Ryo Ishizuka

Mentor at Techstars

Greater Seattle Area

Overview

Ryo Ishizuka is the Co-founder at Mercari, Inc., leading the company as the US CEO. He has a successful track record in entrepreneurship, having co-founded Mercari and held executive roles at RockYou! Asia and Iconix. Ryo has also made strategic investments in companies like Sagri and Flyp.

Work Experience

Techstars

Mentor
2020 - Current

Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.

Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.

techstars.com

Grubstakes

Angel Investor
2020 - 2022

Grubstakes is a Seattle-based investment company that fund startup.

grubstakes.vc

Venture Out Startups

Mentor
2019 - 2022

Venture Out supports pre-seed, aspiring entrepreneurs with strong domain expertise from large tech companies to launch startups.

Raised $1,204,375.00 from M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund, Flying Fish Partners, Founders' Co-op, Liquid 2 Ventures and Liquid 2 Ventures.

ventureoutstartups.com

Alliance of Angels

Angel investor
2019 - 2022
Alliance of Angels is the largest and most active angel group in the Pacific Northwest. Each year, we invest $10M+ into 20+ companies. Our network of 140+ active angel investors is further augmented by a $6.6M seed fund.

We are a group of 140+ active angel investors. Each year, we invest $10M+ into 20+ startups and provide mentorship to help them succeed.

allianceofangels.com