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Yohei Nakajima

Venture Partner

Yohei has been supporting early-stage startups for 15 years, originally starting on the community side organizing events and educational courses for founders out of coworking spaces. He has spent the last 7 on the investing side, initially at Techstars where he helped spin up the Disney Accelerator alongside The Walt Disney Company, followed by his role as Director of Pipeline, supporting all 30+ Techstars accelerator programs in recruiting the best startups worldwide. At Scrum Ventures, he led the development of Scrum Studio, designing, leading, and overseeing our partner programs with Nintendo, Dentsu, Panasonic. Today he sits on the investment team as a venture partner, and is on the board of Misapplied Sciences. He graduated from Claremont McKenna College where he studied economics, finance, and leadership.



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Tak Miyata Founding Partner and CEO
Tak Miyata
Founding Partner and CEO
Kazuhiro Kiyoshige General Partner
Kazuhiro Kiyoshige
General Partner
Ryan Mendoza Partner
Ryan Mendoza
Partner
Michael Matsumura Partner
Michael Matsumura
Partner
Michael Proman Managing Director and Partner
Michael Proman
Managing Director and Partner
Masami Takahashi Group COO and President, Scrum Studio
Masami Takahashi
Group COO and President, Scrum Studio
Shinya Uematsu VP of Co-Creation
Shinya Uematsu
VP of Co-Creation
Michael Yan Managing Director and Head of Technical Investments
Michael Yan
Managing Director and Head of Technical Investments
Karl Albrecht Controller
Karl Albrecht
Controller
Anand Engineer Analyst
Anand Engineer
Analyst
Ryo Hayashima Director of Portfolio Growth
Ryo Hayashima
Director of Portfolio Growth
Rikuto Ikeda Senior Associate
Rikuto Ikeda
Senior Associate
Ai Kashii Fund Operations Associate
Ai Kashii
Fund Operations Associate
Kensuke Kuroda Venture Partner
Kensuke Kuroda
Venture Partner
Jonathan L. Hua Venture Partner
Jonathan L. Hua
Venture Partner
Ashley Huang Analyst
Ashley Huang
Analyst
Ray Lian Senior Associate
Ray Lian
Senior Associate
Akane Miura Director of Marketing
Akane Miura
Director of Marketing
Sakura Nagatoshi Administration Manager
Sakura Nagatoshi
Administration Manager
Yohei Nakajima Venture Partner
Yohei Nakajima
Venture Partner
Tomoya Sasaki Fund Operation Manager
Tomoya Sasaki
Fund Operation Manager
Yuko Shimada Program Manager
Yuko Shimada
Program Manager
Hisano Shimizu Senior Associate
Hisano Shimizu
Senior Associate
Kohei Shiraishi Director of Business Development
Kohei Shiraishi
Director of Business Development
Bobby Shogen Associate
Bobby Shogen
Associate
Saori Utsunomiya Program Manager
Saori Utsunomiya
Program Manager
Yuya Watanabe Program Manager
Yuya Watanabe
Program Manager
Mie Yaginuma Director of Marketing and Operations
Mie Yaginuma
Director of Marketing and Operations
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Advisors

Makoto Haruta
Makoto Haruta
Hitoshi Hokamura
Hitoshi Hokamura
Kunimasa Suzuki
Kunimasa Suzuki
Tak Umezawa
Tak Umezawa
Kunio Watanabe
Kunio Watanabe
Naomi Koshi
Naomi Koshi
Barak Berkowitz
Barak Berkowitz
Yuto Nagatomo
Yuto Nagatomo
Fumiaki Koizumi
Fumiaki Koizumi
Yohei Sadoshima
Yohei Sadoshima
Chris Park
Chris Park
Karl Spangenberg
Karl Spangenberg
Wataru Baba
Wataru Baba

Global Mentors

Over 200 experts from various industries have joined our studio programs as mentors for our partners and startups.

