Yo Shibata Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Co-Founder & Chi...

  • Primary Industry
  • Information Technology

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

Yo Shibata General Information

Biography

Mr. Yo Shibata is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Tailor. He is a Co-Founder and serves as a Partner at Tokyo Founders Fund. He is a three-time-acquired serial entrepreneur currently based in NYC. His most recent company, later acquired by Rakuten, provides users with loyalty points as they enter participating stores by pairing a mobile application with his proprietary ultrasonic-based micro-location technology. Before startups, he worked for McKinsey & Company as a consultant. He served as Principal and an Operating Officer at Field Management. He was the Founder and served as the Chief Executive Officer at Spotlight. Previously, he served as an Associate at McKinsey & Company. He served as a Board Member at Attuned. He is a three-time-acquired serial entrepreneur. His most recent service Smapo, later acquired by Rakuten, provides users with loyalty points as they enter participating stores by pairing a mobile application with his proprietary ultrasonic-based micro-location technology. Before startups, he worked for McKinsey & Company as a consultant. In 2016, he co-founded an angel investment fund, Tokyo Founders Fund, with other successful young entrepreneurs in Japan.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Tailor
Education
University of Tokyo, BA (Bachelor of Arts)
Gender
Male
Total Investments
Email
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Address
  • Tokyo Kamon Building 3rd Floor
  • 2-6-11 Shibuya
  • Tokyo, Shibuya-ku 150-0002
  • Japan

Yo Shibata Positions (2)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Tailor Company Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer Tokyo, Japan Software Development Applications
Tokyo Founders Fund Investor Co-Founder & Partner Tokyo, Japan Angel Group

Yo Shibata Lead Partner on Deals (5)

Yo Shibata has been the lead partner on 5 deals. Their latest deal was with Autify, a software development applications company. The deal was made for on 01-Oct-2019.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
Autify 01-Oct-2019 Seed Round Completed Software Development Applications San Francisco, CA
ModuleQ 12-Sep-2018 Completed Business/Productivity Software Cupertino, CA
Upright 17-Mar-2016 Completed Financial Software Cleveland, OH
Chaldal 14-Mar-2014 Angel (individual) Completed Internet Retail Dhaka, Bangladesh
ENDROLL Seed Round Completed Entertainment Software Tokyo, Japan

Yo Shibata Network (45)

Board Members (1)

Name Company Representing Location From
Attuned Attuned Tokyo, Japan

Portfolio Executives (44)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Sota Yamashita Autify Co-Founder & Product Manager 01-Oct-2019 San Francisco, CA
Hayato Matsuura Autify Engineering Manager 01-Oct-2019 San Francisco, CA
Autify Interim Chief Technology Officer 01-Oct-2019 San Francisco, CA
Autify Vice President and Director of Finance 01-Oct-2019 San Francisco, CA
Autify Chief Operating Officer, Vice President of Revenue & Board Member 01-Oct-2019 San Francisco, CA

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