Osuke Honda
InvestorCo-Founder, Managing Partner at Coreline Ventures · Board director at RealScout
United States
About
Osuke Honda is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Coreline Ventures. Before founding Coreline, he spent 17 years as a general partner at DCM, and earlier worked at Mitsubishi Corporation and Globis Capital Partners. He holds an MBA from Keio University and a BA/MA in Law from Hitotsubashi University.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Board director at RealScout
Intro paths
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RealScout's investors · 2
Co-founders at RealScout
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Andrew FlachnerExecutive Officer, Director
MP
Michael ParikhDirector
Experience
- Coreline VenturesCo-Founder and Managing Partnercurrent2025 — presentUS and Japan
- Squizify - Digital Food Safety SolutionsBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- Lens, Inc.Investorcurrent2025 — presentTokyo, Japan
- CarepatronInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- Fish AudioInvestorcurrent2026 — present
- FlagshipBoard Observercurrent2026 — presentLos Angeles, CA
- O3Investorcurrent2025 — present
- Hanji株式会社(Hanji Inc.)Investorcurrent2025 — present
- LayerXInvestorcurrent2023 — presentTokyo, Japan
- Miso, Inc.Investorcurrent2016 — presentSeoul, South Korea
- enechain CorporationBoard Member / Investorcurrent2022 — presentTokyo, Japan
- 株式会社Magic MomentBoard Member2020 — 2025Tokyo, Japan
- クラフトバンク株式会社Board Member2019 — 2025Tokyo, Japan
- PecoBoard Member2017 — 2025Tokyo, Japan
- Big Basin CapitalAdvisor2014 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- FloSportsBoard Member2023 — 2024Austin, Texas, United States
- ujet.cxBoard Member2023 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- MetafyInvestor2021 — 2024United States
- atama plusBoard Member2018 — 2024Tokyo, Japan
- CADDi Inc.Investor2018 — 2024Tokyo, Japan
- 10X, Inc.Investor2018 — 2024Tokyo
- 株式会社FOLIOInvestor2016 — 2024Tokyo, Japan
- PicsArt Inc.Investor / Advisory Board Member2015 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- TeamBlindInvestor2015 — 2024Seoul, South Korea
- RealScoutBoard Member2013 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- DCM VenturesGeneral Partner2007 — 2024US, Japan, China, Korea
- Coffee Meets BagelBoard Member2014 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Fond, Inc.Board Member2014 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Singular.netInvestor2013 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- x.aiInvestor2016 — 2021Greater New York City Area
- Sansan株式会社Board Member2014 — 2021Tokyo, Japan
- Tumblbug, Inc.Investor2015 — 2020Seoul, Korea
- CoubicBoard Member2014 — 2020Tokyo, Japan
- freee 株式会社Board Member2012 — 2020Tokyo, Japan
- 株式会社エブリーBoard Member2017 — 2019Tokyo, Japan
- visasQ inc.Board Member2015 — 2019Within 23 wards, Tokyo, Japan
- Pandora.TVBoard Member2010 — 2019Seoul, Korea
- Kakao CorpInvestor2011 — 2016Seoul, Korea
- Happy ElementsBoard Member2010 — 2016Beijing City, China
- Happy Elements株式会社Board Member2010 — 2016
Skills & more
Start-ups35Business Strategy14Venture Capital30Due Diligence4New Business Development6E-commerce7Negotiation2Product Development3International Business6Contract NegotiationSocial MediaInvestments2
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FundraisingTeam BuildingMobileMergers & AcquisitionsBusiness PlanningBusiness DevelopmentMobile DevicesStrategyManagement ConsultingCorporate DevelopmentStrategic PlanningManagementLanguages English · Japanese · Korean
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Investments
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Colleagues at Coreline Ventures
Arthur Kaneko
Co-Founder, Managing Partner at Coreline Ventures
David Cheng
General Partner at Coreline Ventures
Karen Shum
Director of Finance at Coreline Ventures
Keiko Miwa
Investor at Coreline Ventures
Keita Morikawa
Venture Partner at Coreline Ventures
Kenichiro "Ken" Hara
General Partner at Coreline Ventures
Maria Palma Okubo
Director of Business Development at Coreline Ventures
Matthew C. Bonner
Co-Founder, COO at Coreline Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Osuke Honda?
- Osuke Honda is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Coreline Ventures. Before founding Coreline, he spent 17 years as a general partner at DCM, and earlier worked at Mitsubishi Corporation and Globis Capital Partners. He holds an MBA from Keio University and a BA/MA in Law from Hitotsubashi University.
- Where does Osuke Honda work?
- Osuke Honda is Co-Founder, Managing Partner at Coreline Ventures and Board director at RealScout.
- What companies has Osuke Honda invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Freee, Happy Elements, Kakao, PicsArt, Sansan, VisasQ.
- Where did Osuke Honda go to school?
- Osuke Honda studied at Hitotsubashi University; The Wharton School; Keio University.
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