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Akiko Okada Research/Insight Specialist
Akiko Okada
Research/Insight Specialist
SIGMAXYZ Inc.
Andrew D. Ive Managing General Partner
Andrew D. Ive
Managing General Partner
Big Idea Ventures
Brad Jakeman Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Brad Jakeman
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Rethink Food
Daisuke Koyasu CEO
Daisuke Koyasu
CEO
KAGEN Inc
Hajime Yoneda
Hajime Yoneda

HAJIME&ARTISTES INC.

SmartCityX    All Mentors

Baron Davis Founder
Baron Davis
Founder
Baron Davis Enterprises
John Rossant CEO | Founder and Chairman
John Rossant
CEO | Founder and Chairman
CoMotion NewCities Foundation
Anna Sandquist Merchant Director, Connected Home and Connected Car
Anna Sandquist
Merchant Director, Connected Home and Connected Car
Best Buy
Brano Perkovich Chief Investment Officer
Brano Perkovich
Chief Investment Officer
San Francisco 49ers
Hiroaki Miyata Keio University
Hiroaki Miyata
Keio University
Professor, Department of health policy and management, School of Medicine

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Tracy Deforge Founder
Tracy Deforge
Founder
The Players' Impact
Daniel Brusilovsky Digital Initiatives Lead
Daniel Brusilovsky
Digital Initiatives Lead
Golden State Warriors
Brian Kopp Founder
Brian Kopp
Founder
Stretch 4 Advisory
Deepen Parikh Partner
Deepen Parikh
Partner
Courtside Ventures
Ryan Mundy Managing Director
Ryan Mundy
Managing Director
Techlete Ventures

