John Kojiro Moriwaka

Experience

1. Defence InvestAdvisorcurrent2025 — presentIreland
2. Universe PartnersAdvisorcurrent2025 — presentIsrael
3. UN:BLOCKAmbassadorcurrent2025 — presentRiga, Latvia
4. 1982 VenturesOperating Partnercurrent2025 — presentSingapore
5. remotiPartnercurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
6. Mendoza VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2024 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
7. World Venture ForumAmbassadorcurrent2024 — presentAustria
8. CV VCAdvisorcurrent2023 — presentSwitzerland
9. BE Accelerator (比翼加速器)Venture Partnercurrent2023 — presentTaipei, Taipei City, Taiwan
10. BE Accelerator (比翼加速器)Mentorcurrent2020 — presentTaiwan
11. Startup Grind Tokyo/ Nagoya / FukuokaDirectorcurrent2023 — presentTokyo, Japan
12. Startup Grind Tokyo/ Nagoya / FukuokaDirectorcurrent2020 — presentFukuoka, Japan
13. LUCA Japan Co., Ltd.Advisorcurrent2023 — presentTokyo, Japan
14. Arka Venture LabsAdvisorcurrent2023 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
15. Semper8Advisorcurrent2022 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
16. JICA NINJA AcceleratorMentorcurrent2021 — present
17. Silicon Valley VenturesChief Executive Officercurrent2015 — presentJapan
18. 500 StartupsMentorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
19. German Accelerator Southeast AsiaMentorcurrent2021 — presentSingapore
20. Myanmar Institute Of BusinessVisiting Professorcurrent2020 — presentYangon, Myanmar

Education

1. Harvard Business SchoolAlumni, Leadership2013
2. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessExecutive Education, Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)2015
3. Harvard Business SchoolExecutive Education, Program for Leadership Development (PLD)2012 — 2013
4. University of SydneyBachelor of Economics and Social Science, Marketing2004 — 2008
5. University of SydneyFoundation Program2003 — 2004
6. The University of QueenslandEnglish2002 — 2003
7. University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessExecutive Education, Venture Capaital2017

Skills & more

Languages English · Japanese

From John's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,150

RBRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPFPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSJSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDSDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKBKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)HWHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

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Also attended University of Sydney206

CRClay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow VenturesCMClare McCartney BeerCOO & Managing Director at Burda Principal InvestmentsTNTony NystenPartner at OpenOceanNGNaomi GunasekaranDeputy Chief Financial Officer, Funds - Finance at Magnetar AI VenturesJCJethro CohenPrincipal at Square Peg CapitalOJOsh JayasuriyaInvestment Operations Manager at Square Peg Capital

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Also attended The University of Queensland88

GIGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesJBJasmine BettesInvestor at Reinventure GroupEGEsther GilmoreGlobal Head of the Client Team at Generation Investment ManagementNTNilay ThakarPrincipal at ARCH Venture PartnersZBZenetta BurgerPartner at Giant Ventures Global LlpCCCherie ChouHead of Corporate Development at TNBAura

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Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business489

MFMark FiorentinoInvestor at Index VenturesRMRishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)YNYibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalZTZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHHariFellow at Clear VenturesDDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Universe Partners1

SZShani ZanescuAdvisor/LP, Climate tech at Fusion VC

Also worked at remoti1

JMJeevs MahilPeople + Talent at Octopus Ventures

Also worked at Mendoza Ventures10

SSStefan SandovalPrincipal at SKY VCAMAdrian MendozaGeneral Partner / Founder at Mendoza VenturesSMSenofer MendozaGeneral Partner / Founder at Mendoza VenturesAKAdam KerrSenior Partner at Mendoza VenturesAPAymbre PaigeAssociate / Fellow / LP at Mendoza VenturesCAChristopher AlemanVenture Partner - Texas at Mendoza Ventures

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Also worked at 500 Startups128

KTKaz TeradaVenture Advisor at Monta Vista CapitalCNChristal NgAssociate at Golden Gate VenturesDODemi ObayomiPrincipal at Sapphire VenturesGAGbenga AjayiPartner, Head of Africa and Middle East at QED InvestorsJLJustin LedbetterChief Operating Officer, Marlan Space at Cortado VenturesDDannyInvestor at MGV.VC

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