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