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Jonathan Palley
Co-Founder & CEO at Spire Health
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Leore Avidar
Co-Founder & CEO at Lob
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Saeju Jeong
Co-Founder & CEO at Noom
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Cavan Canavan
Co-Founder & CEO at FocusMotion
Ari Evans Founder & CEO at Maestro
Ari Evans
Founder & CEO at Maestro
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Omer Perchik
Founder & CEO at Any.do
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Meg Nakamura
CEO at Apto Payments
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Co-Founder, CEO at Littlstar
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Marco Mascorro
Co-Founder & CEO at Fellow Robots
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Erik Hersman
CEO at BRCK
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Chase Thomason
Founder & CEO at Skip
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Michia Rohrssen
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Edwin Olson
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Co-Founder & CEO at LiveLike
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Christopher Prucha
CEO, Co-Founder at Origin
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Sid Bhatt
CEO at Aarki
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Peter Howard
Chief Executive Officer at Realtime Robotics, Inc.
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CEO at Glowing.io
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CEO at Misapplied Sciences, Inc.
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Founder at Boostable
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Randall Bennett
Founder at Vidpresso
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Adam Benayoun
Founder at Binpress
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Zaydoon H. Munir
Founder at RevolutionCredit
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Koji Kojima
President & CEO at HCMJ
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Ryosuke Nishiyama
CEO at FOODCODE
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Justin Barad
Founder & CEO at Osso VR
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Phil Libin
Co-founder and CEO at mmhmm
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Ekram Alam
Co-founder and CEO at MindPortal
Suelin Chen CEO & Co-Founder at Cake
Suelin Chen
CEO & Co-Founder at Cake
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Oliver Worsley
Co-Founder & CEO at Sequential Skin
Masayo Matsumura CEO at BiPSEE
Masayo Matsumura
CEO at BiPSEE
Caroline Early Co-Founder at Pillar
Caroline Early
Co-Founder at Pillar
Jasmine Mansouri Co-Founder at Pillar
Jasmine Mansouri
Co-Founder at Pillar
Takuya Yokoyama CEO at SUPWAT
Takuya Yokoyama
CEO at SUPWAT
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Prayag Narula
Co-Founder at Marvin
Ashley Pilipiszyn CEO & Co-Founder at Titan Space
Ashley Pilipiszyn
CEO & Co-Founder at Titan Space
Naoki Shirahige CEO at N Inc.
Naoki Shirahige
CEO at N Inc.
Yuki Kitagata CTO at N Inc.
Yuki Kitagata
CTO at N Inc.
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Rakesh Tondon
Co-Founder & CEO at Dr. Treat
Luke Haverhals Founder & CEO at Natural Fiber Welding, Inc.
Luke Haverhals
Founder & CEO at Natural Fiber Welding, Inc.
Masashi Goto Founder at TYPICA
Masashi Goto
Founder at TYPICA
Kota Maeta CEO at Unlace
Kota Maeta
CEO at Unlace
Amane Kimura CEO at Algal Bio
Amane Kimura
CEO at Algal Bio
Alex Mitchell Founder & CEO at Boomy Corp.
Alex Mitchell
Founder & CEO at Boomy Corp.
Jeong-Suh Choi CEO at Bobidi
Jeong-Suh Choi
CEO at Bobidi
Jeff Nobbs Co-Founder & CEO at Zero Acre Farms
Jeff Nobbs
Co-Founder & CEO at Zero Acre Farms
Yumi Kawata CEO at Hedgehog MedTech
Yumi Kawata
CEO at Hedgehog MedTech
Catherine Dennig Co-Founder & CEO at Fursure
Catherine Dennig
Co-Founder & CEO at Fursure
Eric Menees Founder & CEO at Fynn
Eric Menees
Founder & CEO at Fynn
Andrew Peterson Co-Founder and CEO at Array Labs
Andrew Peterson
Co-Founder and CEO at Array Labs
Josh Butlter Founder & CEO at CompScience
Josh Butlter
Founder & CEO at CompScience
Kamal Mistry CEO at Arcturus
Kamal Mistry
CEO at Arcturus
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Ryoma Inose
Founder and CEO at amptalk
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Kazuhiko Nishioka
Co-founder & CEO at SUN METALON
Jin Nakamura Founder & CEO at Bloomo
Jin Nakamura
Founder & CEO at Bloomo
Alex Lee Co-founder & CEO at Truewind
Alex Lee
Co-founder & CEO at Truewind
Keyan Kazemian Co-Founder & CEO at 222
Keyan Kazemian
Co-Founder & CEO at 222
Stephen Murphy Co-Founder & CEO at Boom Entertainment
Stephen Murphy
Co-Founder & CEO at Boom Entertainment
Sundip Agarwal Founder & CEO at Tappp
Sundip Agarwal
Founder & CEO at Tappp
Stephen Glicken Co-Founder & CEO at Project Admission
Stephen Glicken
Co-Founder & CEO at Project Admission
Jared Zhao Founder & CEO at Athentic AI
Jared Zhao
Founder & CEO at Athentic AI
Ignacio Bachiller Co-Founder & CEO at Fever
Ignacio Bachiller
Co-Founder & CEO at Fever
George Wang Co-Founder & CEO at Stellar Sleep
George Wang
Co-Founder & CEO at Stellar Sleep
David Tingley Founder at Olio Labs
David Tingley
Founder at Olio Labs
Yuichi Sasaki CEO at Spiral.ai
Yuichi Sasaki
CEO at Spiral.ai
Steven Farag CEO at Campus Ink
Steven Farag
CEO at Campus Ink
Alec Sorensen Founder & CEO at Tradespace
Alec Sorensen
Founder & CEO at Tradespace
Tim West Founder & Creative Director at Bandit
Tim West
Founder & Creative Director at Bandit
Nikki Semin Han President at Titan
Nikki Semin Han
President at Titan
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Joey Brander
Founding Team & Vice President at TMRW Sports
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Jeffrey Cardenas
Co-Founder & CEO at Apptronik
Roman Teslyuk Founder & CEO at Earth AI
Roman Teslyuk
Founder & CEO at Earth AI
Angik Sarkar Co-Founder & CEO at Ixana
Angik Sarkar
Co-Founder & CEO at Ixana
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