Egg Japan, Managing Partner - Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.
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I am overseas business development, investment and marketing professional.
In April 2013, estabished a boutique style global IT business consulting company, Trailnavi, Inc., based in Tokyo, Japan.
Trailnavi provides full set of navigation consulting for global IT companies to climb up to higher peaks. I recently joined Mitsubishi Estate Corporation (MEC)'s Tokyo Client Business Development Office to support overseas fast growing companies to develop new businesses based at Marunouchi, core business area of Tokyo. With Egg Japan platform, MEC also supports Japanese startups to expand global business.
I've worked at Digital Garage, Google, Tokyo Marine Capital, Neoteny and Mitsubishi Corporation. As Chief Investment Officer at DG Incubation, I invested in Twitter, LinkedIn, Path, Kiip, Technorati...and supported their early stage business development in the Japanese market. I also managed LP investments in Super Angel funds in Silicon Valley, such as SV Angel and 500 Startups, to expand venture investment network in the SF Bay Area.
My career started with Mitsubishi Corporation, global trading firm. I was in charge for building new business in Japan for Regis McKenna, Palo Alto-based technology marketing firm, who had clients like Intel and Apple.
Joichi Ito, who recently became MIT Media Lab Director, has been my mentor for venture investment and business incubation at Neoteny and Digital Garage. Thanks to Joi's insight, I could expand investment & incubation network globally.
Trailnavi supports client companies with hands-on manner, building suitable product/service strategy, making right branding, providing market intelligence and helping key management search.
専門分野:
- Technical, marketing and financial due diligence to invest in IT venture companies
- Investment deal sourcing support
- International business development support
- Technology marketing consulting service
- Large corporation's division spin-off support
Support business development of overseas ITC companies utilizing B2B suitable incubation office at Marunouchi, in front of JR Tokyo station. It is located center of Silicon Circle Tokyo area.
Established a new company, to provide Japanese market entry navigation support for global technology companies, and early stage startup investment related consulting.
Support MEC and Egg Japan (Business incubation platform in Marunouchi, Tokyo)'s efforts to help overseas technology companies' to enter Japanese market, as well as Japanese startups' to grow their business globally.
Give mentoring / coaching advice to start-up companies applied to Open Network Laboratory.
In charge for overseas net company investment and business development. Invested in Twitter (US), Technorati (US), Etology (US), FON (England) and etc. My title is "上級執行役員/インキュベーション担当" (Jokyuu Shikko Yakuin) in Japanese.
Investing in overseas (mainly at SF Bay Area ) early stage start-ups from seed to Series B stage.
Invested in Technorati, Inc (US) and managed Japan JV (between DG and Technorati US)
To find online service type venture business in US, to develop a new business in Japan. Digital Garage group does both investment and business development. DG Incubation is a 100% subsidiary of Digital Garage, Inc, who is conducting both VC and incubator business.
I am in charge for strategic investment, primary focused on US venture companies.
New business development for Japanese large ISPs and Portal companies. Sold new Google services for these companies, and built strategic syndication partnerships. Most of Japanese large ISPs were my clients.
Strategic product marketing and sales for new and existing large corporate partners in Japan.
In charge for Japanese venture investment. Conducting deal sourcing, due diligence, investment and incubation support after investment.
Co-managed IT2000 VC fund with Ignite Japan, investment partner company headquartered in Silicon Valley (Ignite Group).
I was Business Development Manager at this one of the first net-business centric incubator companies created by Joichi Ito (Joi). My primary focus was early stage start-ups located in Bay Area.
Invested in Six Apart (San Francisco based Blog software and service company, acquired by Say Media.) and IP Infusion (San Jose based routing software development company, acquired by Access). I also incubated various other Japanese start-ups, such as Waag Technology (IT products user community portal company, acquired by CNET US and became basis for CNET Japan).
I started my carrier at one of the largest trading firm in Japan, Mitsubishi Corporation. I was assigned as branch manager in Malaysia, when I was 25 years old, and managed the Malaysia office for 2 years.
After returning to Tokyo head quarter in 1990, I joined Information Systems and Services Group, and supported Japan market entrance of Regis McKenna Inc., famous Palo Alto based high-tech products marketing consultant who helped early days of Intel and Apple.
After Regis McKenna business incubation, I was assigned as business incubation and investment professional. I was assigned to MC's Palo Alto (CA) office and New York office, to find promising Internet start-up companies who would like to expand business in Japan. I invested and support incubation of General Magic, CBS SportsLine, InterTrust and Wit Capital in their early days.
Helped market entry of Regis McKenna, Inc, as an associate for the company. I worked with senior partners of RMI, such as Regis McKenna (CEO), Rosemary Remacle (Semiconductor projects), Glenn Helton (Apple project) and Geoffrey Moore (author of the famous marketing book, "Crossing the Chasm").
Activities and Societies: イーグルサッカー愛好会, 奥田ゼミ
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New business development, VC