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Noriaki Hyuga

Japan Partner atSAV (Scale Asia Ventures)California
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Noriaki Hyuga is Japan Partner at Scale Asia Ventures, engaging Japanese corporations and investors. He previously worked at Gobi Partners, Tech in Asia, Evalueserve, and SmartEbooks, and holds a Master's degree from the State University at New York at Buffalo.

What Noriaki can write

Writes checks of$100K to $30M
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series BMostly follows a lead
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SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) writes $100K to $30M checks, larger than 5% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: SAV (Scale Asia Ventures).

Career

  1. SmartEbooks · venture investment research
  2. Evalueserve · equity research analyst
  3. Tech in Asia · head of business development
  4. Gobi Partners
    2018-2022
  5. Scale Asia Ventures · Japan Partner
  6. iDEAKITT · leads business development
  7. Tech in Asia · headed business development
  8. Gobi Partners
    2018-2022
  9. SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) · Japan Partner
    Now

Focus

venture capitalfundraisingequity researchcross-borderus-japan bridge

Education

State University at New York at Buffalo, Master's degree in Finance

Also at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)

Wally WangFounding Partner
Ben EumKorea Partner
Kay MokPartner
Michael ChoKorea Partner

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Peter LeeGeneral Partner, Embark Ventures

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Who is Noriaki Hyuga?

Noriaki Hyuga is Japan Partner at Scale Asia Ventures, engaging Japanese corporations and investors. He previously worked at Gobi Partners, Tech in Asia, Evalueserve, and SmartEbooks, and holds a Master's degree from the State University at New York at Buffalo.

How much does Noriaki Hyuga invest?

Noriaki Hyuga invests through SAV (Scale Asia Ventures), which writes checks of $100K to $30M at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Noriaki Hyuga?

A warm intro from a founder SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.

What did Noriaki Hyuga do before SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)?

venture investment research at SmartEbooks; equity research analyst at Evalueserve; head of business development at Tech in Asia; Gobi Partners; Japan Partner at Scale Asia Ventures; leads business development at iDEAKITT; headed business development at Tech in Asia; Gobi Partners.

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