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Tim Romero is a Tokyo-based entrepreneur, author, and innovator with a diverse background in startups and technology. He is deeply engaged in Japan's startup ecosystem as a Partner at JERA Ventures, with a focus on sustainability and decarbonization. Previously, he led initiatives at Google for Startups Japan and has founded several companies throughout his career. Tim also hosts the podcast "Disrupting Japan," where he explores the unique stories of Japanese entrepreneurs. His journey reflects resilience and a commitment to fostering innovation in Japan's vibrant startup community. Disrupting Japan. https://www.disruptingjapan.com/ Way more about Tim than you wanted to know (according to Tim): https://www.disruptingjapan.com/tim/ LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/timromero/ Twitter: https://x.com/timoth3y Want to support the podcast? Check the podcast's ko-fi page to help keep me well-caffeinated and making content: https://ko-fi.com/businesssuccessjapan Be sure to follow or subscribe for more Japanese language and cultural insights. And if you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review so that other people can find it as well. And of course, if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please email me at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠businesssuccessjapan@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. I'd love to hear from you! Leave me a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/businesssuccessjapan/message

In this episode we reconnect with our very first guest, Tim Romero, who brought his insights from the world of startups. Today we have him back for a fascinating chat covering a range of topics including changing receptivity to innovation and collaboration amongst industry and government in Japan, as well as touching upon the hot topic of digital transformation. At the time of talking to Tim he is about to embark on his new role as Partner at JERA Ventures, investing in startups that can support the Japanese energy firm deliver on decarbonisation and digital transformation. Among his vast experience he also provides perspective from his recent position as Head of Google for Startups Japan.  Tim is also the host of his own successful podcast focussing on startups changing Japans economic landscape: Disrupting Japan. Disrupting Japan Podcast:  https://www.disruptingjapan.com/disrupting-japan/ JERA Ventures:  https://www.jera.co.jp/en/corporate/business/ventures Our previous catch-up with Tim: https://exporttojapan.co.uk/the-world-of-japanese-startups-with-tim-romero-2/  

2022年3月2日にシリーズBラウンドで20億円の資金調達を発表し、ウェルネス産業のVertical SaaSとして急成長中と話題を集めるhacomono。今回のPodcastでは、株式会社hacomono代表取締役の蓮田 健一さん、そして今回のラウンドで投資家として新たにhacomonoに参画されたシニフィアン株式会社共同代表の村上 誠典さん、Coral Capital Founding Partner&CEOのJames Rineyさんをお招きし、hacomonoの中身を徹底解剖。 実は、今回のラウンドでこの3人が投資をするのはレアだった！ ではなぜこのタイミングで？ hacomonoのユニークな魅力と”これから”なポイントを赤裸々トークしながら、各VCが伝えたいすべての起業家に届けたい資金調達時に意識してほしい要素を語ります。 hacomonoがシリーズBラウンド成功に至るまでのリアルストーリー、聞いてみませんか？ ▼ハイライト hacomono⇄村上さん、Jamesさんの第一印象 「この会社に投資したい、支援したい！」と思わせた理由 VC出資を考える時に起業家、企業に求める知っておくべき要素 これから資金調達を控える起業家へ！蓮田さんからのアドバイス VCが出資検討を進めていく際に重要視するポイントとは？ 未来のユニコーン企業を目指すために、これからのhacomonoに必要な人 蓮田 健一　株式会社hacomono　代表取締役青山学院大学卒業。 株式会社エイトレッドの製品開発マネージャとして、ワークフロー製品X-point、AgileWorksを生み出す。業界No.1プロダクトへ。2013年7月株式会社hacomono（旧社名まちいろ）創業。業界で話題となる店舗のデジタル化を推進した後、2019年3月にフィットネスクラブ・公共運動施設・スクールなどウェルネス業界向けバーティカルSaaS「hacomono」をリリース。 村上 誠典　シニフィアン株式会社　共同代表　 兵庫県姫路市出身。テクノロジー、ガバナンス、ファイナンス、サステナビリティ経営の専門家。 シニフィアン共同創業前は、ゴールドマン・サックスにてIT業界責任者として日本企業の競争力強化を推進すべく様々なアドバイザリーを手がける。TMTとM&Aグループを兼務、グローバル企業の戦略転換を数多く経験。 現在、未来社会を担うユニコーン企業を含む有望企業へ数多く投資。SHIFT社外取締役他、取締役・アドバイザーとして数多くの成長企業の経営に従事。著書『サステナブル資本主義 5％の「考える消費」が社会を変える」。 James Riney　Founding Partner & CEO Coral Capital 創業パートナーCEO。2015年より500 Startups Japan 代表兼マネージングパートナー。シードステージ企業へ80社以上に投資し、総額約300億円を運用。SmartHRのアーリーインベスターでもあり、約15億円のシリーズB資金調達ラウンドをリードし、現在、SmartHRの社外取締役も務める。2014年よりDeNAで東南アジアとシリコンバレーを中心にグローバル投資に従事。2016年にForbes Asia 30 Under 30 の「ファイナンス & ベンチャーキャピタル」部門で選ばれる。ベンチャーキャピタリストになる前は、STORYS.JP運営会社ResuPress（現Coincheck）の共同創業者兼CEOを務めた。J.P. Morgan在職中に東京へ移住。幼少期は日本で暮らしていた為、日本語は流暢。趣味はスノーボード、ダイビング、焼き鳥は塩派 前田 ヒロ　ALL STAR SAAS FUND　Managing Partner シードからグロースまでSaaSベンチャーに特化して投資と支援をする「ALL STAR SAAS FUND」マネージングパートナー。 2010年、世界進出を目的としたスタートアップの育成プログラム「Open Network Lab」をデジタルガレージ、カカクコムと共同設立。その後、BEENOSのインキュベーション本部長として、国内外のスタートアップ支援・投資事業を統括。2015年には日本をはじめ、アメリカやインド、東南アジアを拠点とするスタートアップへの投資活動を行うグローバルファンド「BEENEXT」を設立。2016年には『Forbes Asia』が選ぶ「30 Under 30」のベンチャーキャピタル部門に選出される。 SAAS TALENT NETWORK SAAS TALENT NETWORKは、将来SaaSスタートアップでCXOやVPとして活躍を目指す人材のためのコミュニティです。ご登録いただいた方には、業界最先端の取り組みをしているSaaS企業からの実践的な情報や、非公開ハイクラス求人など優先的に配信。その他にも、ALL STAR SAAS FUNDタレントパートナーより直接ご連絡やオファーをさせていただくこともあります。SaaS業界でキャリアアップを目指している方、SaaS業界でよりプロフェッショナル人材を目指したいと思っている方はぜひご参加ください！

