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Mikihiro Yasuda

Founding Partner at Hike Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview

Work Experience

  • Member Board of Directors

    2023 - Current

  • Founding Partner

    2017

    Hike Ventures is SF based venture capital focused on early-stage startups in vertical AI space. We invest in US, Canada and Japan.

  • Member of McGill MBA Japan Advisory Board

    2013

  • Partner, Strategic Investment Office

    2014 - 2017

    In charge of DeNA's investment in the US market. Invested in early-stage startups in mobility, healthcare, AI, and VR/AR. See my Angel List page for companies I love: https://angel.co/mikihiro-yasuda

  • Senior Director Information Technology

    2013 - 2014

  • CEO

    2011 - 2013

    Open Network Lab is the leading startup incubation program based in Tokyo Japan. During my tenure, we incubated leading startups in Japan such as Fond(Anyperk), WHILL, Giftee, Qiita, Drepass (Acquired by Yahoo! Japan), Fril, and AppSocially.

  • Board Member

    2010 - 2013

    Responsible for oversea business operations.

  • Founder, CEO

    2012 - 2013

  • Guest Professor

    2010 - 2012

    Taught a class for Strategic WEB Technology. I really enjoyed interacting with students with different backgrounds.

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