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Taro Inaba

Investor

Managing Partner at Remiges Ventures, Inc. · Managing Partner, Director at RDiscovery

Tokyo

Writes $10K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Founder and Managing Partner of Remiges Ventures with over 30 years of business experience, including 20+ years in life science startup financing and company creation. He leads technology sourcing, company creation, and investment negotiations, and serves as a director for portfolio companies. Previously he spent 13 years in venture investment roles at Mitsui & Co., where he built and managed a biopharma investment team, and was President & CEO of Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners in Menlo Park from 2008 to 2009.

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Experience

  1. Remiges VenturesManaging Directorcurrent2014 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  2. Remiges VenturesFounder and Managing Partner at Remiges Venturescurrent2014 — presentTokyo, Japan
  3. Mitsui & Co., Ltd.General Manager Cleantech and Healthcare Dept.2009 — 2014
  4. Mitsui & Co., Ltd.President & CEO2008 — 2009
  5. Mitsui VenturesHead of Global BioPharma Team/ Investment Partner2001 — 2008
  6. Mitsui & Co., Ltd.Product Manager1995 — 2001
  7. Mitsui & Co. Portuguesa Lda.Product Manager1993 — 1995
  8. Mitsui & Co., Ltd.Manager1991 — 1993

Education

  1. European UniversityMBA, Management1994 — 1995
  2. Kyoto UniversityBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Polymer Chemistry1987 — 1991

Skills & more

Venture Capital13Biotechnology12Business Development9Pharmaceutical Industry6Lifesciences1Investments3LicensingManagement3Portfolio ManagementNegotiation2Intellectual PropertyBiopharmaceuticals2
+8 moreAsset ManagementMarketingOrganic ChemistryStart-upsBusiness StrategyCorporate DevelopmentMergers & AcquisitionsStrategy

Languages Japanese · Portuguese

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Same school

Also attended Kyoto University18

Sunao NishimuraInvestor at E12 Venture Capital, LlcKazu NonomuraPartner, Director at RDiscoveryMelody MadhavanAssociate at Cento VenturesDavid HellerGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures IsraelSatoshi KonagaiInvestment Lead at Astellas Venture Management LLCFlorian LöbermannPartner at GET Fund

+ 12 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Mitsui & Co., Ltd.13

Sunao NishimuraInvestor at E12 Venture Capital, LlcMasaji MatsuokaManaging Director at E12 Venture Capital, LlcTaka KodaPartner, Director at RDiscoveryWalter OlesiakOperating Partner at RDiscoveryKaz KikuchiPartner at TransLink CapitalAnshul AgarwalPartner at LG Technology Ventures

+ 7 more

Colleagues at Remiges Ventures, Inc.

Atsushi Uno
Senior Researcher at Remiges Ventures, Inc.
Hans Keirstead
Chairman at Remiges Ventures, Inc.
Hiroshi Tamada
Chief Medical Officer at Remiges Ventures, Inc.
Hiroyuki Nagasawa
Investor at Remiges Ventures, Inc.
Kanako Amano
Researcher at Remiges Ventures, Inc.
Kazuhiko Nonomura
Partner at Remiges Ventures, Inc.
Kyoko Matsumoto
Senior Associate at Remiges Ventures, Inc.
Linda Li
Venture Partner at Remiges Ventures, Inc.

Network1

Frederick Shane
Managing Partner at Axil Capital

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