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This list showcases the top Japan based CFO’ operating in the Internet of Things space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Fumiaki Goto
Chief Financial Officer of Monstar Lab
Goto started his career as a sales representative for a food-related machinery manufacturer, and later went on to become the company’s first corporate finance manager in preparation for its listing on the stock market. He successfully facilitated the company’s rise from a public over-the-counter stock to a listing on the Second and then First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in what was then the fastest rise every seen in the Japan stock exchange market. He later helped telecommunications device manufacturer Allied Telesis to become listed directly on the TSE Second Section, as well as helping GDH to list on the TSE Mothers market. At that time, he helped establish what was at the time the largest contents fund. He joined Monstar Lab in January 2016.
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About HENNGE, Monstar Lab: We shape technology that inspires people and grows businesses.
Hiroki Uchida
Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director of Uhuru
Hiroki Uchida is an Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer at Uhuru. He previously worked at Nippon Life Insurance (NLI), transferred to Nissay Capital (NLI group VC arm), Joined Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Tax Co. Mr. Uchida graduated from the University of Tokyo.
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About Uhuru: Uhuru is a technology service company that provides cloud and social services to companies such as Salesforce.com and many others.
Ryosuke Tane
CFO of Neural Pocket
Ryosuke started his career at McKinsey & Company as a consultant working out of their Tokyo and New York offices. He then worked as a private equity investment professional at Bain Capital and then joined real estate tech venture OYO LIFE to lead their expansion as Tokyo GM. He joined Neural Pocket as Chief Strategy Officer in 2020. Ryosuke received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Nagoya University and an MBA from Stanford University where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.
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About : Developing the society of tomorrow through AI engineering.
Ryosuke Tane
CFO of Neural Pocket
Ryosuke started his career at McKinsey & Company as a consultant working out of their Tokyo and New York offices. He then worked as a private equity investment professional at Bain Capital and then joined real estate tech venture OYO LIFE to lead their expansion as Tokyo GM. He joined Neural Pocket as Chief Strategy Officer in 2020. Ryosuke received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Nagoya University and an MBA from Stanford University where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.
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About : Developing the society of tomorrow through AI engineering.
Yusuke Watanabe
Director, CFO of Clipline
Yusuke Watanabe is the Director, CFO at Clipline.
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About Argano, Chocolate, Clipline: ClipLine provides a mechanism that enables the communication between multi-store.
Satoshi Fukudome
Director and CFO of mtes Neural Networks
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About Extravaganza International, mtes Neural Networks: mtes Neural Networks is IoT platform business and AI / IoT system business.
Tetsuya Kanada
Director, CFO and COO / founder of Toor
Founder at Toor
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About Toor: Big-Data without Data Scientists. Our product is toorPIA that lets anyone analyze big data without help of data scientists.
Kazuya Sakurai
CFO of Novars
Kazuya Sakurai is the CFO at Novars.
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About Novars: Novars is an electronic company that specializes in the development and sales of MaBeee.