Our Team
President & CEO
Toshihisa
Adachi
Co-Founder Managing Partner
Kino
Kinoshita
Partner
Yonatan Beck
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15+ years as venture capital partner with expertise in IT, Software Services,
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President & CEO of ITOCHU Technology Ventures Inc (2002-2015)
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Managed multiple funds, $220M IT focused funds at ITOCHU VC
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Chairman of the Japan Venture Capital Association (2008-2014)
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Tokyo Institute of Technology, BS
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25+ years ICT industry veteran
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Total 7 investments of early stage startups in Japan and outside Japan and 1 Exit to date.
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Most recently Managing Director and CTO Japan at Cisco, also served as the global Internet of Everything Innovation Center Tokyo lead and led a number of the strategic alliance with both global enterprise customers and startups, strategic investments
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Held variety of leadership positions at Cisco in Asia Pacific region including Managing Director of $4B+ Networking and Security Business.
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Vice-President of Internet Association Japan
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University of Chiba, Electronics BS.
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Director at DENSO Israel Innovation Lab
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10+ years of experience working with Israeli tech ecosystem
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Business Development advisor to several MNC with focus on open innovation (2012-2017)
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Led 4 cross-border startup investments with Asian investors (2014-2016)
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Tel Aviv University, LLM (Law), BA in Economics
