex.
Network/Infra Engineer, @amazon EC2/AutoScaling, iPhone Apps Dev, Internet Backbone Operation(BGP).
Worked at NTT, IRI, transcosmos
http://hirofukami.tumblr.com
Founded Roth Management, Founding board member of the Catalina Film Festival.
http://www.ryan-roth.com
Director of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships @ HPC.
Area Manager of Europe at Recruit Strategic Partners
Carnegie Mellon Engineering undergrad and MBA. Business management generalist with a bent toward strategy and development.
USC Business Administration-Cinematic Arts Graduate
MS from Todai, BS from Berkeley. Studied IT management and photoelectrochemical water splitting. Speaks Japanese, Spanish, and Pirate be me native tongue.
Founded CyberAgent Crowdfunding inc,
Executive Officer at GREE,Inc. Worked at @linkshare, @Livedoor.com • Studied at @sophia University
Founder @band-industries • Worked at @nec-corporation, @csiro • Studied at @american-university-of-beirut. Loves startups & plays flute
http://www.roadietuner.com/blog
Founder of Etsuri
EPITECH CS, full-stack web nerd with a focus on front-end development and UI/UX design. Co-founded LocalRepublic.
http://roadtocairns.com/
Worked at @sony • Studied at @university-of-texas-austin, @nagoya-university
VC at @nvcc • Investor @flutterscape, @spline-network
Worked at @the-bridge • Studied at @keio-university
Founder and CEO of @godigex. Strong international business background (operations at ConAgra Foods, marketing at Brambles). MBA @georgia-institute-of-technology 2009 - Batts Fellow.
CTO at @frafty
Assistant Professor (Machine Learning)
@university-of-electro-communications
Tokyo, Japan
Technology-oriented business development expert specializing in Mobile, Internet and ICT with international experience and local expertise in Japan and Asia
Entrepreneur based in Tokyo and CEO at Cream - Mobile Marketing Lab.
CEO of Origoh (Current). Rocket Engineer in JAXA, Public Officer in Japan, Statistian, Chicago Booth MBA 2013 (Sponsored by Government) and Art lover.
Founder of @hitch-d. Mother of two. Web Designer and Fulbright Fellow. Former Tech Recruiter in Tokyo.
An ex-director of mixi Inc. that is one of popular Japanese socia network service.
Founder & CEO of Startouts Inc
Tokyo based equities investor, 13 years with Capital Group
Former Principal of Japanese VC firm. Strong and unique background in venture financing and software engineering.
Software Developer, Engineer, Founder. Worked at @business-objects. Worked in Japan, Canada, Romania, India.
Venture Investment Associate @BEENOS
Beenos (Tokyo) | Beenos Partners (US) | Beenos Asia (Singapore)
http://beenos.com/en
raises capital for private equity funds
Studied @monash-university University. Electrical engineering background. Focused on process-oriented innovations.
I'm a film producer and I'm co-founder @distrify - a revolutionary new way for film distribution. If you have a film you want to distribute, get in touch!
http://blog.distrify.com/post/21376009167/heres-a-great-video-interview-with-andy-green
Webdeveloper, Nerd and Idealist
http://www.serial-experiments.com
Co-Founder @nous
Prior: Equity Proprietary Trader @bank-of-america-merrill-lynch
B.A. & B.S.E. @university-of-pennsylvania
Founder Soundforge.Inc • Worked at @baycurrent-consulting • Studied at @waseda University
CEO of MediaProbe Inc.
Founder @diggerlab • Worked at @microsoft-research, @tokyo-institute-of-technology-1 • Studied at @waseda, @chalmers-institute-of-technology
Undergrads and MBA from Colorado Univ. IRS Enrolled Agent. Experience in Japan and Silicon Valley. Now working with US-AU-CN-JP-EU (especially "mundane") SMBs.
