Global Brain

Global Brain is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm founded in 1998, specializing in early-stage investments across various sectors, including e-commerce, software, gaming, media, IoT, education, entertainment, and fintech. The firm has expanded its investment activities to the US and Asia, targeting series A-stage technology companies. Since its inception, Global Brain has invested in approximately 30 companies, achieving seven initial public offerings and seven mergers and acquisitions. The firm supports its portfolio companies by providing not only capital but also strategic guidance, partnerships, and team-building resources to help them reach their milestones. Global Brain is particularly adept in e-commerce, operating a platform called EC-PLANET, which encompasses several group companies, including a large online sports goods store and a logistics firm offering comprehensive fulfillment services. This network, along with Global Brain's connections to established Japanese companies, facilitates market entry for US and Asian businesses into Japan.

Kaori Akiba

Principal, Corporate Management Group

Tatsunori Arai

Director, Investment Group

Megumi Asatsuma

Corporate Management Group, Director

Anjani Bansal

Partner, India Office Representative

Brooke Beers

Partner

Takuji Chida

Director, Investment Groups

Hogil Doh

General Partner, Investment Group

Thomas Duong

Principal

Brian Flucht

Partner and Head, US Division

Daisuke Furukawa

Venture Partner

Hajime Furuya

Venture Partner

Kenji Hayashi

Principal, Investment Group

Shohei Hayashi

Partner

Harue Hayashi

Partner and Vice Chief Fund Management Officer

Yosuke Hirai

Director

Joopyo Hong

Partner Investment Group

Naoki Horie

Principal, Investment Group

Jang Hyeokjin

Principal, Investment Group

Shohei Ichimiya

Partner, US Office

Nozomu Ikuta

Principal

Kotona Inaida

Director, Fund Management Group

Tomoaki Ishikure

Investment Group Partner

Yoshinari Ito

Venture Partner

Yuki Ito

Director

Hiroyuki Izumi

Partner, Investment Group

Ken Kajii

General Partner, Investment Group

Naoki Kamimaeda

Partner and Europe Division Head

Masaru Kaneshiro

Principal

Daisuke Kashiro

Partner, Investment Group

Kirin Kato

Principal

Takashi Kato

Partner, San Francisco Office Representative

Masaya Kawakami

Partner

Hiroyuki Kawamoto

Principal

Ko Kawaragi

Director

Maiko Kayata

Principal

ByeongJin Kim

Principal, Fund Management Group

Jungyong Kim

Principal, Investment Group

Riichiro Kimura Ph.D

Director, Investment Group

Kenta Kitsuka

General Partner

Issei Kokubu

Principal, Investment Group

Yoshiomi Kubota

Principal

Jinya Kurita

Director

KyungHun Lee

Partner, South Korea Office Representative

YingQi Liang(Joy)

