Akatsuki Entertainment Tecnology Fund
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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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ALE
Using space as its stage, ALE produces special artificial shooting stars from micro-satellites as the next generation of entertainment
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BluTag
Blutag is a turnkey SaaS solution that enables retail companies to deliver voice apps to their customers without coding in just a few simple steps.
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Bunch
Bunch allows people to play your favorite games with friends, over group video chat.
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Contentflow
Contentflow allows media teams to distribute live content to increase reach, engagement, and revenue.
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Culture Genesis
Culture Genesis is a live streaming studio, focused on remixing digital technology for urban multicultural audiences.
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Donut Media
Donut Media is an automobile media company focused on making car culture a pop-culture.
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Doubtnut
Doubtnut provides the detailed vernacular video solutions to all the questions of school textbook in India which would help students while learning, in doing homework or in preparing for exams.
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Fable Studio
Fable Studio is a virtual-beings company which builds persistent, AI-powered, characters which can interact naturally with viewers.
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FaZe Clan
FaZe Clan is the world’s leading e-sports organization focused on fan engagement and brand building.
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Ghost Commander
Ghost Commander creates a hybrid theater and gaming experience that lets users impact narrative structure.
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Girlboss
Girlboss is a company dedicated to empowering women in their careers through conferences, podcasts and membership communities.
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HipDot
HipDot is a platform that enables influencers and non-beauty brands to develop and launch their own beauty brand.
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HypeVR
HypeVR is a computer vision technology company focused on developing ultra-high-resolution live-action VR capture and playback with six degrees of freedom.
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Journey Meditation
With real-time meditations led by teachers you’ll love, Journey Meditation helps you build a consistent practice wherever you are through live streaming.
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Karuna
Karuna Labs builds personalized functional restoration and chronic pain management solutions using VR technology to retrain the brain.
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LBB
LBB helps users discover new places, products, and experiences. It connects millions of users and businesses in India, and works with brands to help them grow through advertising and e-commerce.
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Mech Mocha
Mech Mocha runs India’s leading vernacular live-social gaming platform for the next billion Indians.
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Octi
Octi is an AI video platform that sees and understands humans in your videos, allowing you to do new, exciting things with your phone camera.
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Planet Superheroes
Planet Superheroes is a unique brand from India that sells licensed merchandise in India focused on character and entertainment content such as superheroes, cartoons, TV shows, and gaming among others.
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Popshop Live
Popshop Live is a mobile live streaming marketplace where users create their own pop-up channel and create listings on the fly, interact with other merchants in real time, and discover unique products and services available for sale with
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Rosie
Rosie introduces you to a new learning experience that fosters natural curiosity and adventurous spirit.
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Purplle
Purplle is building India’s largest personalized beauty discovery platform on the back of data, content and digital-first D2C brands.
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ShopKirana
ShopKirana is building India’s leading Go-To-Market platform for brands, by integrating traditional retailers using technology including gamification, and supply chain innovation.
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StayAbode
StayAbode uses design, technology, service, and brand to create a unique shared housing experience, more commonly known as co-living for migrating millennials in urban India.
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Steereo
Steereo is a mobile distribution platform to connect millions of fans with new music every day by paying rideshare drivers to stream music, tracking rider interactions with the music to provide insights to artists and advertisers.
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Tellie
Tellie combines the most captivating moments of mobile games, television and live-social streaming to let audiences play a role in and drive the entertainment they love.
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The Wedding Brigade
The Wedding Brigade’s mission is to be India’s largest wedding company by providing curated, and easy-to-access wedding content, products, venues, and services.
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Tyffon
Tyffon is a company creating personalized and immersive magical experience with innovative VR and AR technologies.
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TRASH
Trash is a new app that helps people edit video together on their phone using AI.
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Yulu
Yulu is India’s most exciting and largest EV led micro-mobility platform that is solving traffic congestion and air quality by providing an affordable, efficient and clean solution for a short distance commute.
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