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Makiko Sato

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Representative Director / Representative Partner at iSGS Investment Works

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Joined CyberAgent in 2000 as its first new-graduate cohort, working in internet advertising and winning an MVP award in 2002 before becoming the company's first female sales manager. After a new-business role at Wedding Park and nine years of seed-stage venture investing at CyberAgent Capital from 2006, she co-founded iSGS Investment Works in 2016 as reportedly Japan's first female partner at an independent VC, and became Representative Director in 2023. She was named to a Forbes Japan list of influential women in Japanese VC in 2022 and joined the board of the Japan Venture Capital Association in 2024.

Colleagues at iSGS Investment Works

Kei Sugawara
Director / Representative Partner at iSGS Investment Works
佐藤 真希子
代表取締役 兼 代表パートナー at iSGS Investment Works
菅原 敬
取締役 兼 代表パートナー at iSGS Investment Works

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Who is Makiko Sato?
Joined CyberAgent in 2000 as its first new-graduate cohort, working in internet advertising and winning an MVP award in 2002 before becoming the company's first female sales manager. After a new-business role at Wedding Park and nine years of seed-stage venture investing at CyberAgent Capital from 2006, she co-founded iSGS Investment Works in 2016 as reportedly Japan's first female partner at an independent VC, and became Representative Director in 2023. She was named to a Forbes Japan list of influential women in Japanese VC in 2022 and joined the board of the Japan Venture Capital Association in 2024.
Where does Makiko Sato work?
Makiko Sato is Representative Director / Representative Partner at iSGS Investment Works.