Ken Suzuki
Angel Investor
Tokyo, Japan
Ken Suzuki is a angel investor in Tokyo focused on SNS and Hotel. As SmartNews’s Co-CEO, Ken is responsible for its business and corporate operations, as well as its product vision and strategy. Ken co-founded SmartNews with Kaisei Hamamoto in 2012, and has been a member of the board of directors since then. In 2009, he received a Ph.D. in complex systems from the University of Tokyo, where, as a projectresearcher, he continues to study complex systems and the future of the Internet. Ken was honored as a Super Creator by the MITOH Program of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in 2003. His first book, published in 2013, has been widely read in Japan's academic community, where he's regarded as one of the most significant thinkers about the Internet society.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Ken Suzuki invests in
Stages Ken Suzuki invests in
Countries Ken Suzuki invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Angel
- $320k–$3.7M
Investment Focus
Industry
- SNS 1 (33%)
- Hotel 1 (33%)
- Travel 1 (33%)
- Content 1 (33%)
- Fashion 1 (33%)
Stage
- Angel 2 (67%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (33%)
Country
- Japan 1 (33%)
- United States 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over700,000 people. | $18.9K / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 14, 2016 | ||
| Anyplace is a marketplace that provides flexible housing to digital nomads and millennials. Its mission to free people to live wherever they feel inspired to go by providing modern, dependable, turn-key living and accommodations anyplace in the world. | $320K / Angel / Jul 30, 2015 | ||
| Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over700,000 people. | $3.7M / Angel / Jun 14, 2011 |
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FAQ
What does Ken Suzuki invest in?
Ken Suzuki invests primarily in SNS, Hotel and Travel startups, most often at Angel and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Ken Suzuki invest in?
Ken Suzuki typically joins rounds of $320k–$3.7M at Angel. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Ken Suzuki's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Ken Suzuki took part in.
How do I contact Ken Suzuki?
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When did Ken Suzuki last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Ken Suzuki closed in Jun 2016. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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