About
Taro Fukuyama is an angel investor with investments in over 150 startups across the U.S. and Japan. He founded Fond, a Y Combinator W12 company that was subsequently acquired by Edenred.
Founder/CEO at FondYC W12
Intro paths
YC
Taro went through Y Combinator (Winter 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Taro can intro founders to Fond's investors below.
Fond's investors · 4
Co-founders at Fond
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Sunny Tsang 🌞Founder/Chief Designer
Experience
- Various StartupsAngel Investorcurrent2017 — presentLos Angeles, California, United States
- SmartHR, Inc.Board of Directorscurrent2017 — presentLos Angeles, California, United States
- FondCEO / Co-founder2011 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
Skills & more
PHP15Entrepreneurship99Fundraising15New Business Development36Strategic Partnerships61Product Management24SaaS28Start-ups98Leadership41Recruiting22Web Design9JavaScript8
+10 more
CSSHTML 5Marketing StrategyBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyManagementMarketingMergers & AcquisitionsStrategySoftware as a Service (SaaS)Languages English · Japanese
From Taro's professional profile.
Network5
Aaron Samuels
Investor, Entrepreneur, Artist, Storyteller
Andrew Miklas
General Partner at Y Combinator
Chris Howard
General Partner at Fuel Venture Capital
Chris McCann
General Partner at Race Capital
Dharmesh Shah
Angel investor
Investors connected to Taro in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Taro Fukuyama?
- Taro Fukuyama is an angel investor with investments in over 150 startups across the U.S. and Japan. He founded Fond, a Y Combinator W12 company that was subsequently acquired by Edenred.
- Where does Taro Fukuyama work?
- Taro Fukuyama is Founder/CEO of Fond.
- What check size does Taro Fukuyama write?
- Taro Fukuyama typically writes checks of $200K – $300K.
- What companies did Taro Fukuyama found?
- Taro Fukuyama founded Fond.
- Where did Taro Fukuyama go to school?
- Taro Fukuyama studied at Y Combinator; Keio University.
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Keio University mafia9
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