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.

In the News more

January 17, 2019 A Look at the First Fifty Sports Tech Tokyo Participants
January 7, 2019 Sports Tech Tokyo Brings Venture Capital And Technology To Sports Landscape In Asia
December 20, 2018 Scrum Connect, our annual event in Tokyo, fosters open innovation between Japan and startups
November 5, 2018 Japanese advertising giant Dentsu and U.S. venture capital firm tie up to boost sports technology sector
October 1, 2018 [Press Release] Scrum Ventures and Dentsu Launch Global Sports Tech Accelerator Program

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

Austin Arensberg

Principal

Yohei Nakajima

Venture Partner

Hiroki Tanaka

Venture Partner

Akane Miura

VP of Marketing and Operations

Ryan Mendoza

Associate

Mie Yaginuma

Director of Marketing

Michael Proman

Managing Director

Tomoko Yoshioka

Marketing Manager

Saki Oshima

Business Development Associate

Kensuke Kuroda

Associate

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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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