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Kosho Sato

Investor

Investment Partner at Joyance Partners

New York City

About

Kosho Sato is an investor at Joyance Partners. Before joining the firm, he led projects at a CPG company spanning startup investments, business development, financial modeling, and business unit reorganization, and previously worked at Japan's Ministry of Finance on the use of national properties. He holds a BA in Economics from Waseda University in Japan and an MBA from IMD Business School in Switzerland.

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Experience

  1. Joyance PartnersInvestment Partnercurrent2024 — presentNew York, United States
  2. JTDirector, D-LAB2024Tokyo, Japan
  3. JTManager, D-LAB2023 — 2024Tokyo, Japan
  4. JTDeputy Manager, Business Development and Corporate Strategy Div.2019 — 2021Tokyo
  5. JTAssociate Manager, Business Development and Corporate Strategy Div.2018 — 2019Tokyo
  6. Ministry of Finance - JapanOfficial, Office of Effective Use of Government Assets, Administrative Asset Management Policy Div.2016 — 2018Tokyo, Japan
  7. JTAssociate, Manufacturing Div., Hiratsuka Factory2013 — 2016Kanagawa, Japan

Education

  1. IMDMaster of Business Administration - MBA2022
  2. Waseda UniversityB.A. in Economics2009 — 2013

Skills & more

Languages English · Japanese

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Colleagues at Joyance Partners

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Managing Partner at Joyance Partners
Alice Ko
Investment Partner at Joyance Partners
Andrew Nealon
Partner & CTO at Joyance Partners
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Mentor Capitalist, Investor & Corporate Advisor at Joyance Partners
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Investor at Streamlined Ventures
Avi Golan
CEO at Oosto at Joyance Partners
Bradley Welch
Managing Partner at Joyance Partners
Charles C Smith
Managing Partner at Joyance Partners