Principal, Investment Group

Chukaku Lin

Principal

Atsushi Matsuda

Venture Partner

Akira Matsumoto

Principal, Investment Group

Natsumi Matsuoka

Principal

Hiroshi Mihayashi

Principal

Tomoko Minagawa

Director, Investment Group

Ai Minamizaki

Principal, Investment Group

Shigeru Mitarai

Principal

Kazuhiko Miyama

General Partner

Shuhei Mori

Principal

Seiichiro Mukai

Director

Satoko Murata

Principal, Investment Group

Kohtaro Nagawa

Director, Investment Group

Tasuke Nakagawa

Partner / M&A

Mitsutaka Nakao

Principal, Investment Group

Shien Nakayama

Director, Investment Group

Yuya Namiki

Director

Ying Jian Ng

Director, Investment Group

Daisuke Nishida

Partner, Investment Group

Akiko Noguchi

Director, Corporate Management Group

Rina Obi

Investment Director

Sho Ohtani

Principal, Investment Group

Tetsui Okada

Director, Investments Group

Mayu Okamoto

Principal

Akane Okuyama

Director

Shingo Otaki

Partner, Investment Group

Naoki Sadakuni

Venture Partner

Enen Sai

Principal, Fund Management Group

Kazuki Sakuragawa

Partner and Editor in Chief, Corporate Management Group

Masumi Sato

Principal

Naoki Sato

Principal, Investment Group

Tomoki Sekiguchi

Principal

Rie Shibata

Director, Fund Management Group

Takeru Shigemura

Director

Miku Shimamura

Principal

Hiroshi Shimazu

Managing Director

Masamune Shin

General Partner, Investment Group

Ayu Shinoyama

CFO and Board Member

Chisa Shinsakaue

Director

Divyansh Singh

Principal

Hiroto Sorita

Director, Investment Group

Sachiko Sugiura

Principal

Yusuke Suzuki

Partner

Kazumo Tachibana

Director

Mana Takabayashi

Director, Investment Group

Hiroki Takai

Director, Investment Group London Office

Toko Takao

Principal

Hideyuki Tanaka

Principal

Marika Tazaki

Partner

Hirotaka Togashi

Director, Investment Group

Haruka Tsujii

Principal

Atsushi Ueda

Principal, Investment Group

Takuya Ukai

Principal, Investment Group

Tetsuya Urimoto

Director, Investment Group

Noriko Usui

Partner and Chief Fund Management Officer

Keita Washizu

Principal

Hirokazu Watanabe

Partner

Keita Wazhizu

Principal, Investment Group

Masao Yamada

Senior Partner, Investment Groups

Kazunori Yamaguchi

Partner, Investment Group

Ryozo Yamamoto

Partner, Investment Group

Michiko Yamazaki

Principal, Investment Group

Isao Yasuda

Senior Partner

Takuro Yoda

Principal, Investment Group

Sayaka Yoshino

Director

Miku Yoshio

Partner, Investment Group

Yasuhiko Yurimoto

Founder and President and CEO & Board Member

Miyazawa Yusuke

Venture Partner

Lusheng Zou

Director, Investment Group

Past deals in Coworking

SANU

Series A in 2022
Operator of a lifestyle brand intended to create a society in which people and nature co-exist. The company develops a hotel and residence platform that offers a monthly subscription and proposes a lifestyle with another house in nature, enabling people to enjoy the lifestyle of going to nature repeatedly as an extension of their daily life-based in the city.

Beatrust

Series A in 2022
Beatrust Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2020 that develops a collaboration application designed to enhance employee connectivity and collaboration within organizations. The platform enables employees to search for and access information about their colleagues, including skills, experiences, work content, and hobbies. By facilitating a better understanding of coworkers' capabilities, Beatrust aims to accelerate collaboration and drive innovation among teams.

Airmeet

Series B in 2022
Airmeet serves as an all-in-one virtual events platform for event organizers, marketers, community builders, and enterprises. With a core focus on creating the interactive and immersive virtual events platform for knowledge professionals, Airmeet’s scalable platform supports a variety of event formats including fairs, expos, meetups, workshops, summits, town halls, and more, virtually. The company was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Workstyletech

Series A in 2021
Workstyletech is supporting employees to create an enviroment where they can thrive and fulfill their dreams. With its unique service using HR technology and data, Workstyletech helps companies around the world to create a culture that fosters each and every employee's confidence.

CompStak

Series C in 2021
CompStak, Inc. is a New York-based company that operates a crowd-sourced online database specializing in commercial lease comparisons. Founded in 2011, CompStak provides a platform where brokers, landlords, appraisers, and researchers can exchange detailed information on completed commercial lease transactions. The database includes essential data such as tenant names, addresses, rental rates, square footage, landlord concessions, and broker details. This comprehensive information is utilized by various stakeholders, including real estate private equity firms, banks, asset managers, REITs, and hedge funds, to conduct valuations and analyses of potential investments. Additionally, institutional property owners leverage CompStak's data to benchmark their assets against the market. The company has established a strategic partnership with Knowledge Cubed to enhance its data offerings.

