| Website | https://coincheck.com/ |
| Assets Under Management | $450,000 |
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| Status | |
| YTD Return | 1Lock |
| Lifetime Return | 1Lock |
| Number of Investors | 1Lock |
Strategy:
By providing investment partners (investees) with investment in virtual currency accumulated by operating “Coincheck” which is one of Japan’s leading virtual currency exchanges for 3 years or more and business know-how on Fintech, Japan will become the world’s top In the virtual currency field, block chains, and Fintech fields, we aim to provide more convenient and comfortable services not only to Japanese users but also to the world.
Team:
Koichiro Wada, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Koichiro founded ResuPress Inc. when he was a student of Tokyo Institute of Technology. He learned to program when he was 8 years old and won a prize at a various hackathon. As a founding member, Koichiro developed STORYS.JP, the “Medium.com of Japan”. The site is the birthplace of the Amazon #1 bestseller, “The Invincible Blonde Gal,” which sold over 300,000 copies in the first 3 months. The motion picture went on to gross about $23 million at the box office. In 2014 he became CEO of the company and developed Bitcoin Exchange Coincheck from scratch.
Yusuke Otsuka, Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer
Yusuke serves as the COO of the company overseeing management and operations of Coincheck. Prior to that, he was a member of NEXWAY(ex-Recruit company). At there, he was responsible for new business planning, B2B sales/marketing, and UI/UX. Yusuke holds M.S in quantum mechanics from Waseda University.
Keisuke Wada, Director
Keisuke is Co-Founder and General Partner at Incubate Fund, where he covers internet and mobile applications with a focus on social.Prior to Incubate Fund, he founded Selene Venture Partners, one of the investors in Istpika (acquired by Infocom in 2012), and was a part of the founding team of Pokelabo (acquired by GREE in 2012 for $170M). Before that he worked at Cyber Agent Ventures, investing in a variety of Japanese internet startups, as well as built out their China-focused fund. Keisuke graduated from Kyoto University in 2004 with a degree in International Economics.
Junryo Gohara, Advisor
Junryo is a compliance advisor helping align AML/KYC policy and company regulation for ResuPress Inc. Before that, Junryo was a founding member of E-bank (Rakuten Bank). He then became the director of E-bank then the Operating Officer of a Rakuten bank’s compliance department
