Tokyo Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Tokyo.
John Stokes
Investor
Co-Founder of early stage VC, @real-ventures (Montreal, Canada) and an investor in the FounderFuel Accelerator.
Salil Pradhan
Investor
Venture Partner, DFJ-JAIC Venture Partners
Eiji Araki
Investor
#4 employee and Board member of GREE, founder and SVP of its US branch, GREE International. Product leader having Engineering background.
Yeh Eduardo
Co-founder/CEO at @selvz. Co-Founder/CEO @iPing/MrWakeup (acquired by eCal); Investor/Advisor @Conatus Energia (Brazil)
http://mrwakeup.tumblr.com/
Tomoya Sasaki
Investor
デジタルガレージ/DGインキュベーション/OpenNetworkLab
Takuro Wakabayashi
Investor
Investor @cinemacraft, @technostar • Studied at @insead-1
Akira Kitamura
Investor
Representative of Japan venture research
Partner of Sun Bridge Global Ventures
Angel activity
salesforce.comJapan founding president
Sun Bridge founders
Christine Tsai
Investor
Managing Partner at 500 Startups. Ex-Googler & ex-YouTuber. Left-handed. Ballet dancer of ~25 yrs. Go Bears.
http://christinetsai.co
Hitoshi Kawanabe
Investor
Specialized in technologies. Investment and incubation, product management, and engineering.
Hiro Maeda
Investor
Managing Partner of BEENOS - A Tokyo-based investment program. - http://beenos.com
http://hiromaeda.com
Akio Tanaka
I-Freek
Investor
Established in 2000. A listed company. Focus on providing mobile contents to consumer, apps, email decoration, e-commerce. Offices in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Singapore.
Ikuo C. Hiraishi
Investor
Startup Accelerator. President & CEO of SunBridge Global Ventures Inc. Co-founder of Interscope Inc.(sold to @yahoo JAPAN), also WebCrew Inc.(listed TSE).
Masahiko Honma
Investor
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
Shogo Kawada
Investor
Co-founder of DeNA
Nicolas Loeillot
Investor
CEO of LM3LABS • Technology management roles @accenture, @nortel-networks @gartner • Engineering + MBA education.
Ryotaro Nakayama(Naka)
CyberAgent Crowd Funding, inc.
Toda Yasuhiro
Investor
Retired after experienced in investment bank, insurance and accounting firm.
Jonathan Hewitt
Investor
UK origins, Physics / Electronics, BSc & FCA, 20+ years in Japan. Founding member $1bn+ sporting goods business. On board with LUXSTACK, its what retail needs
Oleg Zuravljov
Investor
Ted Yamamoto
Investor
General partner at UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital
Yusuke Murata
Investor
General partner & Co-founder of @incubate-fund, social and mobile apps- focused venture fund in Japan.
Kengo Ito
Investor
Chad Iverson
Investor
Tokyo based equities investor, 13 years with Capital Group
Kenichi Muto
Investor
Owner of MUTO CORPORATION in Tokyo Japan. We have been exporting various Japanese products to the company and individuals around the world.
Tetsuya "Terry" Hayashiguchi
Investor
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
Keisuke Wada
General Partner & Co-Founder of IncubateFund. Focus on Asia/Japan/Mobile. Woked at CyberAgent,Inc
Martin Konrad
Investor
Founder at @design Royale (acquired dec'12). Founder at @drumo
Elaine Huang Crawford
CEO of 3 REITs. Computer Science from CMU, Harvard MBA. Solid business background with BCG, JPMorgan and Lazard
Takeshi Ebihara
Investor
Venture Capitalist in Asia