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Mikihiro Yasuda
Founding Partner at Hike Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Mikihiro Yasuda is a Founding Partner at Hike Ventures, specializing in investing in startup companies in various sectors including local services, e-commerce, and AI in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in entrepreneurship and venture capital, Yasuda has successfully invested in companies like Nextnet and MLtwist, showcasing his expertise in seed-stage investments and strategic partnerships.
Work Experience
Founding Partner
2017 - Current
Hike Ventures is SF based venture capital focused on early-stage startups in vertical AI space. We invest in US, Canada and Japan.
Member Board of Directors
2023
Board Of Director
2019
Member of McGill MBA Japan Advisory Board
2013
Partner, Strategic Investment Office
2014 - 2017
In charge of DeNA's investment in the US market. Invested in early-stage startups in mobility, healthcare, AI, and VR/AR. See my Angel List page for companies I love: https://angel.co/mikihiro-yasuda
Senior Director Information Technology
2013 - 2014
CEO
2011 - 2013
Open Network Lab is the leading startup incubation program based in Tokyo Japan. During my tenure, we incubated leading startups in Japan such as Fond(Anyperk), WHILL, Giftee, Qiita, Drepass (Acquired by Yahoo! Japan), Fril, and AppSocially.
Board Member
2010 - 2013
Responsible for oversea business operations.
Founder, CEO
2012 - 2013
Guest Professor
2010 - 2012
Taught a class for Strategic WEB Technology. I really enjoyed interacting with students with different backgrounds.