Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Tokyo.
Co-Founder of early stage VC, @real-ventures (Montreal, Canada) and an investor in the FounderFuel Accelerator.
Principal at ZenShin Capital, MS&E at @stanford-university 2015, @stanford-university BASES
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.
Managing Partner at Strive Capital (fka Kii Capital)
http://ngpedro.tumblr.com
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
Investor in @groupon, @playhaven, Pulse (alphonso Labs), @yume, @angieslist, @kaufda-de, @myfab-com, @experteer, Friendbuy, @xango, @9flats, @sapato, @fastlane, @teamo...
Specialized in technologies. Investment and incubation, product management, and engineering.
Managing Partner at 500 Startups. Ex-Googler & ex-YouTuber. Left-handed. Ballet dancer of ~25 yrs. Go Bears.
http://christinetsai.co
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.
Principal at DGIncubation. I do early stage investment on behalf of Digital Garage.
VC @ DeNA, Founding CEO @ STORYS.JP, Former J.P. Morgan
Investor in 500 Startups (Fund), @zazzle.
Venture Capitalist and Partner at Global Brain Corp.
Early stage venture capital. Focus in consumer media, mobile and EC. Expert in US-Japan cross border biz dev and investments.
President of KLab Ventures
http://koukokuno.tumblr.com/
Partner at WiL, a venture capitalist to bridge US and Japan, ex-Digital Garage.
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).
デジタルガレージ/DGインキュベーション/OpenNetworkLab
Entrepreneurial VC with truly global exposure
Investor: @pinterest, @500startups , @ahalife, @viber ; Founder:; Advisor: @adaptics; Investment/biz role at R Group, @credit-suisse, @ibm; MBA/MS at MIT
General Partner & Co-Founder of IncubateFund. Focus on Asia/Japan/Mobile. Woked at CyberAgent,Inc
Investor, KLab Ventures.
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
Investor in @marono-media-k-k, @myfdb.
E.I.R @ beenos.
Venture Capitalist in Asia
General partner at UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital
Representative of Japan venture research
Partner of Sun Bridge Global Ventures
Angel activity
salesforce.comJapan founding president
Sun Bridge founders
VC at @nvcc • Investor @flutterscape, @spline-network
Investor in @nobot, @share0, @bukupe, @anydoor, @social-recruting, @fanbook, @whyteboard, @i-c-cruise, @nagisa, @rei-frontier, @miew, @trippieace, @bluenote, @frybridge...
Retired after experienced in investment bank, insurance and accounting firm.
Former TechCrunch Japan editor.
Co-founder mixi • Co-founder @east-ventures
Invested in number of internet startups