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.
Managing Partner at Strive Capital (fka Kii Capital)
http://ngpedro.tumblr.com
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.
Entrepreneurial VC with truly global exposure
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).
Venture Capitalist and Partner at Global Brain Corp.
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
デジタルガレージ/DGインキュベーション/OpenNetworkLab
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
President of KLab Ventures
http://koukokuno.tumblr.com/
Principal at ZenShin Capital, MS&E at @stanford-university 2015, @stanford-university BASES
Partner at WiL, a venture capitalist to bridge US and Japan, ex-Digital Garage.
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 500 Startups. Ex-Googler & ex-YouTuber. Left-handed. Ballet dancer of ~25 yrs. Go Bears.
http://christinetsai.co
Investor in @groupon, @playhaven, Pulse (alphonso Labs), @yume, @angieslist, @kaufda-de, @myfab-com, @experteer, Friendbuy, @xango, @9flats, @sapato, @fastlane, @teamo...
Principal at DGIncubation. I do early stage investment on behalf of Digital Garage.
Managing Director at Draper Nexus
Specialized in technologies. Investment and incubation, product management, and engineering.
E.I.R @ beenos.
General Partner & Co-Founder of IncubateFund. Focus on Asia/Japan/Mobile. Woked at CyberAgent,Inc
Venture Capitalist in Asia
Former TechCrunch Japan editor.
VC at @nvcc • Investor @flutterscape, @spline-network
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
Investor, KLab Ventures.
Co-founder mixi • Co-founder @east-ventures
Representative of Japan venture research
Partner of Sun Bridge Global Ventures
Angel activity
salesforce.comJapan founding president
Sun Bridge founders
Investor in @nobot, @share0, @bukupe, @anydoor, @social-recruting, @fanbook, @whyteboard, @i-c-cruise, @nagisa, @rei-frontier, @miew, @trippieace, @bluenote, @frybridge...
Investor in @marono-media-k-k, @myfdb.
Invested in number of internet startups
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.