International business development and operations executive with experience at Ask.com, Google and Dell supporting int'l growth in region and at headquarters.
bitcoin security specialist
(complete later)
http://blog.julien.cayzac.name/
I gave a lot of iPhone apps. I was ranked in the category of App Store rankings of America. I made a reward media in CyberAgent. It was a great success.
http://blog.sumyapp.com/
Serial cleantech entrepreneur with successful startup, IPO, secondary, turn-around and MBO experience. Currently CEO of VAIREX air systems.
Business angel, consultant and entrepreneur; focus on education, also fintech, health and cleantech.
Founder @bulqy • Worked at @deloitte-consulting, @sap
Lead on @pelikan-projects, United Nations international project management system
Creative problem solver. Founded, ran and sold online travel startup. Strong online background from @expedia and @mckinsey-company
Co-Founder/COO/General Counsel of Global EduGate • Worked as IP lawyer at @the-coca-cola-company • Studied at @georgetown-university, @university-of-maryland-college-park
http://careeradviceforasians.wordpress.com
Worked at @recruit
5 years realtime trading systems in C++, 3 years development platforms and algorithmic trading in Python. Excellent communicator, enthusiastic learner.
TBD
Teach for America Alumni, Princeton '11, UC Denver '13
CEO of @net8. I met the internet in 1995 at the first. In that time i worked for JustNet that was ISP of Justsytem corp. Then found own company in 1999.
Co-Founder and CEO of 10SEC
Worked at @morgan-stanley @pwc @credit-suisse @bnp-paribas • Studied at @london-school-of-economics • Member of MENSA • Speaks four different languages
see my profile in linkedin
Experienced Early Stage Ventures Manager and Consultant
CEO Pido inc.
Corporate Lawyer, Government Relations Consultant, and Business Development Specialist with deep working knowledge of the tech sectors in US, Europe, and Asia.
Worked at @linklaters, @freshfields-bruckhaus-deringer • Studied at @insead-1
Founder & CEO @makemoji, Co-Founder @quickfra-me, Investor RealVu, Founder Saving Power (RIP); @bentley-university University BS 2009
https://www.facebook.com/tylercolebreton
Co-founder & Chairman of Ticketstreet, online marketplace of Sports/Concert/Thertre tickets in Japan. Serial entrepreneur, Angel investor.
http://blog.livedoor.jp/taro_akebono/
Software engineer who has speciality in machine learning.
http://blog.jimijackson.com
Co-founder of @10sec.
NUS School of Computing, Interface Redesign @ TripAdvisor, Best Project (E-Business Capstone), human language maestro, failed first startup @ 20
http://db.tt/HTl8G7gK
Founder @fishbonn, FishBonn • Worked at @j-drive-communications • Studied at @boston-university
Consultant of iOS and Android App Tracking.
Knowledge of Japanese mobile market and culture.
Mid to expert level Rails programmer.
Started my carrier as a management consultant, and then moved to DeNA co. ltd., as the head of HR. Now I manage the Game BU as a board member of DeNA.
Owner & CIO of @skyavy, INC.
http://iketani.skyavy.com
Worked at @goldman-sachs • Studied at University of Pennsylvania
Economics student at Emory University; Prior experiences in real estate, and accounting in a non-profit company.
Founder and developer of Cumiki. Ph.D student at University of Tokyo department of Economics. I'm a developer of Node, Rails, and iOS.
http://ryooopan.tumblr.com
Banker
Driven junior full-stack web developer coming out of General Assembly's immersive program. Graduate of @middlebury-college College and @sarah-lawrence-college College.
Angel • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley
Founder Combinator. Strong business background(Sansan).
Invested in number of internet startups
Developer of Increments, ex-Kamado CTO(acquired by mixi)
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/camelmasa/
Founder @securo, @instatrip
Statistician/Data mining specialist with Ph.D. in econometrics and computational macroeconomics. Also, full stack Rails developer.
Founder @coffeebreak • Worked at @stumbleupon, @microsoft • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university
Jouy en Josas
Founder NZBCX • Worked at @hsbc, @nomura • Studied at @victoria-university-of-wellington, @deakin-university
Founder Mystar-Japan Business Solutions • Studied at @keio-university
http://satoshitaniguchi.com
Worked at @rakuten, @metaps • Studied at @indian-institute-of-technology-delhi
http://blog.rishabhmhjn.me
I am an extremely energetic person who wants more and more out of life. I love my work, my family & my friends and also like meeting new people.