CompStak

Series C in 2021
CompStak, Inc. is a New York-based company that operates a crowd-sourced online database specializing in commercial lease comparisons. Founded in 2011, CompStak provides a platform where brokers, landlords, appraisers, and researchers can exchange detailed information on completed commercial lease transactions. The database includes essential data such as tenant names, addresses, rental rates, square footage, landlord concessions, and broker details. This comprehensive information is utilized by various stakeholders, including real estate private equity firms, banks, asset managers, REITs, and hedge funds, to conduct valuations and analyses of potential investments. Additionally, institutional property owners leverage CompStak's data to benchmark their assets against the market. The company has established a strategic partnership with Knowledge Cubed to enhance its data offerings.

Any

Series A in 2021
Any Inc. operates a knowledge and information sharing platform that was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. The company has developed a cloud-based information-sharing tool that allows users to store and search internal knowledge efficiently. With a Q&A-style and memo-style interface, the platform is particularly beneficial for new employees, as it provides answers to common queries, thereby enhancing productivity. This tool streamlines the process of addressing recurring internal questions, ultimately helping organizations save time and improve operational efficiency.

Any

Venture Round in 2021
Any Inc. operates a knowledge and information sharing platform that was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. The company has developed a cloud-based information-sharing tool that allows users to store and search internal knowledge efficiently. With a Q&A-style and memo-style interface, the platform is particularly beneficial for new employees, as it provides answers to common queries, thereby enhancing productivity. This tool streamlines the process of addressing recurring internal questions, ultimately helping organizations save time and improve operational efficiency.

Bizly

Seed Round in 2021
Bizly, Inc. operates a platform that facilitates the booking of meeting spaces, including private meeting rooms, co-working areas, and elevated hotel experiences. Founded in 2015 and based in New York, the company offers an on-demand mobile application and website designed for professionals seeking efficient solutions for meetings and events. Bizly provides an employee-facing, self-service enterprise software that streamlines collaboration and enhances meeting planning through automated workflows. The platform utilizes smart templates for effective attendee management and venue booking while integrating with various enterprise systems to drive operational efficiency. Additionally, Bizly addresses unmanaged spending by offering financial insights, helping organizations save time and money while creating impactful meeting experiences. The company's services cater to users globally, promoting effective collaboration across teams.

SHE

Venture Round in 2021
SHE inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2017 that focuses on providing co-working spaces and career development services specifically for women. Its primary offerings include SHEworks, which provides a collaborative work environment for women, and SHElikes, a lesson club platform that allows women to access various educational courses for a monthly flat rate. In addition to these services, SHE inc. also supports women's professional growth through creative skill lessons, coaching programs, and job acquisition assistance, targeting the needs of millennial women in the workforce.

Bizly

Seed Round in 2021
Bizly, Inc. operates a platform that facilitates the booking of meeting spaces, including private meeting rooms, co-working areas, and elevated hotel experiences. Founded in 2015 and based in New York, the company offers an on-demand mobile application and website designed for professionals seeking efficient solutions for meetings and events. Bizly provides an employee-facing, self-service enterprise software that streamlines collaboration and enhances meeting planning through automated workflows. The platform utilizes smart templates for effective attendee management and venue booking while integrating with various enterprise systems to drive operational efficiency. Additionally, Bizly addresses unmanaged spending by offering financial insights, helping organizations save time and money while creating impactful meeting experiences. The company's services cater to users globally, promoting effective collaboration across teams.

Any

Venture Round in 2020
Any Inc. operates a knowledge and information sharing platform that was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. The company has developed a cloud-based information-sharing tool that allows users to store and search internal knowledge efficiently. With a Q&A-style and memo-style interface, the platform is particularly beneficial for new employees, as it provides answers to common queries, thereby enhancing productivity. This tool streamlines the process of addressing recurring internal questions, ultimately helping organizations save time and improve operational efficiency.

