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Shigeru Sumitomo

Founder of Sustaina Water Inc.

Tokyo, Tokyo

Overview 

Shigeru Sumitomo is a seasoned business strategist and entrepreneur based in Tokyo, currently serving as the Representative Director of Conselux Corporation, Chairman of Curations Inc., and Partner at SUNDERED Corporation. With an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and a background in management consulting, Shigeru has played key roles in founding and advising various innovative companies, while also being actively involved in venture capital investments and serving on multiple boards. Highlights of Shigeru's career include founding Conselux Corporation and playing a pivotal role in the strategic growth and development of various companies, as well as his involvement in the investment committee of GxPartners and his contributions as a Charter Member of TiE in Japan.

Work Experience 

Conselux Corporation

  • Representative Director (Founder), Present

    2011 - Current

    Cross Border Business Development Advisory for Sustainable Transformation (SX) http://conselux.co.jp/

Curations Inc.

  • 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/

SUNDERED Corporation

  • Partner and Board Director (Co-founder), Present

    2017

    The first "Industry" Accelerator in Japan https://sundred.co.jp/

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HOF Capital

  • External Consulting Partner （via Conselux), Present

    2021

    $1B+ AUM venture capital firm that supports a growing community of visionary entrepreneurs. https://www.hofvc.com/

HOF Capital is a global multistage VC firm with $1 billion in AUM that partners with ambitious entrepreneurs from idea to IPO.

hofcapital.com

FFG Venture Business Partners (VC and CVC under Fukuoka Financial Group)

  • Senior Advsor, Present

    2017

    Early~Late stage Venture Capital and Corporate Venture Capital http://www.ffg-venture.co.jp/

GxPartners / Kyushu Open Innovation Fund (Seed VC)

  • Investment Committee member, Present

    2019

    Accelerator and Seed stage Venture Capital https://gxpartners.vc/

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TiE

  • 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/

TiE Atlanta ACCESS program the entrepreneurship program that is bridging is the mentoring and investment gap for underrepresented founders.

atlanta.tie.org

Sustaina Water Inc.

  • Board Director (Co-founder), Present

    2023

    We are working on the mass production of atmospheric water production equipment by combining Indian and Japanese technologies.

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FasterCapital

  • Mentor@Faster Capital, Present

    2020

    An Incubator also invests in Startups from early stage (seed funding) on co-funding basis. https://fastercapital.com/

Think Nature Corp

  • 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

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