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Venture With Mo #007: Masahiko of Incubate Fund on Japan Startup ecosystem, Gaming, Mobile and Virtual Reality
Episode Overview
This week we have a special episode on the Japanese venture and startup ecosystem. We're joined by Masahiko Honma General Partner and CoFounder of Incubate Fund, the best known and largest seed and early-stage investor in Japan.
Incubate Fund has made over 140 with 13 exits and 19 IPOs from companies like Sansan, Medley, Gamewith and iSpace.
In today's show we discuss:
- Venture capital vs corporate venture capital
About Masahiko
Masahiko started his investment carrier at JAFCO in helping Silicon valley and Israel tech startups access into Japan market, then worked for Accenture’s venture capital arm and corporate venture capital under Mitsubishi Corporation. In 2007, he founded Core People Partners, angel fund specializing in the incubation of internet businesses, and made about 10x returns. He co-founded Incubate Fund in 2010, and has been making active investment in Japan as well as directing Asia investment operations in South East Asian market and India.
He was Graduated from Keio University Faculty of Business and Commerce.
About Incubate Fund
Incubate Fund is a venture capital specialised in investing in startups in the seed stages. Since the establishment of the Incubate Capital Partners in 1999, we manage the fund worth ¥44.4 billion($440million) and invested in over 300 startups through our related fund. As Incubate Fund, since the establishment of 1st fund in 2010, we have invested ¥34 billion($340million) in seed startup, including more than 120 companies through our related fund in the last 5 years making us one of the biggest investors of the seed/early-stage startups in Japan.
Resources
- Incubate Fund: http://incubatefund.com/en/
Connect With Masahiko Honma
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/masahikohonma/
Connect With Mo
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammedjalil/
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By Mo JalilEpisode Overview
This week we have a special episode on the Japanese venture and startup ecosystem. We're joined by Masahiko Honma General Partner and CoFounder of Incubate Fund, the best known and largest seed and early-stage investor in Japan.
Incubate Fund has made over 140 with 13 exits and 19 IPOs from companies like Sansan, Medley, Gamewith and iSpace.
In today's show we discuss:
- Venture capital vs corporate venture capital
About Masahiko
Masahiko started his investment carrier at JAFCO in helping Silicon valley and Israel tech startups access into Japan market, then worked for Accenture’s venture capital arm and corporate venture capital under Mitsubishi Corporation. In 2007, he founded Core People Partners, angel fund specializing in the incubation of internet businesses, and made about 10x returns. He co-founded Incubate Fund in 2010, and has been making active investment in Japan as well as directing Asia investment operations in South East Asian market and India.
He was Graduated from Keio University Faculty of Business and Commerce.
About Incubate Fund
Incubate Fund is a venture capital specialised in investing in startups in the seed stages. Since the establishment of the Incubate Capital Partners in 1999, we manage the fund worth ¥44.4 billion($440million) and invested in over 300 startups through our related fund. As Incubate Fund, since the establishment of 1st fund in 2010, we have invested ¥34 billion($340million) in seed startup, including more than 120 companies through our related fund in the last 5 years making us one of the biggest investors of the seed/early-stage startups in Japan.
Resources
- Incubate Fund: http://incubatefund.com/en/
Connect With Masahiko Honma
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/masahikohonma/
Connect With Mo
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammedjalil/