Ken Asada

Partner & Head of Japan at Salesforce Ventures

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Biography

Ken Asada is a Partner and Head of Japan at Salesforce Ventures, based in the firm's Tokyo office, where his bio says he focuses on investments in Japan and Korea. The firm states he has been in venture capital for more than a decade and has backed startups in AI, communication technology, crowdsourcing, enterprise software and security. Before Salesforce Ventures he was Managing Director of NTT DoCoMo Ventures and Investment Director at Intel Capital, and earlier a systems engineer and strategy consultant at IBM Japan. He holds an MBA with a finance concentration from London Business School and a Bachelor of Economics from Keio University.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

Sakana AIKotoba TechnologiesMarqVisionoViceMoneytreeMegazone CloudHubbleKnowledge WorkDIGGLEAutoro

Career Timeline

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Worked as a Systems Engineer and Strategy Consultant at IBM Japan.
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Was Investment Director at Intel Capital.
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Was Managing Director of NTT DoCoMo Ventures.
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Became a Partner and Head of Japan at Salesforce Ventures, based in the Tokyo office.

Sources & References

Salesforce Ventures - Ken Asada ↗Salesforce Ventures - Team ↗