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