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Akiko Amakawa

Investor

CEO Chief of Staff at Takeda Ventures

Tokyo and Boston

About

Akiko Amakawa is CEO chief of staff at Takeda, where she previously served as corporate strategy officer overseeing corporate strategy, the CEO office, Board operations, and corporate governance. Since joining Takeda in 2018, she has worked on corporate development and external innovation, and earlier led Global Business Development across Gastrointestinal & Inflammation, Neuroscience, and Vaccines. She holds an MBA from The Wharton School and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Tokyo.

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Experience

  1. TakedaCorporate strategy officer & CEO chief of staffcurrent2023 — present
  2. TakedaHead of Global Business Development Vaccine, GI & NS2020 — 2023Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  3. TakedaSenior Director, Global Business Development2018 — 2020Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  4. Corning IncorporatedDirector, Corporate Development2009 — 2018Corning, New York, United States
  5. Bristol Myers SquibbDirector, Business Development & Alliance Management2008 — 2009Princeton, New Jersey, United States
  6. Bristol Myers SquibbAssociate Director, Business Development & Alliance Management2006 — 2008Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Education

  1. The Wharton SchoolMBA, Finance
  2. The University of TokyoBA, Economics

Skills & more

Strategic Planning5Corporate Development4Foreign LanguagesValuation5M&A experience3Business Development9Consulting3International Trade1Due Diligence

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Same school

Also attended The Wharton School1,323

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKatie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also attended The University of Tokyo59

Kazunori YamaguchiPartner at Global BrainShinji AmahaVice President at Acario InnovationMasaji MatsuokaManaging Director at E12 Venture Capital, LlcTaka KodaPartner, Director at RDiscoveryKosuke MoriManaging Partner at Saison CapitalKarthik VaradaSenior Associate at Beyond Next Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Takeda26

Rebecca RedfieldSenior Associate at .406 VenturesJulie KimRepresentative Director – President and CEO at Takeda VenturesAwny FarajallahChief Medical Officer at Takeda VenturesElaine ShannonPresident, Global Supply & Quality at Takeda VenturesGabriele RicciChief Data & Technology Officer at Takeda VenturesGiles PlatfordPresident, International Business Unit at Takeda Ventures

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Also worked at Corning Incorporated7

Connor CooleyVenture Partner at Electric Feel Ventures LlcBrady BroadbentPartner at Sorenson VenturesRebecca MillerChief of Staff at OVNI CapitalAdriane BrownManaging Partner at Flying Fish VenturesChristina BroomesCommercial Advisor at 2Flo VenturesMalinka WalaliyaddePartner at Andreessen Horowitz

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Also worked at Bristol Myers Squibb45

Daniel LynchInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Scott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Avantika DaingFounding Partner at Plum Alley InvestmentsJake BauerVenture Partner at ARCH Venture PartnersBeth SeidenbergFounding Managing Director at Westlake Village BioPartnersAdam ZongEntrepreneur-In-Residence at The Innovation Space

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Colleagues at Takeda Ventures

Andrew S. Plump
Director - President, Research & Development at Takeda Ventures
Asuka Miyabashira
President, Japan Pharma Business Unit at Takeda Ventures
Awny Farajallah
Chief Medical Officer at Takeda Ventures
Christophe Weber
President and CEO, Representative Director at Takeda Ventures
Elaine Shannon
President, Global Supply & Quality at Takeda Ventures
Gabriele Ricci
Chief Data & Technology Officer at Takeda Ventures
Giles Platford
President, International Business Unit at Takeda Ventures
Jasmina Marjanovic
Partner at Takeda Ventures