Representative Director & CEO of White Knight Capital and Global Educational Partners
神奈川生まれ・US育ち/一橋大学経済学部/音楽雑食家/ギター弾き/SydneyMarathon2010完走(4h34m)/road bike(Anchor RNC3)で九州1周1,000kmの旅/Shoot Boxing
Founder Skimtoon and LVC Investment, Specialize in Financial analysis and operations Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Founder of Otsumu Inc.
Sport marketing planner at ad agency. Strong relationship with Japanese Olympic Committee, and other national federations.
Founder @bitcellar
Product Designer. Passionate about digital tech.
Worked @sony. Founder @commerce-labs-1 @innerclan . B.Tech @indian-institute-of-technology-delhi
http://rohittaneja.quora.com
CEO at CFN Services, Studied @university-of-massachusetts-amherst, @american-university
Founder of @olio.me. Founder @skyavy, Inc (US). Founder @skyavy Group, co.ltd (Japan). Founder @jmarket-com (sold).
http://sorato.me
Professional advertising producer and project manager with creativity, strategic thinking and multiple focus.
Co-founder at FitnessCubed. UChicago alum. ChicagoBooth MBA admit. Health, Energy, Art.
Chicago Booth MBA, Monterrey Tech Computer Engineer, work experience in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
CTO of Postmore. Lifelong programmer. Dev experience from teamLab inc. (4 years). Studied at Kyushu Institute of Technology(2007).
Deep telco and clean tech experience. Founding board member at Azteq Mobile. Founding EVP of Smart Grid Services at Sliver Spring Networks. CSO at Vodafone.
CEO & Founder @nous
Prior: Asia Electronic Trading Strat and Product Mgr at @bank-of-america-merrill-lynch, also @deutsche-bank, @ubs, @imperial-college-london-1
http://hontoblog.wordpress.com/author/hontoblog/
Co-Founder of @ikkyotech. Strong international financial business experience in Asia/NY/London at Lehman Brothers and Nomura Securities.
14 years of programming experience in many languages, on many platforms, from mobile apps to scalable backend systems. Significant infrastructure & sysops exp.
Founder @unltd-fm • @startupbus Europe '13 • Worked at @ez-systems • Studied at @efrei
Bringing the world together one meal at a time.
http://blog.eatwith.com/
National Account Manager, Canada Consumer Sales and Marketing at AMD
Expert software engineer who is also good at designing high-end yet simple clean easy-to-use software. Worked in Silicon Valley and Japan.
E.I.R @ beenos.
Los Angeles / Tokyo • Startup and Big Data Enthusiast • Quant Analyst & Engineer @raytheon • Previously @nasa-jpl • BS, MBA, MSBA
Wesleyan Bioinformatics, PM@Gilt Groupe Japan, Analtytically Driven PM
https://m.giltcity.jp
Founder @tabego • Worked at @gree-international-inc, @wizcorp
Internship at startup in Japan. I do HTML, CSS, jQuery, and PHP. I am major in international business. Looking for a job in San francisco.
Working on @appsocially. Love Arc.
http://mgiken.com/blog
Co-Founder of @porter-sail. Ideated and executed global digital strategies for brands like Food Network and Masterchef. Barnard College graduate in Economics.
Harvard Econ, Business Analyst at Rakuten's ecommerce unit with posts in business planning, marketing analysis, and business intelligence.
Asia Pacific entrepreneur and investor. Passionate about people who push the edge everyday. A decade working with the most valuable retail brands.
Creator@[vivify-it, medibeep, IdeaAte, JFDI ] •Worked at @barclays-capital •Studied at @iit •published researcher •imaginative, good with tech, word & design
Significant Experience in IT Ops, LiveOPS, IT Support, and Customer Support.
Regional Sales Manager
A full-stack software engineer, currently located in Tokyo.
