Shigeru Sumitomo
Founder of Sustaina Water Inc.
Shigeru Sumitomo
Founder of Sustaina Water Inc.
Tokyo, Tokyo
Overview
Work Experience
Representative Director (Founder), Present
2011 - Current
Cross Border Business Development Advisory for Sustainable Transformation (SX) http://conselux.co.jp/
Chairman and Board Director (Co-founder), Present
2014
Digital Service Startup Studio for Japanese large Corporations, based on "reverse" acceleration method (Reverse Hack) https://curations.co.jp/
Partner and Board Director (Co-founder), Present
2017
The first "Industry" Accelerator in Japan https://sundred.co.jp/
External Consulting Partner （via Conselux), Present
2021
$1B+ AUM venture capital firm that supports a growing community of visionary entrepreneurs. https://www.hofvc.com/
Senior Advsor, Present
2017
Early~Late stage Venture Capital and Corporate Venture Capital http://www.ffg-venture.co.jp/
Investment Committee member, Present
2019
Accelerator and Seed stage Venture Capital https://gxpartners.vc/
Charter Member (Japan), Present
2021
TiE is the largest non-profit organization that connects the entire entrepreneurship ecosystem from early stage entrepreneurs, serial entrepreneurs, professionals at leading corporations, venture capital, angel investors, thought leaders among others. https://tie.org/
Board Director (Co-founder), Present
2023
We are working on the mass production of atmospheric water production equipment by combining Indian and Japanese technologies.
Mentor@Faster Capital, Present
2020
An Incubator also invests in Startups from early stage (seed funding) on co-funding basis. https://fastercapital.com/
Advisor
2022 - 2023
ThinkNature's strengths are the group of researchers with outstanding achievements and the largest Global Biodiversity Big Data in Japan. Its mission is "Nature Transformation of the future society". https://think-nature.jp/en https://think-nature.jp/en