About
Shinichiro Hori is CEO of Boost Consulting Inc., which he founded in 2024. He previously spent a decade as an investment professional at Z Venture Capital following ten years in software engineering and development roles. Hori is a graduate of SFC and co-author of "STARTUP."
Experience
- Boost Consulting Inc.代表取締役current2025 — present東京都, 日本
- EV Growth FundAdvisorcurrent2018 — present
- ブーストキャピタル株式会社取締役current2024 — present東京都, 日本
- Z Venture CapitalCEO2021 — 2023日本 東京
- Yahoo! JAPANManager, CFO Office2013 — 2021
- YJ CapitalCEO, Partner2016 — 2021
- YJ Capital Inc.COO, Partner2013 — 2016
- Dream IncubatorManager2007 — 2013
- Dream Incubator VietnamGeneral Director2007 — 2013
- Dream IncubatorBusiness Producer2003 — 2007
- フューチャー株式会社システムコンサルタント2001 — 2003
Skills & more
Strategy4Strategic Planning1ITコンサルティングManagement Consulting6Business Strategy5Mergers & Acquisitions3Change Management3Start-ups4Business Planning1Due Diligence4Strategic Consulting4Financial Modeling4
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Business DevelopmentCorporate DevelopmentNew Business DevelopmentVenture CapitalFrom Shinichiro's professional profile.
Colleagues at Z Venture Capital
Chihiro Kameoka
Principal at Z Venture Capital
Daniel Song
Principal at Z Venture Capital
Greg Eum
Associate at Z Venture Capital
Hyung Kim
Partner at Z Venture Capital
In Joon Hwang
Managing Partner / CEO at Z Venture Capital
James (Yousik) Han
Principal at Z Venture Capital
James Lim
Managing Partner at Z Venture Capital
Janice Sa
Principal at Z Venture Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Shinichiro Hori?
- Shinichiro Hori is CEO of Boost Consulting Inc., which he founded in 2024. He previously spent a decade as an investment professional at Z Venture Capital following ten years in software engineering and development roles. Hori is a graduate of SFC and co-author of "STARTUP."
- Where does Shinichiro Hori work?
- Shinichiro Hori is Investor at Z Venture Capital.
- What check size does Shinichiro Hori write?
- Shinichiro Hori typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Shinichiro Hori go to school?
- Shinichiro Hori studied at Keio University (学士, 総合政策学部).
Same school
Shared employers
Also worked at Z Venture Capital13
In Joon HwangManaging Partner / CEO at Z Venture CapitalKay (Eunkyu) LimManaging Partner at Z Venture CapitalJames LimManaging Partner at Z Venture CapitalHyung KimPartner at Z Venture CapitalJames (Yousik) HanPrincipal at Z Venture CapitalJanice SaPrincipal at Z Venture Capital
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Also worked at Yahoo! JAPAN6
Also worked at Dream Incubator8
Federica NorreriFund Administrator at The Argentum GroupSomya MattaInvestments at Aditya Birla VenturesRobert TimmsDirector at Earth CapitalMasato ShimodairaGeneral Partner at ON&BOARDKosuke NakayamaGeneral Partner at ON&BOARDTengqi HuInvestor at PKSHA Technology Capital
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