Japan.
Two decades, marketing, strategy, m&a, deals in b. Actually knows what "wa" means.
Rode the 9.0 no hands.
Bilingual Project Manager
iOS Developer for 2 years. I made 1 game app on AppStore. Now making 1 Parse connected app. Keio univ. CS B3 in Japan. Worked at tekunodo inc. for 1 year.
Founder Cumiki
Working in a one of the top mystery shopping company as Project manager( International PM, PM Japan, Premium Brands Relation Manager).
project manager and system analyst based in Japan. Running projects on a short deadline. Passionate about the strong feedback culture and UX. Enjoys innovating.
PhD student at University of Tokyo; Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning; Worked at IBM and Portugal Telecom
Designer,launched 3 apps for Apple store
Founded two companies in Japan
Masahiko Inada is a Founder & CEO at kabuku Inc., a leading startup relating making things in Japan.
MS Electrical Engineering - @national-university-of-singapore
recruiting, including headhunting, web producer
PhD student. Entrepreneur and researcher in digital health. Co-founder @ Mindfulnets. Crowd-funding now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLEPBRP4j1k
http://blog.mindfulnets.co/category/english/
yes
iOS + node.js/golang + Ops, launched http://getirkit.com/ http://jsdo.it/ http://photobag.in/
http://maaash.jp/
Awarded the Monbukagakusho scholarship issued by the Japanese government for research in Japan. Received a master degree in Engineer form Tokyo unviersity.
http://realintelligence.net
Worked at @recruit, @recruit Holdings • Studied at @keio-university
Business Development @99jobs • Consultant• Worked at @playstation, @Citgroup. Italian-Brazilian, USA resident. I love doing exciting international projects.
Founder/Engineer @tadaku • Studied at @university-of-massachusetts-amherst • Bostonian abroad
Self-motivated, strategically-focused Marketing and Product Management Professional with over ten years of financial sector experience.
Artist, programmer, columnist, translator etc. Worked at @ibm, @sun-microsystems • Studied at @kyoto-university
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/akipponn3
Form/Function. Tokyo/Paris.
Founder @kyoto-u-com • Worked at @recruit, @bebit • Studied at Kyoto
Designer turned entrepreneur turned angel investor. Co-founder of LELO (sold), co-founder of Dreamler, founder of Criterion Investments.
CEO, Founder
Founder POYNTER
Working at I&G Partners, Inc.
Founder sen-ya, @man-ya • Studied at @berklee-college-of-music
Founder and CTO of @liine • Worked at @vantrix • Studied at @university-of-montreal • Maker of things
Worked at @aiesec, @nidec-corporation • Studied at @tokyo-university
http://tkmsd0821.blogspot.com/
Founder of @cybridge, @cybridge Mobile. Investor in @axion, @fan-appli, @soratobu, @predge, @pa-corp. Team member of @cybridge.
http://yuki.blog.cybridge.jp/
Founder @tier5 • Worked at @google, @microsoft • B.S./M.S @johns-hopkins-university
Founder @makamaka
http://blogs.bizmakoto.jp/kazunobuseto/
Launched 4 successful Android apps and 3 successful iOS apps. Worked at aitia.
Visionary, Entrepreneur and Investor
Founder @mystar-japan-business-solutions-1 • Worked at @gembiosoft • Studied at @universidad-politecnica-de-valencia
Production engineer for high-performance sportscars. Strong mechanical and industrial engineering background. Passionate about cars and driving.
Somewhere on the creative design side of things
Worked at @samurai-incubate-1
Co-Founder @beestripe. Analytics Consultant for @microsoft, T-Mobile, Home Depot, Alaska Air. Founded Speekit which serves language learners in 176 countries.
Co-founder COO of Molcure, Co-founder CEO of Mashroom, Founder of iDEFIX
Designer with 12 years experience currently at IDEO Tokyo. Love to chat about ideas.
http://www.barrylachapelle.com
Canadian English teacher in Japan and foreign culture correspondent, promotor of Japanese culture amongst foreigners.
