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Founder Institute Mentors

Japan 2024

Founder Institute Mentors join weekly feedback sessions, host office hours, and in general provide you feedback every step of the way. In addition, through our Equity Collective, Mentors are invested in the success of your company both during and after the program.

See the list of current and past mentors for the Japan program below.

Mentors

Aki Ohashi

Vice President, Evolution Ventures

Alexander De Vore

CEO, 3D Printing

Alex M. Dascalu

Lead Director, Founder Institute Eastern Europe

Andrew Crawford

Director of Finance & HR, Founder Institute

Andrew Shuttleworth

Mentor, Founder Institute

Arcui Usoara

Founder/CEO, Iaculus

Ayhan K. Isaacs

Head of Global Growth, Founder Institute

Balu Masti

Vice President - Global Biz Dev and Eng., Vigyanlabs Innovations

Benjamin Joffe

Founder & CEO, Plus Eight Star

Bill Ashlock

Founder, BOSA Advisers Pte Ltd.

Cedric Wagrez

VP, ML Tech & Japan AI, TaskUs

Chiamin Lai

Managing Partner, UB Ventures

Chintan Oza

Founder, Anantam Ecosystems

Chris Foltz

Entrepreneur In Residence, Founder Institute + Responsible Solutions Ltd + IRG 100 CMO's & Change Agents

Christoph Sollich

Christoph Sollich - The Pitch Doctor, The Pitch Doctor

CJ Youn

CEO , 10lOCO

Conrad Kimball

CEO, ADU.Works

Craig Swiatek

FI Mentor

Darren Menabney

Lead, Global Employee Engagement, Ricoh Company

Deep Moteria

Founder , Elluminati

Donghwa Chung

Attorney, Star Law Firm

Dr. Hareesh Nambiar

CTO & Co-founder, kimaru.ai

Dr. Joe Hug

Managing Director, IOAK, Corp., Professor, iU University

Dr. Mayank Singh

Co-founder, CEO , Impute Inc.

Ed Thompson

Marketing Consultant / Founder, Concept Design I/O

Erdinç Ekinci

Managing Director, Founder Institute Korea & Japan & Taiwan

Eunse Lee

Founder & Managing Partner, 541 Ventures

Evan Burkosky

Co-founder & CRO , kimaru.ai

Fuminori Gunji

Business Coach | Startup mentor & investor | Ex-SoftBank | Ex-Startup COO | M&A exit | Trilingual BizDev expert, Gunji Works

Giang Trịnh

Managing Partner, VMCG Capital

Han Sung Kang

Attorney (New York) / Partner, D'LIGHT Law Group

Hany Sayed

Digital Transformation Advisor, GEMblock

Hideki Suzuki

CEO , TSUCREA Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Nishikawa

Representative Director, Solve AI

Hiroyuki Anno

Founder and CEO, DELIGHT Global Inc.

Ho Yin Cheung

Founder, Remo

Jack Huang

Managing Partner, Dreamhub Ventures

Jacky Lou

Senior Invest manager, Lion Travel

Jacob Jacquet

CEO, Rezi

Jad Tarifi

CEO & Co-founder, Integral AI

Jared Campion

Founder & CEO, Dream Drive

Jatin Kataria

Founder & MD, InMeSta + JK Venture Studio

Jay Onda

Director (Investments) | CVC Advisory Board Member, Marubeni Ventures | National Venture Capital Association

Jeffrey Paine

Founding Partner, Golden Gate Ventures, Singapore

Jeni Chang

FI Mentor

Jet Son Tan

Director of Product & Technology, AVANT Corporation

John Kirch

Director, Ichigo Asia K.K.

Jonathan Nguyen

Founder & CEO, Unsensible

Jordan Fisher

Co-founder & Executive Chairman, Zehitomo

José Francisco Fernandez Serna

Angel Investor & Expert, European Institute of Innovation & Technology, EU

Joshua Flannery

Founder & CEO , Innovation Dojo Japan

Kaha Gogiashvili

Program Manager, SOSV and Orbit Startups

Karin Wellbrock

Partner , Kay Group K.K.

Kei Shimada

Executive | Entrepreneur | Award-winning Innovator | Global Keynote Speaker| Startup Mentor | Angel Investor | EMBA, Liquid One Studio

Kei Watanabe

Co-founder, Glasp Inc.

Ken Covey

Investment Manager, QXLV

Kevin Brockland

Founder & Managing Partner, Indelible Ventures:

Khalil Maaouni

Head of Data and Digital, Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Inc.

