Fundraising Fox

Tak Sato

Investor

Managing Partner at MS&AD Ventures

California

Writes $500K – $3M checks · typically $1.8M

Experience

  1. MS&AD Insurance Group執行役員　International CHROcurrent2026 — presentAPJ
  2. Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance GroupGeneral Manager, Human Resource2025 — 2026
  3. Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance GroupCorporate Human Capitalist2023 — 2025
  4. MS&AD VenturesFounder2023 — 2026
  5. MS&AD VenturesFounder and Managing Partner2018 — 2023
  6. Hippo InsuranceBoard Observer2020 — 2023
  7. MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.Head- Investment2017 — 2018
  8. Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Co. Ltd.General Manager2003 — 2006
  9. MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITEDDeputy Manager1996 — 2003

Education

  1. The Wharton SchoolAdvanced Management Program
  2. Stanford Continuing StudiesDesign Thinking
  3. Chuo University Graduate SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA2010 — 2012
  4. WASEDA Business School大隈塾
  5. Keio University1992 — 1996
  6. Windom Area High school(Minnesota)1989 — 1990

Skills & more

Business Strategy

From Tak's professional profile.

Colleagues at MS&AD Ventures

Jon Soberg
CEO and Managing Partner at MS&AD Ventures
Kareem Fahmy
Investor at MS&AD Ventures
Ken Sobajima
Venture Partner at MS&AD Ventures
Mikiko Clanton
Senior Associate at MS&AD Ventures
Shin Enomoto
Principal at MS&AD Ventures
Stephanie Ren
Senior Associate at MS&AD Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Where does Tak Sato work?
Tak Sato is Managing Partner at MS&AD Ventures.
What check size does Tak Sato write?
Tak Sato typically writes checks of $500K – $3M.

Same school

Also attended The Wharton School1,481

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Also attended Stanford Continuing Studies38

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Also attended WASEDA Business School5

Yuni KimLead, Value Creation at Z Venture CapitalVianney BarrePartner at Quadrille CapitalLloyd LeeCEO at HyperithmShinsuke HamamiyaInvestor at 01booster CapitalLouis WirawanVice President at SBI Ven Capital

Also attended Keio University75

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Shared employers

Also worked at Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group1

Shin EnomotoPrincipal at MS&AD Ventures

Also worked at MS&AD Ventures9

Tiffine WangInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalChris MurphyAssociate at Blue Delta CapitalJon SobergCEO and Managing Partner at MS&AD VenturesElias DavisPartner at Kli CapitalDeepak MishraPrincipal at Hitachi, Ltd.Mikiko ClantonSenior Associate at MS&AD Ventures

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Also worked at Hippo Insurance12

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