Global Brain

Global Brain is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm founded in 1998, specializing in early-stage investments across various sectors, including e-commerce, software, gaming, media, IoT, education, entertainment, and fintech. The firm has expanded its investment activities to the US and Asia, targeting series A-stage technology companies. Since its inception, Global Brain has invested in approximately 30 companies, achieving seven initial public offerings and seven mergers and acquisitions. The firm supports its portfolio companies by providing not only capital but also strategic guidance, partnerships, and team-building resources to help them reach their milestones. Global Brain is particularly adept in e-commerce, operating a platform called EC-PLANET, which encompasses several group companies, including a large online sports goods store and a logistics firm offering comprehensive fulfillment services. This network, along with Global Brain's connections to established Japanese companies, facilitates market entry for US and Asian businesses into Japan.

Kaori Akiba

Principal, Corporate Management Group

Tatsunori Arai

Director, Investment Group

Megumi Asatsuma

Corporate Management Group, Director

Anjani Bansal

Partner, India Office Representative

Brooke Beers

Partner

Takuji Chida

Director, Investment Groups

Hogil Doh

General Partner, Investment Group

Thomas Duong

Principal

Brian Flucht

Partner and Head, US Division

Daisuke Furukawa

Venture Partner

Hajime Furuya

Venture Partner

Kenji Hayashi

Principal, Investment Group

Shohei Hayashi

Partner

Harue Hayashi

Partner and Vice Chief Fund Management Officer

Yosuke Hirai

Director

Joopyo Hong

Partner Investment Group

Naoki Horie

Principal, Investment Group

Jang Hyeokjin

Principal, Investment Group

Shohei Ichimiya

Partner, US Office

Nozomu Ikuta

Principal

Kotona Inaida

Director, Fund Management Group

Tomoaki Ishikure

Investment Group Partner

Yoshinari Ito

Venture Partner

Yuki Ito

Director

Hiroyuki Izumi

Partner, Investment Group

Ken Kajii

General Partner, Investment Group

Naoki Kamimaeda

Partner and Europe Division Head

Masaru Kaneshiro

Principal

Daisuke Kashiro

Partner, Investment Group

Kirin Kato

Principal

Takashi Kato

Partner, San Francisco Office Representative

Masaya Kawakami

Partner

Hiroyuki Kawamoto

Principal

Ko Kawaragi

Director

Maiko Kayata

Principal

ByeongJin Kim

Principal, Fund Management Group

Jungyong Kim

Principal, Investment Group

Riichiro Kimura Ph.D

Director, Investment Group

Kenta Kitsuka

General Partner

Issei Kokubu

Principal, Investment Group

Yoshiomi Kubota

Principal

Jinya Kurita

Director

KyungHun Lee

Partner, South Korea Office Representative

YingQi Liang(Joy)

Principal, Investment Group

Chukaku Lin

Principal

Atsushi Matsuda

Venture Partner

Akira Matsumoto

Principal, Investment Group

Natsumi Matsuoka

Principal

Hiroshi Mihayashi

Principal

Tomoko Minagawa

Director, Investment Group

Ai Minamizaki

Principal, Investment Group

Shigeru Mitarai

Principal

Kazuhiko Miyama

General Partner

Shuhei Mori

Principal

Seiichiro Mukai

Director

Satoko Murata

Principal, Investment Group

Kohtaro Nagawa

Director, Investment Group

Tasuke Nakagawa

Partner / M&A

Mitsutaka Nakao

Principal, Investment Group

Shien Nakayama

Director, Investment Group

Yuya Namiki

Director

Ying Jian Ng

Director, Investment Group

Daisuke Nishida

Partner, Investment Group

Akiko Noguchi

Director, Corporate Management Group

Rina Obi

Investment Director

Sho Ohtani

Principal, Investment Group

Tetsui Okada

Director, Investments Group

Mayu Okamoto

Principal

Akane Okuyama

Director

Shingo Otaki

Partner, Investment Group

Naoki Sadakuni

Venture Partner

Enen Sai

Principal, Fund Management Group

Kazuki Sakuragawa

Partner and Editor in Chief, Corporate Management Group

Masumi Sato

Principal

Naoki Sato

Principal, Investment Group

Tomoki Sekiguchi

Principal

Rie Shibata

Director, Fund Management Group

Takeru Shigemura

Director

Miku Shimamura

Principal

Hiroshi Shimazu

Managing Director

Masamune Shin

General Partner, Investment Group

Ayu Shinoyama

CFO and Board Member

Chisa Shinsakaue

Director

Divyansh Singh

Principal

Hiroto Sorita

Director, Investment Group

Sachiko Sugiura

Principal

Yusuke Suzuki

Partner

Kazumo Tachibana

Director

Mana Takabayashi

Director, Investment Group

Hiroki Takai

Director, Investment Group London Office

Toko Takao

Principal

Hideyuki Tanaka

Principal

Marika Tazaki

Partner

Hirotaka Togashi

Director, Investment Group

Haruka Tsujii

Principal

Atsushi Ueda

Principal, Investment Group

Takuya Ukai

Principal, Investment Group

Tetsuya Urimoto

Director, Investment Group

Noriko Usui

Partner and Chief Fund Management Officer

Keita Washizu

Principal

Hirokazu Watanabe

Partner

Keita Wazhizu

Principal, Investment Group

Masao Yamada

Senior Partner, Investment Groups

Kazunori Yamaguchi

Partner, Investment Group

Ryozo Yamamoto

Partner, Investment Group

Michiko Yamazaki

Principal, Investment Group

Isao Yasuda

Senior Partner

Takuro Yoda

Principal, Investment Group

Sayaka Yoshino

Director

Miku Yoshio

Partner, Investment Group

Yasuhiko Yurimoto

Founder and President and CEO & Board Member

Miyazawa Yusuke

Venture Partner

Lusheng Zou

Director, Investment Group

Past deals in Business Development

Super Studio

Series C in 2022
Provider of D2C consulting services specializing in product planning and development. The company provides consulting services concentrating on product manufacturing, sales promotion activities, supply chain optimization, and CRM after-sales as well as offering an enterprise collaboration platform for sales and marketing, enabling businesses to maximize their revenue and customer experience.

manebi

Venture Round in 2021
manebi is an Career development support platform business to support human transformation.

