Akatsuki Entertainment Tecnology Fund

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Our target investment area covers all forms of entertainment. The fund actively invests in new forms of entertainment such as streaming services, voice assist, the gamification of existing industries and spreads beyond the bounds of conventional categories such as games, music, sports, beauty and fitness. We openly engage with all businesses that deliver emotional experiences.

In addition, our focus will be global. Beyond Japan, we will continue to invest heavily in the United States, the home of entertainment, and Asia, where entertainment consumption is expected to accelerate in the future.

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INTEGRITY
We will earnestly engage with founders
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We will act with a vision for new entertainment
IMPACTFUL
We will greatly impact the world together with founders
RISK-TAKING
We will actively take risks towards an uncertain future
CURIOSITY
We will be constantly curious about changes in the world and new industries

We support startups that share these values, and hope that together we will move our world forward. Let us work together to create new entertainment that colors the lives of people around the world.

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Driven World together.

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AKATSUKI INC.

Headquartered in Tokyo with offices in Taiwan and Los Angeles, is the highly regarded entertainment company based in Japan. Incorporated in 2010, Akatsuki has achieved remarkable growth and went public in 2016 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. With a mission of driving innovation within the entertainment industry, Akatsuki is responsible for successful games played all over the world. Akatsuki’s core business focuses on the production of games for mobile phones and tablets.

Akatsuki has expanded its service offerings to include the live experience business by providing an easy search and reservation platform for experience based entertainment such as outdoor tours or special events in Japan. The company is best known for co-developing and distributing one of 2017’s most successful mobile games "Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle” published by BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment.

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TOMOYA OGAWA

Partner

"Entertainment is powerful. Let's make the future together."

Tomoya is a Partner at AET Fund and Chief Financial Officer at Akatsuki Inc. Prior to joining Akatsuki and launching AET Fund, he was Executive Officer of Corporate Planning Division at DeNA. In addition, Tomoya has professional experiences as an attorney-at-law at leading Japanese law firm and U.S. strategic consulting firm. He holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of Tokyo.

MARK LINAO

Partner

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”

Mark is a Partner at AET Fund and has spent the last few years advising, mentoring, and supporting multiple startups. Most recently, he was Director of Corporate Development and Strategy at Technicolor where he managed Techinocolor Ventures. Also, he has professional experience in Amazon and Raytheon, an aerospace and defense firm, as a senior engineer. He is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles with B.S. and M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering and holds MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. In his free time, Mark likes to discover the best ice cream spots, snowboard, and try to get his hands on hard to get sneakers.

YUKI KAWAMURA

Partner

"Think. Believe. Dream. Dare."

Yuki is a Partner at AET Fund and Project Lead of India Business at Akatsuki Inc. Prior to launching AET Fund with Tomoya and Mark, Yuki managed the launch of Netflix's Japan business in 2015 where he was in charge of content analysis and strategy development. Also, Yuki has professional experience as a management consultant at Booz & Co. and Monitor Group in Tokyo and Singapore offices. He holds B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from Keio University. He is an avid snowboarder and supporting Japan National Ski and Snowboard Team as the strategic lead.

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