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Jin Tanaka

Chief Strategy Officer at Kort Valuta

Tokyo

Overview 

Jin Tanaka, an entrepreneur turned investor, currently serves as the Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Shogun Capital in Tokyo. With a background in founding and advising various startups, Tanaka has excelled in C-level management roles and has a strong focus on early-stage ventures, particularly in the AI sector. Notable highlights of Tanaka's career include founding Jin Inc, serving as the Director of Investment at DEEPCORE, and currently co-founding and managing Shogun Capital, where he invests in early-stage startups, specializing in AI technologies.

Work Experience 

  • Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)/Executive Officer

    2024 - Current

    Focus on driving growth through Product Design, Sales, Marketing, Partnerships, and Customer Success.

  • Chief Growth Officer

    2023 - 2024

    Japan's First Hybrid Cashless Payment and employee ID Card App for ID Tech, and we launched the 1st ring-shaped payment and healthcare device.

  • Resident Mentor

    2021

  • Mentor

    2020 - 2021

500 Global is a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders building fast-growing technology companies.

Raised $2,271,999.00 from Abu Dhabi Financial Group.

  • CEO and Founder

    2023

  • Founder & Organizer

    2018

    International startups community and networks in Tokyo to support entrepreneurs and startups

  • Advisor

    2020

    Flow saves you time by automatically capturing moments from your Zoom meetings and moving the info to your Hubspot account.

  • Advisor

    2020

    AI-powered tools for eCommerce sellers to automatically edit your merchandise pics and turn the images look professional photographer taste of images.

  • Entrepreneur In Residence

    2021

  • Mentor

    2019 - 2021

    This project is a user-driven AI incubation program for students to help start their idea from zero and up through acceleration and growth during Summer. - Design an incubation program to cover general issues and critical points for pre-launch startup founders - Support students to build AI startups from zero to a product-market fit - Plan and lead lectures, Q&A discussions with industry leaders, and individualized team guidance sessions

  • Director of Investment

    2021 - 2023

    DEEPCORE, AI-focused seed-stage venture capital firm. Designed and launched an AI-focused global accelerator program.

  • Advisor

    2021 - 2022

  • Co-Founder & Managing Partner

    2020 - 2021

Shogun Capital is an investment firm that invests in the field of technology.

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