About
Misato Takahashi is co-founder and CTO of Tailor. Previously, he co-founded Speee, which went public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2020, and served as CTO of Spotlight before it was acquired by Rakuten. He has held engineering roles at Rakuten and GREE, and led the research and development division at Mercari.
Founder at TailorYC S22
Intro paths
Misato went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Tailor's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Misato can intro founders to Tailor's investors below.
Tailor's investors Β· 5
Co-founders at Tailor
Experience
- TailorChief Technology Officercurrent2022 β present
- Asin, incOwnercurrent2011 β present
- Mercari, Inc.at R4D director2019 β 2022
- Mercari, Inc.Director of R4D2017 β 2022
- Mercari, Inc.- at merpay manager2018 β 2019
- tsumugDirector2017 β 2018
- plusadd, Inc.Technical Advisor2015 β 2016
- SpotlightCTO2011 β 2014Tokyo
- RakutenSoftware Engineer2004 β 2011
- ζ ͺεΌδΌη€Ύ SpeeeFounder/CTO2007 β 2009
- GREE, Inc.Engineer2005 β 2006
Skills & more
From Misato's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Misato Takahashi?
- Misato Takahashi is co-founder and CTO of Tailor. Previously, he co-founded Speee, which went public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2020, and served as CTO of Spotlight before it was acquired by Rakuten. He has held engineering roles at Rakuten and GREE, and led the research and development division at Mercari.
- Where does Misato Takahashi work?
- Misato Takahashi is Founder of Tailor.
- What companies did Misato Takahashi found?
- Misato Takahashi founded Tailor.
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Y Combinator mafia8,773
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Gree, Inc. mafia2
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Shared employers
Also worked at Tailor1
Also worked at Mercari, Inc.2
Also worked at Rakuten23
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