Yoii

Seed Round in 2021
Provider of funding services intended to help companies grow. The company analyzes past sales data and predicts future sales that are future receivables and enables procurement of growth funds and uses future debt to turn future sales into current cash, providing businesses with financial access to that are unable to reach the existing financial system or do not want to choose existing means.

Upsider

Series B in 2021
We enable people to trust upsiders by organizing the world's B2B transactions.

Bizly

Seed Round in 2021
Bizly, Inc. operates a platform that facilitates the booking of meeting spaces, including private meeting rooms, co-working areas, and elevated hotel experiences. Founded in 2015 and based in New York, the company offers an on-demand mobile application and website designed for professionals seeking efficient solutions for meetings and events. Bizly provides an employee-facing, self-service enterprise software that streamlines collaboration and enhances meeting planning through automated workflows. The platform utilizes smart templates for effective attendee management and venue booking while integrating with various enterprise systems to drive operational efficiency. Additionally, Bizly addresses unmanaged spending by offering financial insights, helping organizations save time and money while creating impactful meeting experiences. The company's services cater to users globally, promoting effective collaboration across teams.

Bizly

Seed Round in 2021
Bizly, Inc. operates a platform that facilitates the booking of meeting spaces, including private meeting rooms, co-working areas, and elevated hotel experiences. Founded in 2015 and based in New York, the company offers an on-demand mobile application and website designed for professionals seeking efficient solutions for meetings and events. Bizly provides an employee-facing, self-service enterprise software that streamlines collaboration and enhances meeting planning through automated workflows. The platform utilizes smart templates for effective attendee management and venue booking while integrating with various enterprise systems to drive operational efficiency. Additionally, Bizly addresses unmanaged spending by offering financial insights, helping organizations save time and money while creating impactful meeting experiences. The company's services cater to users globally, promoting effective collaboration across teams.

Upsider

Venture Round in 2020
We enable people to trust upsiders by organizing the world's B2B transactions.

manebi

Venture Round in 2020
manebi is an Career development support platform business to support human transformation.

SpeakBUDDY

Series B in 2020
SpeakBUDDY is a web / mobile app development company that believes in "creating something that shouldn't be there now, not something you've seen before". Ourselves solved the difficult English learning problems and released “A serious English conversation! "Lapping English" and "Last English Learning! Two works of “Majitan” have won the first place in the AppStore rankings.

DataX

Venture Round in 2019
DataX is a business that specializes in providing an integrated digital marketing platform known as B-dash, developed by from scratch Co., Ltd. Established in 2010 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, the company offers a range of services including support for business strategy planning, new business development, analytical services, and business process construction. B-dash is notable for its ability to accumulate and utilize vast amounts of data, featuring 32 million unique customer IDs and a significant financial data component amounting to 92 billion yen. The platform's capabilities are enhanced through strategic partnerships, including a notable contract with KKR and Goldman Sachs in 2019, which underscores its importance in the IT and marketing sectors.

SMARTCAMP

Venture Round in 2019
Smart camp is a company that manages Internet services and this company is good at B2B marketing.

SMARTCAMP

Series B in 2019
Smart camp is a company that manages Internet services and this company is good at B2B marketing.

Every

Venture Round in 2016
Movie Media Business ,Talent Management Business ,Advertisement Business.

DataX

Series B in 2015
DataX is a business that specializes in providing an integrated digital marketing platform known as B-dash, developed by from scratch Co., Ltd. Established in 2010 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, the company offers a range of services including support for business strategy planning, new business development, analytical services, and business process construction. B-dash is notable for its ability to accumulate and utilize vast amounts of data, featuring 32 million unique customer IDs and a significant financial data component amounting to 92 billion yen. The platform's capabilities are enhanced through strategic partnerships, including a notable contract with KKR and Goldman Sachs in 2019, which underscores its importance in the IT and marketing sectors.

Growth Hack Studio

Seed Round in 2015
Growth Hack Studio Inc., founded in 2015 and based in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in business management and development services. The company addresses the challenges of an increasingly automated and standardized business landscape by emphasizing the creation of new value and innovative business models. Its proprietary growth hack consulting platform is designed to assist new businesses in accelerating their growth by leveraging end-user data, identifying issues, and managing key performance indicators (KPIs). By fostering a forward-thinking approach, Growth Hack Studio aims to empower clients to enhance their productivity and overall business performance in a rapidly evolving digital environment.

NBT Partners

Series D in 2015
NBT Partners (엔비티파트너스) is a Korean company that provides mobile and online platform development services. Its product portfolio includes Cache Slides, a slide unlock screen application used to verify information for shopping activities, and Baobab Class, an online platform that provides personalized educational content. NBT Partners was established in 2012 in Seoul, Korea.
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