Joe Saijo
InvestorFounding General Partner at Counterpart Ventures
San Francisco, California
Writes $2M β $8M checks Β· typically $4M
About
Joe Saijo began his career as a software engineer in Japan and later worked at Hitachi, where he was Manager of Business Development from 2007-2011. From 2014-2017 he was President and Managing Partner at Recruit Strategic Partners, the CVC arm of Recruit Holdings, managing a global portfolio and expanding its US focus. His expertise is in B2B SaaS and marketplace technologies.
Invests in
MarketplacesSaaS
Experience
- Counterpart VenturesCo-Founder and Partnercurrent2018 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- DocuSignInvestorcurrent2014 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ShipBob, Inc.Investorcurrent2016 β presentGreater Chicago Area
- ClassPassInvestorcurrent2014 β presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- ShoCard, Inc.Investorcurrent2017 β presentPalo Alto
- BrickworkInvestorcurrent2016 β presentGreater New York City Area
- SaviokeInvestorcurrent2016 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- AlignableInvestorcurrent2016 β presentGreater Boston
- Bench AccountingInvestorcurrent2015 β presentGreater Vancouver Metropolitan Area
- DataRobotInvestorcurrent2011 β presentGreater Boston
- Align CommerceInvestorcurrent2015 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Kabbage, IncInvestorcurrent2015 β presentAtlanta Metropolitan Area
- Hometeam.Investorcurrent2015 β presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- 99designsInvestorcurrent2015 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SprinklrInvestorcurrent2015 β presentGreater New York City Area
- TradeshiftInvestorcurrent2015 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Sourcery Technologies, Inc.Investorcurrent2015 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- DirectlyInvestorcurrent2014 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- UdacityInvestorcurrent2014 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Ossia Inc.Investorcurrent2014 β presentGreater Seattle Area
Education
- Osaka City UniversityBA, Marketing & Commerce1997 β 2001
Skills & more
Strategy21Management8Leadership4Business Alliances5Business Development21Start-ups30Market Research6Integration1Business Planning16Entrepreneurship8Mergers & Acquisitions8Go-to-market Strategy9
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Marketing StrategyVenture CapitalAnalyticsLanguages Japanese
From Joe's professional profile.
Shared employers
Also worked at ClassPass6
Also worked at Bench Accounting3
Also worked at 99designs2
Also worked at Udacity13
Jihad (Jay) AlammarVenture Partner at Outliers VCFranΓ§ois DufourFounder Advisor at Decibel PartnersAkihiko OkamotoInvestor at HeadlineAmy GuFounder and Managing Partner at Hemi Ventures, LlcMichael LangerBoard Member at MassChallenge MexicoHeiki RiesenkampfVenture Partner at Lightbird Ventures AG
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Investments
Investor
99designsDataRobotDocuSignNoomPalo Alto NetworksShipBob
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at Counterpart Ventures
Abbie Wolf
Director of Platform at Counterpart Ventures
Al Lalani
Operating Partner at Counterpart Ventures
Mikey Kailis
Principal at Counterpart Ventures
Nandini Agarwal
Senior Associate at Counterpart Ventures
Patrick Eggen
Founding General Partner at Counterpart Ventures
Shoko Kanehara
Director, Business Development at Counterpart Ventures
Tanvi Narain
Principal at Counterpart Ventures

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