Project Development and Execution Wizard
Software engineer with experience writing Python, Node.js, and Go as well as functional programming languages such as Racket.
http://shawnps.net
PhD in Robotics (Tokyo Tech). Startup geek.
http://startuplife.asia
Assistant Director now at GDK International Company Limited. Deans list of Northeastern University in Economics/Business Administration.
Experienced Ruby on Rails programmer. Business, analytics and finance background. Previously worked at @pnc-capital-markets.
http://www.diasks2.com
Rails programmer, Sales, New bussiness developer, Launched 2 facebook app
Worked at @re-al-sandbox
Studied and worked in France, England and USA. Worked for different startups in San Francisco,London and Lyon.Now willing to discover the working world of Tokyo
Excellent in versatility
http://www.nedielka.com
Founder of ZenClerk. We help e-commerce websites to close sales. Wanna surprise the world!
Intrigued by all aspects of marketing and promotion. Loving events and spreading a message. Currently exploring the world to absorb as much as I can in it.
Account Manager at Vision Consulting
Vision Consulting Services K.K. primarily supports multinational IT firms with Japan offices.
Product Designer @ Cerego Japan. Soup to nuts product guy. Strategy to deploy. Team leader, user experience architect, front end dev, visual designer, nice guy!
Business development manager for Pacific Asia region • Founder of French web magazine • Self starter and challenger
CEO of @beartail. Student at @tsukuba-university university. Worked at big computer magazine companies as a technical writer and founded smartphone news web media.
Founder of Ednity. Ednity is a collaborative learning platform for classrooms.
http://hackinsight.com/
Entrepreneur & software developer. Founded Bell Standard, Inc. Created over 750 apps for the iTunes Store.
let's go surprise the world.
http://sakurakoaoyama.com
Veteran software engineer with a BS in Physics. Experience with building and managing teams of engineers, setting up efficient workflows and processes.
CEO & Co-Founder at co-meeing Inc.
Master student at SJTU; now research intern of NII, Japan.
http://engcube.com
Founder @metroworks-crowd-sourcing-engine-japan, Japan Travel KK • Worked at @eds
Supported Overseas Launches of 3 Japan Technology SME's through executive coaching, technical communication and business strategy
Worked at @jafco • Studied at @kyoto-university
Tokyo, Japan-based marketer, entrepreneur, tea aficionado and outdoorsman.
http://jonclemons.com/blog
Developed a distributed telephony/voice-trading platform at IFS. Strong C++ and linux background.
http://nishantjr.github.io
Ecommerce & Business Analyst
A native of Australia, Nick Pollock relocated to Japan in 1997, where he worked as a Recruitment Consultant with ACCESS Japan.
http://nickpollocktmcjapan.wordpress.com/
Worked at KPMG as an audit associate.
Digital Marketing Lead @ Reach7. Responsible for growth across all digital channels. SEO/SEM, Social, Content Marketing, Lead Generation
Business and Japanese Studies graduate with international start-up content management experience.
Red Brick Ventures is an incubation and acceleration platform dedicated to unleashing the entrepreneurial potential of Japan.
Charles' Pribyl's research, the first ever to use fMRI to map the brain of consumers, was featured in the NY Times, and in the bestseller ‘Human Sigma.’
Sales Operations. Startup obsessed. ScrumMaster in training. Currently @GiltGroupeJapan
Investor in @marono-media-k-k, @myfdb.
Web Developer
ex-startup founder & CEO: AHO Corporation(former @netaten-inc
Web developer extraordinaire, Scrum master, Telecommute consultant (US Citizen)
Working experiences in various jobs such as import/export, marketing, licensing, foods, translator, negotiator and etc.
Co-founder/COO of Oarket Inc. in Japan. We are planning to move our office to CA, USA. Studied at University of Tokyo.
Asia-based marketing and product management consultant.
personal investor. early investor in guardtime
PHP/Drupal web developer; 7+ years professional experience from California to Tokyo; currently in Boise. ObjC/Ruby too. Looking for additional contract work.
