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Tsutomu (Tom) Nakano

Investor

Japan Advisory Board Member at Benhamou Global Ventures

Japan

About

Tsutomu (Tom) Nakano is a Professor of Entrepreneurship, Organization, and Strategy at Aoyama Business School in Tokyo, teaching MBA courses in business planning, corporate strategy, and organizational theory. His research covers the use of generative AI in management, organizational networks, and cross-cultural management. Before academia, he worked for eight years in commercial and investment banking at Citibank and spent over a decade in U.S. academia, holding positions at institutions including Columbia University, the University of Michigan, Copenhagen Business School, and the Max Planck Institute.

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Invests in

AI & Machine Learning

Experience

  1. Organizational AI LLCCEO & Foundercurrent2026 — presentTokyo, Japan
  2. Copenhagen Business SchoolVisiting Researcher, IOAcurrent2024 — present
  3. University of San Diego Knauss School of BusinessAssociate Faculty, Ahlers Center for International Businesscurrent2024 — present
  4. Aoyama Gakuin University (Graduate School of International Management, a.k.a Aoyama Business School)Professor of Entreneurship, Management, and Strategycurrent2006 — present
  5. Center on Organizational Innovation, Columbia UniversityExternal Faculty Affiliate2002 — 2022

Education

  1. Columbia UniversityPh.D., sociology (organizations and economic sociology)
  2. University of ChicagoMaster of Arts - MA, international relations
  3. Keio UniversityBA, economics

Same school

Also attended Columbia University498

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDoug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzGabriella GiglioHR & Executive Talent at General CatalystScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Erica VanInvestment Director at Intel Capital

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Also attended University of Chicago242

Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesShardul ShahInvestor at Index VenturesSam BlackmanEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Clay FisherInvestor at Spark CapitalJonas CiplickasPrincipal at Scale Venture PartnersJulia Gonzalez SandersPartner and General Counsel at Crosslink Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Copenhagen Business School11

Mads AaenPartner at Den Sociale Kapitalfond Management ApSRichard BreiterCo-Founder and General Partner of PSV Tech at PSVChristian RangenChairman at Link CapitalRune Hven-JensenPartner at Ugly Duckling VenturesAnne Malberg HorsagerExpert advisor at VÅR VenturesKasper Holst HansenExpert advisor at VÅR Ventures

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Colleagues at Benhamou Global Ventures

Anik Bose
General Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures
Barak Ben-Avinoam
Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures
Bernard Barbier
French Advisory Board Member at Benhamou Global Ventures
Eitan Efron
Venture Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures
Ekaterina Evchenko
Principal at Benhamou Global Ventures
Emmanuel Benhamou
Head of Platform at Benhamou Global Ventures
Eric Benhamou
Venture Advisor at Think+ Ventures Management, Llc
Eric Buatois
General Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures