Shin Iwata - Managing Partner & CEO @ MIRAISE

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Primary Job Title Managing Partner & CEO
Primary Organization
MIRAISE

Location Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Regions Asia-Pacific (APAC)
Gender Male

Investor Type
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Investor Stage
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Website www.miraise.vc/en/
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Shin is CEO and Managing Partner at MIRAISE. Shin is uniquely positioned to support engineer-founders in Japan with his deep technical experience as a former developer as well as his operational experience as CEO of Skype Japan K.K. and as a Partner at Atomico for several years. Shin received his Bachelor's degree from Keio University in

physics. Kauffman Fellow from Class 20.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments

Shin Iwata

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Corporate Round - Smile Score

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, when

Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Smile Score	—	Corporate Round - Smile Score	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Qurate Inc. (Japan)	—	Pre Seed Round - Qurate Inc. (Japan)	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	GIG-A	MIRAISE	—	Pre Seed Round - GIG-A	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Gengo	Atomico	No	Series B - Gengo	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Shin Iwata

has

current jobs as

Managing Partner & CEO

MIRAISE

and

Partner

Atomico

. Additionally,

Shin Iwata

has had

past jobs including

Country Manager, Japan

Skype

MIRAISE Managing Partner & CEODec 5, 2018
Atomico PartnerJul 2014

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Skype	Country Manager, Japan	Aug 1, 2005	Jul 31, 2012
Ariel Networks	Founding member, Development Manager, Product Manager	Sep 1, 2001	Jun 30, 2005
Microsoft	Network PM Japan	2000	Aug 1, 2001
Lotus Development Corporation	Software Engineer Japan	Dec 1996	Dec 2000

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Shin Iwata

holds

board and advisor roles as

Board member

Gengo

and

Observer

SmartNews

Gengo Board memberAug 1, 2014
SmartNews ObserverAug 1, 2014

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
Japan Seed Stage Investors	52,007
City of Tokyo Investors with Funds Raised in 2019	56,563
Tokyo Investors with Funds Raised in 2019	61,020
Asia-Pacific (APAC) Investors with Funds Raised in 2019	21,584
Japan Micro VCs	97,889
Tokyo Investors	6,511
Asia-Pacific (APAC) Seed Stage Investors	1,766
Lotus Development Corporation Alumni Founded Companies	85,379
Japan Investors	5,387
Asia Micro VCs	42,515