Yuya Takegawa

取締役 パートナー (Director, Partner) at CyberAgent Capital · Joined 2012

Biography

Yuya Takegawa is a Director and Partner of CyberAgent Capital. The firm's own profile states he began his venture capital career in 2004 at 未来証券, after a securities company and a recruitment agency, where he invested in 12 startups including フルスピード and ライトアップ; that he joined the internet company ノッキングオン in 2007, became its CFO the following year and its CEO in 2010 after its acquisition by ゼンリンデータコム; and that he joined サイバーエージェント・キャピタル in November 2012. In December 2014 he launched the seed focused fund or investment allocation Seed Generator Fund, investing in 15 founding stage startups including ライボ, and he invests mainly in seed stage founders. His profile publishes a list of the portfolio companies he is responsible for, together with exits by M&A (Kabuku, Allm, ライボ / JobQ) and by IPO (イルグルム, formerly ロックオン; ビザスク; note, formerly Piece of Cake). He graduated from Waseda University's School of Letters, Arts and Sciences. No board seat is recorded for him because neither his profile nor any announcement read states one.

Education

• Waseda University, School of Letters, Arts and Sciences (早稲田大学文学部卒)

Previous Experience

• A securities company, then a recruitment agency
• 未来証券 (Mirai Securities) - venture investment from 2004, invested in 12 startups including Full Speed and Writeup
• ノッキングオン (Knocking On) - joined 2007, CFO from 2008, CEO from 2010 following acquisition by Zenrin DataCom
• CyberAgent Capital (then CyberAgent Ventures) - joined November 2012

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