Masahiro Kotosaka
Non-executive Director @ Gojo & Company
Tokyo, Japan
Masahiro Kotosaka is an Associate Professor at Keio University and an Associate Fellow of The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. He is an expert in Internationalization strategy and early stage business development, and advisor to several global start-up companies. Before moving to Keio, he was an associate professor ofmultinational management at Ritsumeikan University, a teaching & research associate at the University of Oxford, and a consultant at McKinsey & Company based in Frankfurt and Tokyo. As a practitioner, he worked for strategy/marketing projects with sixteen client organizations across nine industries and nine countries and spent four years running three profitable IT/Retail businesses before joining McKinsey. He graduated from the University of Oxford with D.Phil. (Ph.D) in Management Studies and MSc in Management Research with Distinction.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Masahiro Kotosaka invests in
Stages Masahiro Kotosaka invests in
Countries Masahiro Kotosaka invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Education 2 (67%)
- EdTech 1 (33%)
- Fashion 1 (33%)
- Lifestyle 1 (33%)
- E-Commerce 1 (33%)
Stage
- Angel 2 (67%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (33%)
Investments
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Kakedas
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Kakedas specializes in the development and operation of web services. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 31, 2019 | |
noFRAME schools
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noFRAME schools is an EdTech startup is a mission to reinvent a textbook. | Angel / Jan 31, 2019 | |
One Nova
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One Nova (ワンノバ) is a lifestyle brand and online platform that offers a range of innerwear products, such as men's boxers. | $2.8M / Angel / Aug 01, 2018 |
Co-Investors
About Gojo & Company
Gojo was founded to extend financial inclusion to everyone in the world beginning with the developing countries. Gojo encourages the formalization and growth of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises. Its long-term goal is to enable the provision of high-quality affordable financial services for 100+ million unserved and underserved people in50+ countries by 2030. Five and half years since their establishment, they work in Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and India with 3,400+ employees, serving more than 570,000 women who are also mothers.
Gojo & Company Contacts
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Katada Kohei
Chief Financial Officer
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Masahiro Kotosaka
Non-executive Director
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Manaki Kinoshita
Auditor
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Sanjay Gandhi
Founder & Chief Investment Officer
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Sohil Shah
Deputy Chief Investment Officer
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What does Masahiro Kotosaka invest in?
Masahiro Kotosaka invests primarily in Education, EdTech and Fashion 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.
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