Mikihiro Yasuda
Founding Partner at Hike Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Member Board of Directors
2023 - Current
Nextnet is a Silicon Valley Venture-backed Generative AI technology startup.
Raised $1,300,000.00 from Propel(X), On Deck and Hike Ventures.
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.
Board Of Director
2019
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.