Founder Institute Mentors

Japan 2023

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

Abe Rezai

Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, H.B. Fuller

Aki Ohashi

Vice President, Evolution Ventures

Alexander De Vore

CEO, 3D Printing

Andrew Shuttleworth

Head Of Business Development, JAPAC, Agorize

Cedric Wagrez

VP, ML Tech & Japan AI, TaskUs

Chiamin Lai

Managing Partner, UB Ventures

Conrad Kimball

CEO, ADU.Works

Daniel Maggs

CEO & Co-Founder, Bisu

Darren Menabney

Lead, Global Employee Engagement, Ricoh Company

Dr. Mayank Singh

Co-founder, CEO , Impute Inc.

Ed Thompson

Marketing Consultant / Founder, Concept Design I/O

Erdinc Ekinci

Co-founder, CEO , Openfor.co, inc

Evan Burkosky

Head of Enterprise Digital Marketing, TechnoPro, Inc.

Fion Lee Madan

Technical Co-Founder, COO and Customer Success, Fairly AI

Fumiaki Koizumi

CEO, Fumiaki Koizumi & Associates

Fuminori Gunji

Global Strategic Partnerships Manager, Deel Inc.

Hideki Suzuki

CEO , TSUCREA Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Nishikawa

Regional Director, Japan, MoBagel

Hiroyuki Anno

Founder and CEO, DELIGHT Inc.

Jad Tarifi

CEO & Co-founder, Integral AI

Jared Campion

Founder & CEO, Dream Drive

Jatin Kataria

Founder & CEO, InMeSta

Jay Onda

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

Jerry Chi

Head of Japan, Stability AI

Jet Son Tan

Director of Product & Technology, DIVA Corporation

Jin Tanaka

Director of Investment | Resident Mentor, DEEPCORE | 500 Global

Jordan Fisher

Co-founder & Executive Chairman, Zehitomo

Joshua Flannery

Founder & CEO , Innovation Dojo Japan

Jun Miyazaki

CEO / Mentor, OrangeTechLab

Karin Wellbrock

Mrs. / Partner , Kay Group K.K.

Kei Shimada

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

Ken Sobajima

Founder & CEO , Tomorrow Access

Ken Covey

Investment Manager, QXLV

Khalil Maaouni

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

Kiyotake Sugita

Founder, KLAR K.K.

Kojiro Seto

Startup Advisor, bTANK LLC

Kota Fujinuma

Lawyer, Kobayashi Yugeta Law Office

Krishan Caldwell

General Manager, Japan, Tellus

Lu Dong

Founder and CEO, TakeMe Co.,Ltd.

Maaike Doyer

Founder, Epic Angels

Mahesh Kasar

SVP, Head of Partner Alliance and Indirect Channel Sales, Rakuten Symphony

Makihara Arisa

Junior Associate , Anobaka

Mari Nishiyama

Startup Partner Lead, Stripe

Marko Simic

Chief Technology Officer, Ascent Robotics, Inc.

Masafumi Kamishiro

Senior Vice President, Bain Capital

Masaru Nagura

General Manager, CIC (Cambridge Innovation Center)

Masumi Shimafuji

Founder and CEO, xRsion Inc.

Michael Sheetal

Founder / CEO, PlayBrain Inc.

Michael Sudano

Senior Robotics Operations Engineer, Woven Planet Holdings

Mikio Kawahara

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

Min Myat Swan Pyae

Co-Founder, Juncture

Moaz Hamid

founding partner, mvmt ventures

Nidhi Banthia Mehta

Founder & Catalyst , Self Achievers

Niklas Karvonen

Community Director, Nordic Innovation House - Tokyo

Noriya Tarutani

Director of Innovation Division, JETRO / J-Startup Affairs

Reisa Matsuda

Community Manager, Google Japan

Roger Do

CEO, QSearch

Ryoichi Kaneko

Partner, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Sameer Sortur

Managing Partner, SquareCircle Ventures

Schyler Alexandra Cole

Associate, Incubate Fund

Sergio Elias Wilson

Foreign Associate, So & Sato Law Firm

Serkan Toto

Founder, CEO, Kantan Games, Inc.

Shigeru Sumitomo

Founder and Representative Director, Conselux Corporation

Shinya Yamamoto

Founder & CEO, Link & Innovation, Inc.

So Saito

Founder, So & Sato Law Offices

Steve Monaghan

General Partner, Finmirai

Taisuke Alex Odajima

CEO, EDGEof INNOVATION, LLC

Takaaki Ono

Co-Founder, BlueCircle, LLC

Takeshi Maruyama

President / Chief Marketing Officer, Sekisui Fuller

Taku Furukawa

Founder & Organizer, Tokyo Fabhub

Tao Romera Martinez

Chief Operating Officer, Soundraw

Taruho Kuroda

Senior Director, R&D Asia-Pacific Hub, LEO Pharma

Theodore Kee

Founder, The Elect Advisory

Todor Panev

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

Tyson Batino

Founder 創業者, Scaling Your Company

Xinmei Cai

Engineering Director, Google Japan

Yoichi Morimoto

Head of Equity Sales & Corporate Access, Startup& Venture Capital Business, Goldman Sachs

Yoichi Ito

Dean of entrepreneurship dept., Musashino Univ.

Yoshiki Kimura

lawyer , MURATA & WAKATSUKI LAW OFFICES

Yoshimi Shinohara

Founder / CEO, Yokohama Ventures LLC

Yuji Tanabe

Founder and CTO, Aeterlink

Yuki Shirato

Managing Director, Yakumi

Yuki Sato

Co-founder, CEO , Obniz Inc

Yu Li Shein

Co-founder and COO, Openfor.co Inc

Yves Lehmann

Mr., if21

Zak Murase

Managing Director, Pacific Sky Partners

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