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Nobuhiro Seki

Investor

Partner at Monozukuri Ventures

New York, New York

Writes $100K – $500K checks · typically $250K

About

A serial tech entrepreneur with a media and engineering background, 'Nob' Seki co-founded FabFoundry, a New York hardware startup platform, and is a co-founding partner of MBC Shisaku Fund. He previously served as CEO of Six Apart and launched MIT Technology Review Japan; he holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon and a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Tokyo.

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Experience

  1. Monozukuri VenturesFounding Partner and Chief Investment Officercurrent2017 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  2. Proteus Motion Inc. (formerly Boston Biomotion)Board Observercurrent2017 — present
  3. EdgecortixBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
  4. EverykeyBoard Observercurrent2020 — present
  5. SkillzillaAdvisorcurrent2020 — present
  6. FiniiteAdvisorcurrent2019 — presentKitchener, Ontario, Canada
  7. connectFreeFounding Investorcurrent2010 — presentKyoto, Japan
  8. SyncWorldFounder & CEOcurrent2001 — presentTokyo, Japan
  9. Six ApartAdvisor2015 — 2026New York City Metropolitan Area
  10. Six ApartPresident & CEO2011 — 2015New York City Metropolitan Area and Tokyo, Japan
  11. Six ApartExecutive Vice President and General Manager of Asia Pacific2003 — 2011San Francisco, California
  12. NYDesignsAdvisor2018 — 2025New York City Metropolitan Area
  13. MentoreBoard Member2021 — 2023
  14. MentoreBoard Observer2019 — 2021
  15. ARIN Technologies, Inc.Board Observer2018 — 2022
  16. HACARUSAdvisor2021Kyoto, Japan
  17. Hoplite PowerBoard Observer2017 — 2020
  18. FabFoundry (Monozukuri Ventures since 2020)Founder & GM of Materials Engineering2018 — 2019Greater New York City Area
  19. FabFoundry (Monozukuri Ventures since 2020)Founder & Board Member2015 — 2018Greater New York City Area
  20. Makers Boot CampBoard Member2017 — 2019Kyoto, Japan

Education

  1. Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies2000 — 2002
  2. The University of TokyoBS, Materials Science1988 — 1994
  3. London Business SchoolN/A, Entrepreneurship2001
  4. VC Lab

Skills & more

Management11Strategy1Online Marketing6New Business Development23Marketing20Sales1Research1Start-ups42Entrepreneurship78Strategic Partnerships16Product Management14Business Development51
+12 moreVenture CapitalSocial MediaProduct MarketingMobile DevicesMergers & AcquisitionsDigital MediaBloggingE-commerceBusiness PlanningSocial NetworkingDigital MarketingBusiness Strategy

Languages English · Japanese

From Nobuhiro's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business52

Cindy PadnosFounder and Managing Partner at Illuminate VenturesMarkInvestor at Yu GalaxyMarco DeMirozGeneral Partner & Co-founder at The Venture Reality FundMurli RaviCo-founder and Managing Partner at Tin Men CapitalJensen WarnockCOO at Mercato PartnersDaphne CarmeliFounder, Entrepreneur, CEO, Angel Investor, Philanthropist, Advisor and Board Member at XRC

+ 46 more

Also attended The University of Tokyo65

Kazunori YamaguchiPartner at Global BrainShinji AmahaVice President at Acario InnovationMasaji MatsuokaManaging Director at E12 Venture Capital, LlcTaka KodaPartner, Director at RDiscoveryKosuke MoriManaging Partner at Saison CapitalAkiko AmakawaCEO Chief of Staff at Takeda Ventures

+ 59 more

Also attended London Business School460

Patrick ClaessenPartner at Cottonwood Technology FundDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesSandra SchwarzerInvestor at Index VenturesMatt CherianVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 Ventures

+ 454 more

Also attended VC Lab34

Seth HallenFounder and Managing Partner at Hallstone VenturesMatthew StaffordInvestor at STAFFORD VCJamey EdwardsHealth Transformer Coach at StartUp HealthBenjamin BoatengInvestor at ODBANassir CrissPrincipal at Sixty8 CapitalJohn RobertsManaging Partner at Boot64 Ventures

+ 28 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Proteus Motion Inc. (formerly Boston Biomotion)2

Geoff BernsteinGeneral Partner at Indicator VenturesMarissa GreyInvestor at Indicator Ventures

Also worked at MIT Technology Review6

Conor MyhrvoldInvestor at NZVCDmitry GrishinFounding Partner at Grishin RoboticsMarek KotelnickiManaging Partner at VIGO VenturesGonçalo PerdigãoCo-founder, Algorithm G at HyperNestNate NickersonCommunications and Public Affairs Partner at DCVC (Data Collective)Kathleen KennedyAdvisor at Good Growth Capital

Also worked at McKinsey & Company1,203

Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalAnn Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateJeremy LiewPartner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersFabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ Labs

+ 1,197 more

Colleagues at Monozukuri Ventures

Allen Miner
Founder & Chairman, SunBridge at Monozukuri Ventures
Amanda Fujii
Marketing at Monozukuri Ventures
Dave Mawhinney
Executive Director, CMU at Monozukuri Ventures
Emi Makino
Board Member, Director at Monozukuri Ventures
Hidehiko Koguchi
CEO, Perspective Media at Monozukuri Ventures
Hiromichi Akatsuka
Project Manager, Technical Consulting at Monozukuri Ventures
Ilana Diamond
Managing Partner, 412 Venture Fund LP at Monozukuri Ventures
Kei Nishikawa
Manager, Operations at Monozukuri Ventures

Network1

Calvin Chin
Managing Partner at E14 Fund

Investors connected to Nobuhiro in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.