Yoshiteru Akita
CEO @ Cookpad
Yoshiteru Akita is a angel investor at Cookpad focused on Retail and Shopping. Mr. Yoshiteru Akita served as President & Representative Director of Kakaku.com, Inc. since December 2001. Mr. Akita served as Chairman and Representative Director of 4travel, Inc. since January 2005. He served as Representative Director of ICP, Inc. since September 1999 and Director of Kakaku.com Financial, Inc., since June 2006. He has beenIndependent Director of Cookpad Inc. since July 2007.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 75%
Last updated:
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Industries Yoshiteru Akita invests in
Stages Yoshiteru Akita invests in
Countries Yoshiteru Akita invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Angel
- $499k–$1.8M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Retail 1 (25%)
- Shopping 1 (25%)
- Marketing 1 (25%)
- Consulting 1 (25%)
- Social Media 1 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Tokubai
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Locoguide is a Shopping information news that makes everyday shopping fun "Tokubai News" is also being distributed. | $1.8M / Angel / Jun 29, 2018 | |
Bit Journey
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Bit Journey is a company specializing in the areas of web services development management technology consulting. The company was established on November 14, 2014, and is headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. | $499.4K / Angel / Jun 18, 2018 | |
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Tokubai
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Locoguide is a Shopping information news that makes everyday shopping fun "Tokubai News" is also being distributed. | $1.2M / Angel / Jan 13, 2017 | |
Karadanote
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Angel |
About Cookpad
Cookpad is a recipe site that allows visitors to upload and search through original, user-created recipes. The service is currently available in Japanese, English, Spanish, and Indonesian. Cookpad was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan with overseas offices located in California U.S.; Alicante, Spain; and Jakarta, Indonesia.
Cookpad Contacts
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Nobuyoshi Yamagishi
Officer
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Yoshiteru Akita
CEO
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Akihisa Kaneko
Product Management
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Daisuke Yanagisawa
Outside Director
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Dilla Anindita Purnawan
Lead Product Manager
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What does Yoshiteru Akita invest in?
Yoshiteru Akita invests primarily in Retail, Shopping and Marketing startups, most often at Angel stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Yoshiteru Akita's check size?
Yoshiteru Akita typically joins rounds of $499k–$1.8M at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Yoshiteru Akita participates in.
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When did Yoshiteru Akita last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Yoshiteru Akita closed in Jun 2018. Shizune tracks 4 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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