Anyplace

Seed Round in 2019
Anyplace is a marketplace that provides flexible housing to digital nomads and millennials. Its mission to free people to live wherever they feel inspired to go by providing modern, dependable, turn-key living and accommodations anyplace in the world.

Craftie

Series A in 2019
Craftie, Inc. operates an online platform that connects users with instructors for various arts and crafts workshops. Founded in 2016 and based in Tokyo, Japan, Craftie offers a range of services including a workshop reservation system, business-to-business services for enterprises, and a web magazine focused on handmade crafts. The platform aims to promote handmade culture and support local communities by enabling retailers such as department stores and cafés to offer workshops, manage customer engagement, and enhance product promotion. Through its services, Craftie fosters creativity and community involvement in the arts and crafts sector.

GoWork

Series A in 2018
GoWork is a leading coworking space provider in Indonesia, dedicated to creating inspiring work environments that support business success. The company offers fully equipped workspaces designed with researched spatial layouts and integrated technology, fostering collaboration and growth for teams. GoWork enhances its mission by building community platforms for its members and providing a range of empowering content and services. The venture is supported by notable venture capitalists and has established partnerships with prominent brands in coworking, lifestyle, and real estate, positioning it as a premium choice for businesses seeking innovative workspace solutions.

PeerSpace

Series B in 2018
PeerSpace, Inc. operates a marketplace that connects companies and individuals with short-term workspaces. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, the platform allows users to search, message, and book a diverse range of spaces, including corporate and private event venues, photo studios, conference rooms, and unique locations like converted warehouses and sports car museums. The service caters to a broad clientele across major U.S. cities, including the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, Austin, and Chicago. By streamlining the booking process, PeerSpace enables clients to easily access various locations for purposes such as off-site meetings, film and photography shoots, or social events, while providing hosts the opportunity to monetize their under-utilized properties.

PeerSpace

Series A in 2017
PeerSpace, Inc. operates a marketplace that connects companies and individuals with short-term workspaces. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, the platform allows users to search, message, and book a diverse range of spaces, including corporate and private event venues, photo studios, conference rooms, and unique locations like converted warehouses and sports car museums. The service caters to a broad clientele across major U.S. cities, including the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, Austin, and Chicago. By streamlining the booking process, PeerSpace enables clients to easily access various locations for purposes such as off-site meetings, film and photography shoots, or social events, while providing hosts the opportunity to monetize their under-utilized properties.

PeerSpace

Series A in 2017
PeerSpace, Inc. operates a marketplace that connects companies and individuals with short-term workspaces. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, the platform allows users to search, message, and book a diverse range of spaces, including corporate and private event venues, photo studios, conference rooms, and unique locations like converted warehouses and sports car museums. The service caters to a broad clientele across major U.S. cities, including the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, Austin, and Chicago. By streamlining the booking process, PeerSpace enables clients to easily access various locations for purposes such as off-site meetings, film and photography shoots, or social events, while providing hosts the opportunity to monetize their under-utilized properties.

Teamblind

Venture Round in 2015
Teamblind aims to provide open and flat communication to office workers around the world and enrich their work styles.

Moxo

Series A in 2013
Moxtra is a platform that powers private digital channels with continuous collaboration experiences. It helps users to retain and grow customers, manage their distributed organization, and lower costs for doing business. Its Customer Collaboration Platform can power the customer portal as a fluid extension of an existing website, web or mobile app, or as a standalone web and mobile app. Founded in 2012, the company is based in Cupertino, California.

Moxo

Series A in 2013
Moxtra is a platform that powers private digital channels with continuous collaboration experiences. It helps users to retain and grow customers, manage their distributed organization, and lower costs for doing business. Its Customer Collaboration Platform can power the customer portal as a fluid extension of an existing website, web or mobile app, or as a standalone web and mobile app. Founded in 2012, the company is based in Cupertino, California.
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