Vacant is the pioneer of pop-up retailing, providing real estate and turnkey solutions for short term retail since 1999.
Founder of Placie. Worked at GREE, Autodesk, Alias|wavefront. Developer and Product Manager. GLOBIS MBA. Computer Science BS at University of Aizu.
http://hiroyukihaga.blogspot.jp/
DivX, MoblMedia, Computer Science at UCSD
Team member of @marketgeek.
http://keketter.tumblr.com/
Worked at @mixi-inc
Full stack enthusiast, with experiences into low level Kernel hacking and efficient API development, motivated to lead Startups to success.
VarioSecure Networks, Founder, took Internet security business public. PSINet, engineered Japan's 1st ISP; managed acquisitions of Asia's 7 leading ISPs.
I am a User Interface Designer and a hybrid one, a sweeper, who knows how to craft pixels and enjoy cranking codes at the same time.
http://voidnothings.com
MS in Computer engineering, launched a webapp called Goodmoove, published in an international journal, looking for a challenge!
Co-Founder, CEO of @shiroube - The marketplace linking travelers with local residents to enable users to freely seek micro local guides. - http://shiroube.com/
Modelcase, Inc. CEO
http://www.modelcase.info/
Co-founder/CEO of Oarket Inc. Planning to move office to CA, USA. Studied at @tokyo Metropolitan. International retail background (Tribox Inc., a puzzle shop)
Director of @entsure. Pro Go player. World Rank #1. Won 35 Championships (15 major int'l titles). Over 40 million fans in Asia (China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan).
Official character of Mystar-Japan. Created in 2010.
COO,CFO of @cafeworx-inc
Software engineer, Founder of Init, Lover of puzzles and challenges.
Founded GaiaX (IPOed at 2006), then joined Pixta.
One of first investors of Wiztango, over 13 years of experience in investment banking
French EMLyon business school student. Interested in the ways businesses emerge, connect with people and make things that matter.
I graduated from Hanoi University Of Technology for a year. I am working as server side developer in a game development company. I am looking for a chance to work and touch with new and high technology with more challenge
‹\(´ㅂ` )/››‹‹\( ´)/›› ‹‹\( ´ㅂ`)/››
Interested in business in VietNam
Founder The Manx Entertainment Group, @conceptuous • Studied at @southern-cross-university
Founder Beauty Bento Box
Growth Hack
Founder of @thinkx-inc
http://kazukiotsuka.wordpress.com/
Web Designer, Illustrator
Studied International Economics and currently working as an International Exhibition Organizer at Reed Exhibition; good at project planning and excution.
Multilingual, MBA graduate, Innovation and new business development consultant, emerging markets strategy
Founder Tokyo Incubator @luxstack; sold 1st startup to @monster-worldwide; platform & app lead for Softbank, @yahoo-japan, @fujitsu; enterprise R&D for @adidas
UI/UX designer @sttir-inc
A Software Engineering professional with 15 years experience of both Software Engineering teams, and customer-facing Consultancy Services
Project Manager and Marketing Associate at @marono-media-k-k
University of Bern MBA 2008
Established Graphic Designer with a strong multimedia background and a varied portfolio.
Server Administrator, Network and Security Operations Specialist.
http://www.sansan.com/blog/en/
General Instrument, OpenTV, Qualcomm, NXP Semiconductors, Juniper Networks; based in Tokyo, Japan
worked with some of the biggest companys in Australia ANZ, MYOB to name a few and designed 5 apps in the app store and 3 non-customer facing apps lanched.
Generalist; Has passion on R&D; Mix creative and engineering skills;
Internationally minded and experienced Sales, Marketing, HR and creative thinker with bundles of energy and positivity.
Founder of Tadaku. Australian designer based in Tokyo, working globally.
Worked at @regal-farms-llc-1
Project Manager and Computer Engineer
finished graduate school in Japan (MA)
then studied at Parsons School of Design
CEO of @miracoro. Master of pharmacy. worked at parexel international, dispensing pharmacy.
