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Yoshihiro Kohara

Investor

Principal at Sozo Ventures

Redwood City, California

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Yoshihiro Kohara joined Sozo Ventures in February 2017, focusing on startup investment and business development. During his first three years he worked with the business development team in Tokyo, handling market entry and partnerships in Japan for companies including Zoom and Revolut, before relocating to the US in 2020 to join the investment team. He previously worked at Digital Garage on business development for fintech operations and is a graduate of Meiji University.

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Invests in

Fintech

Experience

  1. Sozo VenturesPrincipalcurrent2020 — presentRedwood City, California, United States
  2. Sozo VenturesBusiness Development / Partnerships2017 — 2020Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  3. Aromyx CorporationBoard Observer2021 — 2024Mountain View, California, United States
  4. Digital GarageBusiness Development2013 — 2015Tokyo, Japan
  5. appbackr inc.Intern2011Palo Alto, California, United States

Education

  1. Meiji UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Business/Commerce, General2009 — 2013

Same school

Also attended Meiji University7

Hirofumi Kondo代表取締役社長 (CEO) at CyberAgent CapitalKosuke KikuchiPlatform & Relationship Director at Conductive VenturesSatoshi NambuAssociate at Rebright PartnersShintaro KawanoInvestment Manager at GMO VenturePartnersNaoki KamimaedaVenture Partner at IQ CapitalJunichiro KonoGeneral Partner at ANRI

+ 1 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Sozo Ventures8

Koichiro NakamuraSenior Managing Director at Sozo VenturesSpencer FoustManaging Director at Sozo VenturesRay HatoyamaVenture Partner at Sozo VenturesKazuhiro KobayashiHead of Japan at Sozo VenturesTetsu NomuraPrincipal at Sozo VenturesPhil WickhamVenture Partner / Advisor at Angular Ventures

+ 2 more

Also worked at Aromyx Corporation1

Josh SilvermanInvestor at Baruch Future Ventures

Also worked at Digital Garage5

Kent LindstromCo-Founder and General Partner at 8-Bit CapitalBarak BerkowitzAdvisor at Scrum VenturesMikihiro YasudaFounding Partner at Hike VenturesTakahiro ShojiFounding Partner at Hike VenturesTetsuro MiyatakeInvestor at DG Incubation

Colleagues at Sozo Ventures

Aantorik Ganguly
Associate at Sozo Ventures
Alaina N. Watts
Assistant Controller at Sozo Ventures
Bob Roe
VP, Narrative Development at Sozo Ventures
Clay Gary
Venture Partner at Sozo Ventures
Edwin Ong
Chief of Staff at Sozo Ventures
Elena Winefeld
CFO at Sozo Ventures
Hiroki Matsuda
Managing Director at Sozo Ventures
Janhavi Sawant
Accountant at Sozo Ventures