Tokyo Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Tokyo.
Heather R Morgan
Economist, Writer & Globetrotter. Cold emails are my superpower. @500startups
http://hongkongandbeyond.com
Bart Riepe
Webdeveloper, Nerd and Idealist
http://www.serial-experiments.com
Rob Pereyda
Otaku, gamer, media executive, business developer, ex-chemist, producer-director, Japanese speaker, world traveler, recipe-maker, hot dog.
Cl. Alex. Chien
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.
Charles Ovink
Lead on @pelikan-projects, United Nations international project management system
Takafumi Shibasaki
Co-founder of @10sec.
Jonathan Levine
Investor
Management Sensei ◦ Infrastructure Samurai ◦ Analytics Otaku ◦ Architecture Ninja. 1st programming job at 14. Effective in teams of 4 to 10,000.
Jordan Scott
Founder and CEO of @godigex. Strong international business background (operations at ConAgra Foods, marketing at Brambles). MBA @georgia-institute-of-technology 2009 - Batts Fellow.
John Zhuang
Corporate Lawyer, Government Relations Consultant, and Business Development Specialist with deep working knowledge of the tech sectors in US, Europe, and Asia.
Hiro Fukami
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
Norman Rohr
Investor
Head APAC SMB Acquisition Mktg, @google
PAST:
Global Finance Lead b2b Mktg, @google
Head Finance & Operations, @svox (acquired by Nuance)
Heather Russell
Rinkya MFCEO, entrepreneur, resident nerd, techie, otaku, pimp, Ironman
Born & raised in Brooklyn, lived in Tokyo for 11 years, just moved to London.
Stephanie Ardrey
Founder @iVentLABS Business Accelerator, @ArdreyGroup LLC • Partner at @K5 Launch Alliance @maverick Angels
Tak Tsuchiya
Co-founder of Remotus and currently in charge of business development.
Nino Popa
Software Developer, Engineer, Founder. Worked at @business-objects. Worked in Japan, Canada, Romania, India.
Hideyuki Shoda
Co-Founder and CEO of 10SEC
Marina Khonina
A seasoned linguist passionate about data
http://www.proz.com/profile/13290
George Cheng
Worked at @goldman-sachs • Studied at University of Pennsylvania
Pedro FARFAN
Chicago Booth MBA, Monterrey Tech Computer Engineer, work experience in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
Evgeny Lazarenko
PhD in Robotics (Tokyo Tech). Startup geek.
http://startuplife.asia
Yuri Yoshimura
Working in a one of the top mystery shopping company as Project manager( International PM, PM Japan, Premium Brands Relation Manager).
Noboru Iwayama
Business development/strategic partnership manager for Skype and BlackBerry; Seasoned product manager; Excellent technology sales/spokesperson
Kharisma Nitiputra
Production engineer for high-performance sportscars. Strong mechanical and industrial engineering background. Passionate about cars and driving.
Buddy Brown
Supported Overseas Launches of 3 Japan Technology SME's through executive coaching, technical communication and business strategy
Gavin Smith
Internationally minded and experienced Sales, Marketing, HR and creative thinker with bundles of energy and positivity.
Sho Mitsuya
Studied International Economics and currently working as an International Exhibition Organizer at Reed Exhibition; good at project planning and excution.
Darren Evans
World class engineer with 20 years of experience.
Worked at CERN, UBS, Walt Disney, Colt, Agency.com amongst others.
https://dazdaztech.wordpress.com/
Brittney Herron
Teach for America Alumni, Princeton '11, UC Denver '13
Elpe Sosiawan Tholkhah
Exploring posibilities and looking forward to be a part of a tech startup in Tokyo
Yo Okubo
Working experiences in various jobs such as import/export, marketing, licensing, foods, translator, negotiator and etc.
Ranjit Patel
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.
Nikola Pavesic
project manager and system analyst based in Japan. Running projects on a short deadline. Passionate about the strong feedback culture and UX. Enjoys innovating.
Steven Yuen
Economics student at Emory University; Prior experiences in real estate, and accounting in a non-profit company.
