Makoto Takano Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Investments
  • 10

  • Portfolio
  • 7

  • Exits
  • 3

Exits

Makoto Takano General Information

Description

Mr. Makoto Takano is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and Representative Director at Linkties. Mr. Takano is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at D4V (Design for Ventures). Mr. Takano is the Founder and serves as Representative Director and Chief Executive Officer at MT Partners K.K. He serves as Senior Managing Director at the Japanese Venture Capital Association. Mr. Takano serves as Managing Director at Genuine Startups. He serves as a Board Member at GHV Accelerator and Cinnamon AI. He was seconded to Daiwa Securities' United States office in 1991 where he co-developed asset management models with Nobel Economics Prize Winner Harry Marcovitz. He joined Goldman Sachs Asset Management in 1997 and served as Head of Marketing as well as Operating Officer and chief of Planning and Research before joining PIMCO Japan Ltd. in 2001. He holds master's and undergraduate degrees in engineering from Waseda University. He serves as a Board Member at Ierae Security. He serves as an Advisor at Pegasus Tech Ventures.

Contact Information

Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Primary Office
  • 2F Higashi-Azabu 1-chome Building, 1-9-15 Higashi-Azabu
  • Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0044
  • Japan

Makoto Takano Investments (10)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
CAN EAT 27-Jul-2022 Seed Round 00000 Information Services (B2C) Generating Revenue 000000 000000
0000 30-Jul-2020 00000 00000 00.000 Automotive Generating Revenue 000000 000000
000000 15-Oct-2019 00000 (00000 Human Capital Services Generating Revenue 000000 000000
0000 0000 00000 23-Aug-2018 00000 (00000 00000 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue 000000 000000
000000 23-May-2018 00000 (00000 00000 Entertainment Software Generating Revenue
0000000 03-Mar-2018 0000 00000 00000 Other Healthcare Technology Systems Generating Revenue 000000 000000
0000000 11-Dec-2017 00000 00000 00.00 Other Financial Services Profitable 000000 000000
00000 15-Mar-2017 0000 00000 Entertainment Software Generating Revenue 000000 000000
AnyTimes 21-May-2015 Early Stage VC 00.000 Other Services (B2C Non-Financial) Generating Revenue 000000 000000
Origami (Japan) 01-Apr-2015 Early Stage VC 000.00 Financial Software Generating Revenue 000000 000000

Makoto Takano Exits (3)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
AnyTimes 01-Mar-2023 Secondary Transaction - Private
0000000 15-Dec-2022 000 000.00
0000000 (00000) 23-Jan-2020 000000000000000000

Makoto Takano Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

Investments by Industry

Investments by Year

Investments by Region

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Makoto Takano Team (1)

Name Title Deals Funds Boards Office
Makoto Takano Angel Investor 00 0 0 Minato-ku, Japan

Makoto Takano Co-Investors (24)

Name With Exits Lead Partner Series Industry
Toru Shimada 2 0 Series chart Industry bar
East Ventures 0 0 Series chart Industry bar
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital 0 0 Series chart Industry bar
SMBC Venture Capital 0 0 Series chart Industry bar
Scrum Ventures 0 0 Series chart Industry bar