UK origins, Physics / Electronics, BSc & FCA, 20+ years in Japan. Founding member $1bn+ sporting goods business. On board with LUXSTACK, its what retail needs
Mobile Developer at Step-In with strong designer background
Studied at @tsukuba-university
Software Engineer, advanced knowledge in Java and various web technologies, also competent in front-end development
http://www.marounbaydoun.com/
CEO @invest-diva
http://forexdiva.com/
BS in CSE, Generalist with back-end as main, Launch 5 online social game including one iOS/Android Native app, Work at GREE Japan.
Director - Asia Pacific Securities, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers
Investor in @recman.
Programmer. Ph.D. in C.S. from @okayama-university University.
Exploring posibilities and looking forward to be a part of a tech startup in Tokyo
株式会社ヒューマンダイン。『AirIntern(エア・インターン)』をつくっています。Tiny punk. Dance like Jagger. Sing like Lennon. Work like dog. Founded Humandyne inc. Crafted http://t.co/TCYwQfsJvC
CyberAgent Crowd Funding, inc.
Famous Labs
http://famouslabs.tumblr.com/
Founder, Amazing Grace K.K.
B.S. in Computer Science from MIT.
Working at IDC Frontier as Engineer.
http://nushu123.blogspot.jp/
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Founder @miklr
Godof
New Business Development Manager specialized in Asian markets • Worked at @ernst-and-young • Studied at @university-of-hyogo
Skilled infra engineer and architect. UNIX and web development.
Founder Byus
Smart city and social innovation consultant in Asia
10 Year Expatriate - Bilingual Digital Marketing Professional. Natural leader. SEO SEM CMS Data-Driven, Innovator, User/Customer-first mentality.
PhD of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo
More 14 years of experience developing solutions in telephony and web.
Students at Padjadjaran University, Nanza University. In learning about technologies and mobile development environment.
Ruby Developer at @quipper, worked at @paperboy-co and @livedoor-com.
http://blog.kyanny.me/
MBA with Information Systems, Project Development, created a small organisation
research software engineer and system administrator
Owner of MUTO CORPORATION in Tokyo Japan. We have been exporting various Japanese products to the company and individuals around the world.
I want to work with "Start Up Company" because I am eager to challenge. Please contact me! You can download my resume from here ( http://tinyurl.com/ocy48ob )
http://jeyum2.blogspot.com
I want to work with "Start Up Company" because I am eager to challenge. Please contact me!
Kyoto-U CS Master degree. Works at GS.
Founder, President & COO @monohm. Global UX & Product Design for @sony on PlayStation 4 / Xperia / 4K. @apple led OSX / iOS UX frameworks for HTML5. Autodidact.
Business development/strategic partnership manager for Skype and BlackBerry; Seasoned product manager; Excellent technology sales/spokesperson
Senior Java developer. 2 Msc. IT degrees. Spring certified developer. Worked across multiple industries; Proficient with DBs and HTML5 & CSS3.
Founder MoreTrax
Software Engineer
Cft Gobelins, i worked at marathon media, tms, neomis, satelight,bones, madhouse, a1pictures and as cofounder at ankama japan. Actually i founded my own company:Yapiko-animation
5 new start up at Japan from scratch. 2 re-built Japan office and business development. 2 own businesses creation. 1 pure start up at US.
ex-Partner at Accenture. ex-Partner at Heidrick&Struggles.
Launched 2 android applications, made Linux Device Driver at Sony Mobile.
Retired after experienced in investment bank, insurance and accounting firm.
Experience with range of technologies. Proficient in C++, PHP, SQL, Shell, JavaScript, Python and quick to learn. Creator of Linux distribution 'noop linux'.