Kiyotake Sugita

Founder, KLAR株式会社

Kojiro Seto

Startup Advisor, bTANK LLC

Krishan Caldwell

Senior Software Engineer, Kraken Technologies

Lauren Nham

Investor, MetaCap Ventures

Laurent Serafini

FI Mentor

Laurent Koehler

Co-Founder and CBO, HK-Dtech Limited

Lu Dong

Founder and CEO, TakeMe Co.,Ltd.

Maaike Doyer

Founder, Epic Angels

Mahesh Kasar

SVP, Head of Sales - APAC / Global Partner Alliance and Indirect Channel Sales, Rakuten Symphony

Makihara Arisa

Junior Associate , Anobaka

Marco De Biasi

Managing Partner, Latin American Angels Society

Mari Nishiyama

Startup Partner Lead, Stripe

Maria Noel De la Paz

CCO, Magical (accelerator, Chile)

Marko Simic

Chief Technology Officer, Ascent Robotics, Inc.

Masumi Shimafuji

Co-Founder and CEO, xRsion Inc.

Max Zheng

Director of Investments, Blockchain Founders Group

Maximillian Naza

Chief Executive Officer , PasciVite

Michael Kim

CEO & Founder, Grapevyn, Inc.

Michael Sheetal

Founder / CEO, PlayBrain Inc.

Michael Sudano

Senior Robotics Operations Engineer, Woven Planet Holdings

Michael Lee

CEO and Founder , CreBiz Factory

Mikio Kawahara

Chief Investment Officer / Head of Investment and Business Development, UTokyo Innovation Platform Co., Ltd.

Naoko Kurosawa

Senior Manager, TSUCREA Co., Ltd.

Nima Kaz

Co Founder, JUPTER & Director, Founder Institute Brazil

Noriya Tarutani

Director of Innovation Division, JETRO / J-Startup Affairs

Omar Abedin

Founder , PTH Venture Studio

Pablo Riveros

Founder, Manabu.dev

Paloma Lecheta

Regional Director - LatAm, Founder Institute

Paola Riveros Chacón

Mrs, RCD

Paul Ashton

Head of Global Sales, Giftee

Pina (Yoichiro) Hirano

CEO, Asteria Corporation

Rajesh Setty

Rajesh Setty - Serial Entrepreneur and Author, WittyParrot

Raphael Hodé

CEO, Design Director, nowthen

Rebecca Chai

Ventures Associate, Plug and Play Japan

Reisa Matsuda

Community Manager, Google Japan

Roger Do

Co-Founder, QSearch

Rosario B Casas

Co-Founder, VR Americas LLC dba BCPartners Tech

Sameer Sortur

Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures

Sanjaykumar Patel

Founder & Principal IP Attorney, EXCELON IP - Patent & Trademark Attorneys

Satoshi Nunokawa

Associate , Incubate Fund

Sayyed Ahmad Masud

Regional Director Pakistan, Founder Institute

Schyler Alexandra Cole

Managing Director, Qrea8iv Venture Studio

Sergio Escobar

CEO & Partner, BCF Ventures, Managing Director, Lalotte Ventures

Sergio Elias Wilson

Foreign Associate, So & Sato Law Firm

Shinya Yamamoto

Founder & CEO, Link & Innovation, Inc.

Sho Sato

CEO, LUDiMUS Inc.

Sinjin Wolf

Co-founder & CEO , kimaru.ai

So Saito

Founder, So & Sato Law Offices

So Yeon Kim

Founder & COO, Lapis APAC Pte Ltd.

Stella (Jeehyon) Yoh

Principal, SOSV and Orbit Startups

Steve Monaghan

General Partner, Finmirai

Sush Bapna

GP, Ventures

Taku Furukawa

Founder & Organizer, Tokyo Fabhub

Takujiro Oto

Co-Founder and CEO, Drive Japan Inc.

Tao Romera Martinez

Chief Operating Officer, Soundraw

Tilo Bonow Piabo

Investor, Cavalry Ventures

Timothy Connor

Chief Executive Officer, Synnovate

Todor Panev

Co-Founder, Managing Partner, Web Factory, Sigoor, Talnets

Tomohiro Uchida

Partner, Translink Capital

Tunc Berkman

Advisory Board Member, Sanamekan

Tyson Batino

Founder 創業者, Scaling Your Company

Xinmei Cai

Engineering Director, Google Japan

Yamato Sasagawa

Investor, World Innovation Lab (WiL)

Yoichi Morimoto

Head of Business Development, HiJoJo Partners Inc.

Yuichi Terada

Founder & President , Hiyoura Lab

Yuji Tanabe

Co-Founder and CTO, Aeterlink

Yuki Shirato

Managing Director, Yakumi

Yuki Sato

Co-founder, CEO , Obniz Inc

Yu Li Shein

Co-Director , Founder Institute Japan/ Korea/ Taiwan

Zolboo Bayarsaikhan

Co-founder and CEO, START

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