Find your path to Taro
352 people in our graph share verified history with Taro — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Garry TanunlockedTaro: together at Y Combinator (2011–2012)
×5Taro: together at Y Combinator
Taro: together at Fond
×5Taro: together at Keio University
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
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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
Founder at Ritual 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.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
Keio University mafia35
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Paul Sanglé-FerrièreFounded Workflow +1Sota WatanabeBachelor's degreeFounded Startale +1Keith KirklandMaster of Industrial DesignFounded Wear +1Katsuya HashizumeMaster of Media and Governance(Cyber Informatics)Founded FuturedmeEmi TakemuraBAFounded PeatixCedric OlbrechtsJapan studies: Japanese languageFounded Vendiscapital
+ 28 more
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
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