Masashi Kiyomine is a Managing Partner at Kicker Ventures. He previously worked at Mitsui Global Investment and serves as a professor at Tohoku University.
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Kicker Ventures writes $100K to $1M checks, larger than 5% of firms in the atlas.
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- Mitsui Global Investment · Head of Global Life Sciences Venture Investment
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- Tohoku University · Specially Appointed Professor
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Who is Masashi Kiyomine?
Masashi Kiyomine is a Managing Partner at Kicker Ventures. He previously worked at Mitsui Global Investment and serves as a professor at Tohoku University.
How much does Masashi Kiyomine invest?
Masashi Kiyomine invests through Kicker Ventures, which writes checks of $100K to $1M at pre-seed, seed, series a.
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What did Masashi Kiyomine do before Kicker Ventures?
Head of Global Life Sciences Venture Investment at Mitsui Global Investment; Specially Appointed Professor at Tohoku University.
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