~$1B AUM across 5 fundsexternal
11 portfolio cos on Forbes Cloud 100 2025external
Portfolio: Databricks, Figma, Netskope, Vercelexternal
New Alliance Fund: space & security focusexternal
Annual Tokyo Forum — direct customer introsexternal
Invested Sakana AI: ex-Google Brain foundersexternal
Mueon seed: $15.5M datacenter AI infraexternal
Operator Tokyo team — hands-on Japan buildsexternal
Japan one of Netskope's fastest-growing regionsexternal
Figma Japan: country manager + agency introsexternal
Vercel: Osaka + Tokyo local hires securedexternal
Databricks Japan: accelerating growth, local teamexternal
Geodesic Forum 2026: 17 SV firms + 1,000 Japanese attendeesexternal
Together AI investment: AI-native cloud platformexternal
Focus: AI compute scarcity & inference efficiencyexternal
Japan emerging as key Asia Pacific economic forceexternal
Databricks 2017 entry: now strong local team, acceleratingexternal
Figma Series E expansion + Japan country manager successexternal
Netskope 2017: pandemic acceleration = fastest-growing regionexternal
Sakana AI: Google Brain pedigree + dual-market leverageexternal
Vercel Next.js community Japan + local Osaka/Tokyo teamsexternal
Forum 2026: enterprise AI + Japan geopolitical convergenceexternal
Physical AI thesis: robotics, automation, hardware focusexternal
Series B invested Vercel 2020: sustained support & growthexternal
Sakana AI Jan 2024 round: dual-market leverage US-Japanexternal
Forum 2026 convergence: enterprise AI + Japan geopolitical powerexternal
Netskope early adopter strategy secured customers long-termexternal
Vercel Series B 2020 sustained support through GTMexternal
Next.js community Japan viral developer adoption modelexternal
Figma 2021 Series E + Japan country manager hireexternal
Developer-led models efficient Japan market entry strategyexternal
