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Hiro Maeda

Investor

Managing Partner at BEENEXT

Tokyo

Writes $200K – $5M checks · typically $2.5M

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About

Hiro Maeda co-founded Japan's first seed accelerator and, as an early B2B SaaS specialist investor since 2015, brings deep Japan SaaS expertise, cross-border India/SEA investing experience, and active market education.

Experience

  1. BEENEXT PTE. LTDManaging Partner - ALL STAR SAAS FUNDcurrent2015 — presentSingapore
  2. BEENOS Inc. (formerly netprice.com, Ltd.)Managing Partner | Executive Officer2009 — 2015Tokyo, Japan
  3. Open Network LabManaging Partner2010 — 2013Tokyo, Japan
  4. Bucknell UniversityTeaching Assistant for Introductory Java Programming Courses2007 — 2008
  5. Bucknell UniversityFlash Programmer2006 — 2007
  6. Canadian AcademyNetwork Engineering Intern2007
  7. Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi LTDWeb and System Application Developer2007

Skills & more

Venture Capital18Japan3Start-ups53Entrepreneurship39MySQL7Perl3HTML1CSS3FlashPHP4Web DesignSmarty
+8 moreInternet CompaniesRubyE-commerceWeb DevelopmentMobile ApplicationsRuby on RailsJapaneseApache

Languages English · Japanese

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Hiro Maeda?
Hiro Maeda co-founded Japan's first seed accelerator and, as an early B2B SaaS specialist investor since 2015, brings deep Japan SaaS expertise, cross-border India/SEA investing experience, and active market education.
Where does Hiro Maeda work?
Hiro Maeda is Managing Partner at BEENEXT.
What check size does Hiro Maeda write?
Hiro Maeda typically writes checks of $200K – $5M.
Where did Hiro Maeda go to school?
Hiro Maeda studied at Bucknell University (BA, Computer Science, Economics); Canadian Academy.

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