Founder Foundry??NOW?

#Employee

5

#Fund

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Approved Date

2/9/2024

Asset Class

Venture Capital

Catalogue

Catalogue

Company Name Japanese

Founder Foundry??NOW?????

Description English

NOW is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm established in 2017 by Kazuma Ieiri and Ryosuke Kajitani. The firm targets seed and early stage start-ups in the technology field including AI, IoT, Blockchain, Social Media, AV/VR, SaaS, and E-commerce.

Description Japanese

NOW ??????????????? 2017 ??????????????????????????AI?IoT????????????????????AV/VR?SaaS?E??????????????????????????????????????????????????

EMDB (Matching)

EMDB (Matching)

Founded Year

2018

Founder

Kazuma Ieiri

Founder BIO

He founded Paperboy & Co. (now GMO Pepabo) in Fukuoka and became the youngest to list on the JASDAQ market. After stepping down, he founded CAMPFIRE Inc. He co-founded BASE Inc. with Yuta Tsuruoka, and they listed the company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers. He has numerous angel investments under his personal name. In addition, he has supported many startups, including the youth entrepreneurship community Liverty and the shared house, Rivatei. In 2017, he co-founded NOW Inc. with Kajitani.

No.

31

Style

Early-stage

URL

now.vc