Masahiko Honma

Partner

2023 - Current

Mid-growth stage investments of SMBC Asia Rising Fund in India and SEA, mainly focus on fintech startups. The Fund is a new challenge for SMBC and Incubate Fund, which have a DNA that resonates with each other. About SMBC Asia Rising Fund: https://www.smbc-asiarising.vc/

Co-founder and General Partner

2010

A seed and early stage focused tech VC fund in Japan. We are the largest and the most experienced investor in this category in Japan market. Investing from Space, Medical/Healthcare, SaaS/B2B, Deep/Frontier Tech, and Entertainment. Besides Tokyo, Incubate Fund has the operations in Singapore, Bangalore, San Francisco, and Sao Paulo.

Co-founder and Partner

2021

Co-founder and Parter

2019

Co-founder and Parter

2015

Co-founder and Parter

2016

Founder and General Partner

2007 - 2014

Founder and General Partner, Corepeople Partners. Mobile and high tech investor in Tokyo.

Co-Founder and Director

2007 - 2012

Founder and the first CEO of this company. Had been on the board of director for 5 years before Pokelabo was merged by GREE, mobile gaming giant in Japan, with the valuation of over 170 M USD in 2012.

Senior Manager

2003 - 2007

Works Capital is a venture capital firm under Mitsubishi Corp.

Accenture Technology Ventures/Global Deal Service

2001 - 2003