Japan: IDEO and Genuine Startups partner to launch new VC fund

Japan: IDEO and Genuine Startups partner to launch new VC fund

L to R: Kenichi Nonomura (Director of IDEO Tokyo), Tom Kelley (Partner of IDEO) Makoto Takano (Genuine Startups), Kengo Ito (Genuine Startups) – Photo taken at IDEO Tokyo

Influential design firm IDEO and Tokyo-based VC firm Genuine Startups announced last Monday that they will launch a new venture capital fund, D4V. This is aimed at aiding early-stage Japanese startup ventures enter the international market.

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