Where does John Kojiro Moriwaka work?

John Kojiro Moriwaka is Operating Partner at 1982 Ventures.

Where did John Kojiro Moriwaka go to school?

John Kojiro Moriwaka studied at Harvard Business School (Alumni, Leadership); Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Executive Education, Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)); Harvard Business School (Executive Education, Program for Leadership Development (PLD)).

John Kojiro Moriwaka

Investor

Operating Partner at 1982 Ventures · Venture Partner - Japan at Mendoza Ventures · Investor (JAPAN) at Crimson Investment Fund · Advisor at Arka Venture Labs

Tokyo, Japan

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About

John Kojiro Moriwaka is an advisor at Defence Invest who works with startups, venture capital firms, and family offices, and also serves as CEO of Silicon Valley Ventures. He holds a master's degree in Economics, is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, and was appointed Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship at a Japanese national university in 2016 at age 33. He organizes invitation-only family office and business events across cities including Tokyo, Monaco, Dubai, London, and Singapore, and serves as an ambassador for international conferences in Europe and Japan.

Experience

Defence InvestAdvisorcurrent2025 — presentIreland
Universe PartnersAdvisorcurrent2025 — presentIsrael
UN:BLOCKAmbassadorcurrent2025 — presentRiga, Latvia
1982 VenturesOperating Partnercurrent2025 — presentSingapore
remotiPartnercurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
Mendoza VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2024 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
World Venture ForumAmbassadorcurrent2024 — presentAustria
CV VCAdvisorcurrent2023 — presentSwitzerland
BE Accelerator (比翼加速器)Venture Partnercurrent2023 — presentTaipei, Taipei City, Taiwan
BE Accelerator (比翼加速器)Mentorcurrent2020 — presentTaiwan
Startup Grind Tokyo/ Nagoya / FukuokaDirectorcurrent2023 — presentTokyo, Japan
Startup Grind Tokyo/ Nagoya / FukuokaDirectorcurrent2020 — presentFukuoka, Japan
LUCA Japan Co., Ltd.Advisorcurrent2023 — presentTokyo, Japan
Arka Venture LabsAdvisorcurrent2023 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
Semper8Advisorcurrent2022 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
JICA NINJA AcceleratorMentorcurrent2021 — present
Silicon Valley VenturesChief Executive Officercurrent2015 — presentJapan
500 StartupsMentorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
German Accelerator Southeast AsiaMentorcurrent2021 — presentSingapore
Myanmar Institute Of BusinessVisiting Professorcurrent2020 — presentYangon, Myanmar
Harvard Alumni EntrepreneursMembercurrent2020 — presentIndia
Harvard Business School HBS Alumni Angels Association - HBSAAAngel Investorcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Life ScienceAngel Investorcurrent2020 — presentMountain View, California, United States
Alchemist AcceleratorMentorcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Startup GrindCo-chapter director of Startup Grind Tokyocurrent2019 — presentTokyo, Japan
StartupbootcampMentorcurrent2019 — presentOsaka, Japan
E-Cell, IIT BombayMentorcurrent2019 — presentMumbai Area, India
US-Japan MedTech FrontiersMembercurrent2015 — presentSilicon Valley
Keihanna Research ComplexMentorcurrent2017 — presentKyoto
Kyushu Institute of TechnologyVisiting Researchercurrent2016 — presentFukuoka, Japan
Moriwaka Medical Co., LtdExecutive Vice President & CIO (Chief Innovation Officer)current2010 — presentJapan
Yamaguchi UniversityVisiting Professor2016 — 2019Yamaguchi, Japan

Skills & more

Strategy89Motivational Speaking43Leadership38Public Speaking27Management23Communication22Entrepreneurship99Marketing Communications68Medical Devices43Marketing40Innovation Management32Medical Device Connectivity33

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IncubationSales PromotionInnovation DevelopmentM&A Advisory ServicesInnovation ConsultingJapanese to English translationSocial InfluenceStrategic Communications CounselMedia Skills TrainingBusiness InnovationMarketing BudgetProduct Innovation

Languages English · Japanese

From John's professional profile.

Colleagues at 1982 Ventures

Allen Lee

Operating Partner - United States at 1982 Ventures

Amiyandra Suratman

Principal at 1982 Ventures

Herston Powers

Founding Managing Partner at 1982 Ventures

James Kim

Operating Partner - Singapore at 1982 Ventures

Jenny Goh

Operational Lead – Singapore at 1982 Ventures

Joi Okada

Operating Partner - Japan at 1982 Ventures

Lex Nguyen

Operating Partner - Vietnam at 1982 Ventures

Scott Krivokopich

Founding Managing Partner at 1982 Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is John Kojiro Moriwaka?: John Kojiro Moriwaka is an advisor at Defence Invest who works with startups, venture capital firms, and family offices, and also serves as CEO of Silicon Valley Ventures. He holds a master's degree in Economics, is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, and was appointed Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship at a Japanese national university in 2016 at age 33. He organizes invitation-only family office and business events across cities including Tokyo, Monaco, Dubai, London, and Singapore, and serves as an ambassador for international conferences in Europe and Japan.
Where does John Kojiro Moriwaka work?: John Kojiro Moriwaka is Operating Partner at 1982 Ventures.
Where did John Kojiro Moriwaka go to school?: John Kojiro Moriwaka studied at Harvard Business School (Alumni, Leadership); Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Executive Education, Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)); Harvard Business School (Executive Education, Program for Leadership Development (PLD)).