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Websitejoi.ito.com
Blogjoi.ito.com
BirthplaceKyoto, Japan
Birthdate6/19/66

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Joi Ito

A well-known investor who was born in Kyoto, Japan, Joi Ito serves as chairman of Creative Commons and blog tool company Six Apart. He also sits on the boards of Technorati, Socialtext, and the Mozilla Foundation.

Milestones

  • 9/30/08 — Named one of Time Magazine's top 25 most influential people on the web (2008)

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Fon 4/08Series C€6M6
Flowgram 1/08Seed$1.3M8
GameLayers 10/07Seed$500k3
Dopplr 9/07Seed4
Rupture 7/07Angel$3M4
Tiny Pictures 5/05Seed2

Sources

  1. The 25 Most Influential People on the Web (images.businessweek.com) [edit]
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  3. Flowgram Gets Funding From Reid Hoffman, Others (silicontap.com) [edit]
  4. GameLayers Raises $500K For Games Over Web Browsing (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  5. blog.dopplr.com [edit]
  6. techcrunch.com [edit]
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