Tokyo-based Project Manager at major internet company
Social Media Rock Star
Indra Sonny Wicaksono Twitter Account
Enthusiast, passionate about new tech and wearable devices. Founder @mmt-and-co, @syncbiz-pte-ltd • Worked at @77hz-ltd
http://masarusuzuki.tumblr.com/
Worked at Capgemini
Owner Muchacho Clothing. Founded 2007. Worked at Macquarie Bank, JP Morgan, Citco Fund Services. We are a swim and streetwear brand based in Sydney, Australia
A Managing Partner of TMC Japan, Karl Caldeira focuses on developing the firm’s and search and recruitment techniques.
http://karlcaldeira.tumblr.com/
lead front-end engineer. I launched 7 seccessfull social games.
World class engineer with 20 years of experience.
Worked at CERN, UBS, Walt Disney, Colt, Agency.com amongst others.
https://dazdaztech.wordpress.com/
CEO @partner-of-stars. Overseas Sales Department @hitachi.
Founder & CEO of STELLATO Inc. / Chief Engineer / Architect / iPhone, Android App development company / Objective-C / Cocos2d / Unity / Perl / Python
http://poccori.com/blog/wp
Highly motivated Systems Administrator who worked on the Telecommunications industry since 2001 for Starmedia Network and France Telecom defining, installing, administering and troubleshooting *nix systems and the services running on top of them. Addition
Business angel
Yoshihide Takeda
9-4-701 Sanbancho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, Japan 102-0075 Phone +81 3 5226 5752
[email protected] Age: 43 Nationality: American
CAREER SUMMARY
10+ years managerial experience in IT industry - PMP Cerified Project Manager with prove
Hope to start a digital music music (DTP) & graphic / web design school for kids in Tokyo
http://www.anincrediblewasteoftime.com
JS, go, Clojure
Founder @tabego
Founder Ashamed
My career has been around computer infrastructure for the Financial Industry. I own http://limitedsecurities.com and a co-founded http://ubirates.com
Digital Front End Designer/Developer with over 8 years experience
General manager and R&D engineer at SiliconStudio, Tokyo, Japan. Worked at a Startup in the Silicon Valley now bought by Microsoft.
Co founder of Yappa Games, Co founder of @yomoola. MA from University of Hertfordshire. Strong business background. Worked at IGG.
http://www.facebook.com/Yomoola
Founder @lelele
Presidet & CEO at @rivertime-entertainment Inc.
Creative at @dentsu Inc.
Film Director with @radical.media
Web designer since middle school, primarily work on independent gaming sites
http://retrylevel.com
Founder of IGL-Art Inc. Film Producer, Director, Writer. Mainly make samurai movies.
industrial designer
I offer innovation product designs and ideas by creativity that is changeable to profit based on "new".
New Business Creator
Developer / UX Designer.
大学生 経営デザイン 大野研 経シス 基幹 AGE 学院 和光 埼玉 茨城
Worked at @nec-biglobe
Sales, Finance, and Entrepreneurship!
I am a freelance web designer. I specialise in front-end web design, HTML & CSS.
Freelance user experience designer / user interface designer. Worked at Yahoo Japan (2008-2012)
http://blog.daichisakota.com
COO of Increments,the top prize company of Open Network Lab 4th batch.Open Network Lab is one of the most famous incubation in japan.Worked at Rakuten.
Snowboarding at Zao, Hakuba, Kagura. Love iPhone, Android, Tokyo Tower, Kobe, Izu, Stockholm, swimming, Chopin, Bunin, Paris vu par....
Investor in @vanten-holdings.
Founder, CEO, Hobby Fisherman
Founded first paid Internet content site in Japan.
Built core software for Namco, Nifty, AOL, Sonet, BIglobe, Visa, VeriSIgn...
Fincap Investments is a venture capital fund also present in seed financing. We support entrepreneurs and provide capital, business experience and contacts.
http://embryocap.over-blog.com
tech vs design
Co founder of @mashroom-fm.
@mashroom-fm help people playing instruments at home and participate in virtual jam session and practice with others.
Founder of @myndpage. Fond of programming, linguistics and neurology. 1st freelance programming job at 18 for @novonordisk Laboratories. Graduated from Epitech.
Freelance Ruby on rails developer.
worked at Domikado, Kiranatama
http://rifkifauzi.wordpress.com
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Founder @localgraph • Worked at @recruit