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Global Hands-On VC establishes GHOVC Fund I
TOKYO, Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Hands-On VC (GHOVC), a Tokyo, Japan and Palo Alto, CA based venture capital firm has successfully completed a 5 billion yen first-close toward a 15 billion yen fund, GHOVC Fund I Investment Limited Partnership. GHOVC will invest in Japanese technology startups and provide hands-on support for their global success.
Pitch Session with Global CVCs
On November 14, 2022, we co-hosted a pitch event with Global Corporate Venturing (GCV), the world's largest CVC media outlet, where CVCs from around the world gathered to support the overseas expansion of Japanese technology startups.
Nearly 40 overseas VC/CVCs attended the event, where six companies that passed the application screening made pitches, and a lively Q&A session was held.
Featured in Resona Collaborare "Innovation Forest"
Resona Bank’s “Resona Collaborare” featured Ken Yasunaga in the “Innovation Forest” series. With a theme about “How to invest to start-up and help the growth”, John Kojiro Moriwaka, an “innovation provider” made in-depth interview. The article talks about "Silicon Valley style hands-on investment", "Points necessary for successful overseas expansion", "Entrepreneurs and investor mindsets essential for startup growth" and other topics.
"The Complete Book of Product Management" won the IT Engineer Book Award 2022 Business Book Category Grand Prize
Takuya Oikawa's second book, "The Complete Book of Product Management, from Business Strategy, IT Development, UX Design, Marketing to Team and Organization Management" was selected for the Shoeisha IT Engineer Book Award 2022 Business Book Category Grand Prize. This award is selected through a web voting by IT engineers and final vote at presentation competition by authors. Some of voters' comments include; "Product management was systematically written and this book can be used as a textbook.", "I strongly feel that our team members need to be on the same page. So all members should read this book."