Ken Asada
InvestorPartner & Head of Japan at Salesforce Ventures · Partner, Head of Japan, Salesforce Ventures at Salesforce Japan Co.,Ltd.
Greater Tokyo Area
About
Ken Asada is a Partner at Salesforce Ventures, where he serves as Head of Japan. His areas of focus include venture capital investment, private equity, business strategy, and project management.
Experience
- Salesforce VenturesPartner, Head of Japan, Salesforce Venturescurrent2020 — presentGreater Tokyo Area
- NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Inc.Managing Director2019
- Intel CorporationInvestment Director2013 — 2018Tokyo, Japan
- Intel CorporationInvestment Manager2011 — 2013
- IBM JapanManaging Consultant2007 — 2011
- IBM JapanExecutive Assistant to IBM Japan Global Business Services GM2006 — 2007Tokyo, Japan
- IBM JapanIT Specialist1997 — 2004
Skills & more
Venture Capital4Investments5Business StrategyStrategy10Business Development8New Business Development6Financial Modeling7Management5Private Equity2Due Diligence2Project Management2Management Consulting
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Start-upsEntrepreneurshipBusiness PlanningCompetitive AnalysisStrategic PartnershipsLanguages English · Japanese
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Colleagues at Salesforce Ventures
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Principal at Salesforce Ventures
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Director, Legal at Salesforce Ventures
Alexandra Quie
Principal at Salesforce Ventures
Alyssa Janakus
Senior Manager, Finance at Salesforce Ventures
Brian James Murphy
Director, Data Science at Salesforce Ventures
Caroline Fiegel
Investor at Salesforce Ventures
Claudine Emeott
Partner, Impact Fund at Salesforce Ventures
Dan Shellard
Partner at Breega
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ken Asada?
- Ken Asada is a Partner at Salesforce Ventures, where he serves as Head of Japan. His areas of focus include venture capital investment, private equity, business strategy, and project management.
- Where does Ken Asada work?
- Ken Asada is Partner & Head of Japan at Salesforce Ventures.
- Where did Ken Asada go to school?
- Ken Asada studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Stanford LEAD Professional Certificate); London Business School (MBA, Finance); Keio University (B.A, Economics).
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