James is the CEO & Founding Partner of Coral Capital, where he invests in companies both in Japan and globally that will define Japan’s next century. The firm’s portfolio includes SmartHR, Kyoto Fusioneering, Ramp, Anduril, and General Matter.
Prior to Coral, James launched the first fund for 500 Startups in Japan, and before that he covered early stage investments for DeNA’s venture arm, focusing on Silicon Valley and Asia.
Before investing, he was the founding CEO of ResuPress (now Coincheck, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan). In another life, he worked at J.P. Morgan in New York and Tokyo. He grew up in Japan and speaks fluent Japanese.
In his free time, he is an avid snowboarder, diver, and yakitori connoisseur.
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