MK

Mitch Kitamura

Investor at DNX Ventures

San Mateo, California

Overview

Work Experience

B

Banzai

  • Board Member

    2020 - Current

C

Creadits

  • Board Observer

    2020

P

Paystand

  • Investor

    2020

DV

DNX Ventures (fka Draper Nexus Ventures)

  • Managing Partner and COO, DNX Ventures

    2019

    DNX Ventures is an early-stage VC firm focusing on B2B Startups in Japan and the US that are shaping industries and transforming the way we live and work.

  • Managing Director

    2011

    We are a US-Japan cross border venture capital firm based in Tokyo and Silicon Valley, and are part of the global Draper Venture Network. Our primary focus areas are IT and Industrials/Sustainability sectors in both US and Japan. We leverage our industry relationships in Japan, and the global reach of the Draper Venture Network to create a customer development advantage for our portfolio companies. Over the last decade, we have helped several startups in US and Japan expand beyond their traditional borders.

S

SafeGraph

  • Investor

    2018

P

PayJoy

  • Investor

    2016

P

Peatix

  • Board Observer

    2015

NA

Notion, A Comcast Company

  • Board Member

    2015 - 2020

CM

Chirp Microsystems, Inc.

  • Investor

    2015 - 2017

Education

Investments

Roq.ad

Series A

Total Funding: $7M

Whym

Seed

Total Funding: $8.3M

Banzai

Series A

Total Funding: $22M

Paystand

Series B

Total Funding: $78M

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