Joichi Ito Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Professionals
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1

- Investments
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65
- Portfolio
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17
- Exits
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41

Joichi Ito General Information
Description
Dr. Joichi Ito is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Neoteny. Dr. Ito is a Co-Founder of Open Network Lab. He served as Board Member at Wearality. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief Architect, and Director at Digital Garage. He serves as Chairman & Board Member at PureTech Health. He also serves as a Member of the Investment Advisory Committee at The Engine. He was a Board Member at Sync Project. He also serves as a Board Member and Advisor at IperLane. He also serves as Chairman at PureTech Health. He served as a Board Member & Advisor at Helium (Database Software). He also served as a Board Member at DG Incubation. He sits on the board of The Sony Corporation, The New York Times Company, Creative Commons, the MacArthur Foundation, and the Knight Foundation and is co-founder and board member of Digital Garage an Internet company in Japan. He is on board some non-profit organizations including The Mozilla Foundation and WITNESS. He has created numerous Internet companies including PSINet Japan, Digital Garage, and Infoseek Japan, and was an early-stage investor in Twitter, Six Apart, Wikia, Flickr, and Last.FM, Kongregate, Fotonauts/Fotopedia, Kickstarter, and other Internet companies. He also serves as a Board Member at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. He served as a Board Member at Frestyl. He also served as an Advisor at Top Flight Technologies. He serves as a Director at GMP. He is a Co-Founder and serves as a Board Member at Parasol. He served as an Advisor at Wevr. He holds an Honorary Doctorate in Literature and Humane Letters from New School University in 2013 and Tufts University in 2015 and a Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) from Keio University.
Business Details
Website
joi.ito.comInvestor Status
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- Boston, MA
- United States
Joichi Ito Investments (65)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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KLKTN | 26-Jan-2022 | Early Stage VC | Social/Platform Software | Generating Revenue | ||
IdeaFlow | 01-May-2020 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Fathom Optics | 20-Apr-2020 | Multimedia and Design Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Spatial (Entertainment Software) | 30-Jan-2020 | Entertainment Software | Generating Revenue | |||
WaitWhat | 20-Sep-2019 | Movies, Music and Entertainment | Generating Revenue | |||
Found (Social/Platform Software) | 01-Jan-2019 | Social/Platform Software | Startup | |||
Pixel Labs | 10-Sep-2018 | Publishing | Generating Revenue | |||
Fnatic | 20-Jul-2018 | Other Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure | Generating Revenue | |||
Klang Games | 16-Jul-2018 | Later Stage VC | Entertainment Software | Generating Revenue | ||
Ōura | 12-Jul-2018 | Later Stage VC | Electronics (B2C) | Generating Revenue |
Joichi Ito Exits (41)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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Duckling (Social Platform) | 01-Apr-2023 | Out of Business | |
Optimus Ride | 12-Jan-2022 | ||
Synbiota | 01-Jan-2021 | ||
Game Closure | 21-Sep-2020 | ||
Pixel Labs | 09-Dec-2019 | ||
Fon | 06-Sep-2019 | ||
LittleBits | 23-Aug-2019 | ||
Etology | 01-Jun-2019 | ||
HelloSign | 08-Feb-2019 | Merger/Acquisition | |
Crowd Supply | 30-Mar-2018 | Merger/Acquisition |
Joichi Ito Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Joichi Ito Co-Investors (4)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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Animoca Brands | 1 |
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Dapper Labs |
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Katsunori Sago |
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STILL (New Zealand) |
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Joichi Ito FAQs
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Who is Joichi Ito?
Joichi Ito is an angel Investor who has made 65 investments.
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What kind of investor is Joichi Ito?
Joichi Ito is an angel investor.
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What does Joichi Ito do?
As an angel investor, Joichi Ito invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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What has Joichi Ito invested in?
Joichi Ito has made numerous investments in companies like KLKTN, IdeaFlow, and Fathom Optics within the Social/Platform Software, Business/Productivity Software, and Multimedia and Design Software industries.
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What has Joichi Ito invested in recently?
Joichi Ito's latest investment was on 26-Jan-2022 in KLKTN, a company within the Social/Platform Software industry.
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