Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Tokyo.
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.
Investor in 500 Startups (Fund), @zazzle.
Managing Partner at 500 Startups. Ex-Googler & ex-YouTuber. Left-handed. Ballet dancer of ~25 yrs. Go Bears.
http://christinetsai.co
Specialized in technologies. Investment and incubation, product management, and engineering.
Venture Capitalist and Partner at Global Brain Corp.
President of KLab Ventures
http://koukokuno.tumblr.com/
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.
Startup Accelerator. President & CEO of SunBridge Global Ventures Inc. Co-founder of Interscope Inc.(sold to @yahoo JAPAN), also WebCrew Inc.(listed TSE).
VC @ DeNA, Founding CEO @ STORYS.JP, Former J.P. Morgan
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
Partner at WiL, a venture capitalist to bridge US and Japan, ex-Digital Garage.
Principal at ZenShin Capital, MS&E at @stanford-university 2015, @stanford-university BASES
Principal at DGIncubation. I do early stage investment on behalf of Digital Garage.
Investor in @groupon, @playhaven, Pulse (alphonso Labs), @yume, @angieslist, @kaufda-de, @myfab-com, @experteer, Friendbuy, @xango, @9flats, @sapato, @fastlane, @teamo...
Co-Founder of early stage VC, @real-ventures (Montreal, Canada) and an investor in the FounderFuel Accelerator.
Managing Director at Draper Nexus
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
Managing Partner at Strive Capital (fka Kii Capital)
http://ngpedro.tumblr.com
Early stage venture capital. Focus in consumer media, mobile and EC. Expert in US-Japan cross border biz dev and investments.
Venture Capitalist in Asia
Representative of Japan venture research
Partner of Sun Bridge Global Ventures
Angel activity
salesforce.comJapan founding president
Sun Bridge founders
Invested in number of internet startups
General Partner & Co-Founder of IncubateFund. Focus on Asia/Japan/Mobile. Woked at CyberAgent,Inc
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
Former TechCrunch Japan editor.
Investor: @pinterest, @500startups , @ahalife, @viber ; Founder:; Advisor: @adaptics; Investment/biz role at R Group, @credit-suisse, @ibm; MBA/MS at MIT
E.I.R @ beenos.
General partner at UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital
Investor in @marono-media-k-k, @myfdb.
Investor, KLab Ventures.
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.
Co-founder mixi • Co-founder @east-ventures