Koichiro Nakamura

Managing Director at Sozo Ventures

Managing Director & Co-Founder
2012 - Current
Sozo Ventures is a US-based venture firm that focuses on helping category leading startups in the US expand internationally, with a focus on Japanese markets. We help companies connect with technology-forward global customers. We’ve invested in and helped the international expansion efforts of companies such as Twitter, Palantir, Square, Coinbase, Chainalysis, MongoDB, Flexport, Zoom, Servicemax, Applied Intuition, Clearbanc and others.

COO - Innovation Kitchen Incubator
2007 - 2011
Started and ran Mitsubishi Corporation's original startup incubation program partnering with Universities in Japan leading to a TSE IPO within 5 years
Manager
1997 - 2007
Created and helped lead Japan's first Application Service Provider (ASP) among many other global IT projects. Responsible leading teams of hundreds and rapid hiring while scaling IT projects across Japan.

Total Funding: $370M