2022.7—2022.10

Vice President of Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Professor of the Engineering Systems, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Director of Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology, and representative of Photonic Internet Lab. He used to be a professor of the Computer Science and Information Systems, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University.

Member of the Research and Development Bureau of the MEXT in Japan. As a pioneer in supporting entrepreneurship in Japanese universities, he founded the first start-up for Hokkaido University and participated in the first IPO of start-up for Osaka University. Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures and co-founder of blockchain developer Soramitsu.

Member of the Japanese Representative Committee of ISO/TC307, the international organization for the standardization of blockchain. Lecturer in School of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering and Economics, Tokyo Institute of Technology. Joined Sony in 1980 and participated in the development of Edy, the pioneer of electronic money in Japan. Served as executive director of BitWallet, executive director of Rakuten Edy, and chairman and general manager of Soramitsu. Wrote books such as "The E-Money Revolution: A Journey From Sony to Rakuten".

After graduating from the Faculty of Law, Kanagawa University, he joined SoftBank as one of its earliest employees of SoftBank, and was responsible for the sales of IT-related products, and participated in the establishment of emerging business departments such as SB Technology (SBT). Additionally, he founded Internet Manage (currently renamed as ITM Co., Ltd.), the first management service provider in Japan, and is co-founder of QBIT Robotics, a service robot company.

Cryptogram Venture (CGV) Japan Partner
Worked for The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, IFG Co., Ltd.
Familiar with Japanese business culture and crypto market
Leading the investment in the Japanese Stablecoin JPYW and the metaverse project Mechaverse.

Co-founder of Consensus Lab, founder of MetaEstate.  He is also an early investor in well-known projects such as FTX, Republic, CasperLabs, AlchemyPay, the Graph, Bitkeep, Pocket, Powerpool, and Cointelegraph Chinese. Master of computer science and businesses administration. He has worked as a partner in many VC institutions such as Linekong Capital and Cathay Capital.

Managing Partner at Cryptomeria Capital 
6 years of experience in Consulting and traditional VC;
Broad experience in establishing and deploying VC strategies;
Entrepreneur and Angel investors;

Co-founder and Managing Partner at Cryptomeria Capital, ex-COO at Cointelegraph. In his 25 years he already has a brilliant entrepreneurial, business development and global expansion experience. 
Launched ventures in 6 regions from scratch.
Made 2 M&A in LATAM and MENA. 
6 years in asset management in traditional and crypto markets. 
Got the 1st BTC in 2013. 
Metaverse evangelist.

Founding partner of IOSG Ventures
• 10+ years experience in blockchain and TMT investments, familiar with traditional finance and experience in digital asset research
• Deep understanding of blockchain ecosystem with practical experience
• Former TMT Chief Analyst at Hongyuan Securities Research Institute
• RISC-V hard technology Researcher, AdvocatingofCypherpunkSpirit,advocating technology-driven and academic-driven innovation

Co-Founder & Product Lead
•Founder of Token Economy Institution (TEI)
•An active researcher of the Token Economy, DAO and the governance protocols
•A serial startup entrepreneur