Kemuri Ventures

Geography

Japan

Last edited time

Oct 16, 2024 12:42 PM

Company Name Japanese

kemuri ventures合同会社

AUM (JPY)

1,000,000,000

#Fund

#Employee

Founded Year

2020

Asset Class

Venture Capital

Style

Sector focused (Food)

URL

https://www.kemuriventures.co.jp

Founder

Hiroki Okada

Founder BIO

The investment manager of the Future of Food Fund is Hiroki Okada. After graduating from Waseda University (Faculty of Law), he learned the standards of venture investment at JAFCO Co., Ltd., and worked in venture investment (CVC) at the IT investment division of Mitsubishi Corporation's Consumer Goods Group. He then worked in business development at Sockets Co., Ltd. (pre-IPO period), a mobile app developer. In 2003, he started his own business and entered the food industry, launching the restaurant "kemuri Kagurazaka" and developing it into a thriving business as its first manager. In 2012, he started a business in Shanghai and took on the challenge of the Chinese market as the first manager of the Japanese restaurant "kemuri Shanghai."