Scrum Ventures

Scrum Ventures is a platform
for early-stage startups and
corporations to innovate together.

We are a team of founders accelerating our portfolio companies to achieve global opportunities by leveraging our extensive experience and networks in Silicon Valley and Japan.

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January 14, 2020 Scrum Ventures 2020 Predictions: New Decade Brings the 5G Era Personalized Healthcare and a Reinvented VC Approach
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December 6, 2019 What Venture Capitalists (VCs) See For 2020
October 1, 2019 The future of sports tech: Here’s where investors are placing their bets

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Team

Our team is uniquely positioned between Silicon Valley and Japan to understand technology trends from a global perspective.

Tak Miyata

General Partner

Makoto Haruta

Partner

Hitoshi Hokamura

Partner

Shuji Nakata

Chief Financial Officer

Yohei Nakajima

Venture Partner

Hiroki Tanaka

Venture Partner

Akane Miura

VP of Marketing and Operations

Ryan Mendoza

Principal

Mie Yaginuma

Director of Marketing

Noriko Takagaki

Director of Business Development

Michael Proman

Managing Director

Tomoko Yoshioka

Marketing Manager

Saki Oshima

Business Development Associate

Jonathan L. Hua

Associate

Kensuke Kuroda

Associate

Ryo Hayamashima

Associate

Akash Bhat

Associate & Program Manager

Michael Yan

Technical Associate

Ryan De Souza

Analyst

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Investment

Our investments are early-stage and in a wide range of sectors.

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Studio

We bring startups and corporations together to foster innovative new businesses.

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Partners

We partner with global Japanese corporations to support and invest in innovative entrepreneurs.

Scrum Ventures is a seed stage venture firm investing across a range of industries in the U.S. and Asia. Based in San Francisco with extensive experience and networks in both Silicon Valley and Japan, Scrum Ventures accelerates portfolio companies with global opportunities and helps corporations innovate. Scrum Ventures recently announced Scrum Studios, a platform that connects global corporations with startups.

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