Masahiko Honma
Partner at SMBC Asia Rising Fund
Tokyo, Tokyo
Overview
Work Experience
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
Accenture Ventures is a venture capital firm arm of Accenture, delivers innovative solutions with strategic partnerships and investments.