My guest today is Tim Romero (@timoth3y). Tim is the founder and host of Disrupting Japan. Which is the first and largest startup podcast in Japan. He is also the Head of Google for Startups Japan.  In this conversation, we cover the Japanese startup ecosystem, why Japanese companies seem to IPO earlier, and his experience running a podcast. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Tim Romero. For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page on  https://compoundingpodcast.com/ep14    ------   Show Notes: [00:00:32] - [First question] - What made Tim fall in love with Japan? [00:02:19] - How Tim got involved in the startup scene  [00:03:09] - Biggest changes in the scene over 20 years? [00:06:03] - Where the startup ecosystem in Japan can improve [00:07:53] - What sectors Tim is excited about [00:09:02] - Why do Japanese startups tend to IPO earlier? [00:10:53] - Why Japan is often overlooked [00:11:54] - Softbank  [00:13:45] - Old Japanese companies innovating [00:15:36] - Japanese bubble popping and the lingering effects [00:18:28] - Japan's obsession with quality products [00:22:07] - Disrupting Japan the podcast [00:28:45] - Most undervalued life experience ? [00:30:29] - Influential books? [00:32:38] - If Tim was 18 today?   ------   Connect with Tim: Follow Tim on Twitter: https://twitter.com/timoth3y  Disrupting Japan: https://www.disruptingjapan.com/  Connect with Tim on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timromero/     ------   Mentioned/Recommended Content: The Secrets of Closing the Sale by Zig Ziglar: https://www.amazon.com/Zig-Ziglars-Secrets-Closing-Sale/dp/0425081028   ------   Stay up to date on the podcast by signing up to Curated by Kalani, where I share what I've been reading, learning, and watching for that week. I compress to impress and aim for maximal return on your time invested. Sign up at https://kalanis.substack.com    ------   Connect with Kalani: Sign up for "Curated by Kalani": https://KalaniS.substack.com/  Visit the Compounding Curiosity PODCAST: https://CompoundingPodcast.com/  Join the DISCORD: https://discord.gg/NPVNPVsCYb  Follow Kalani Scarrott on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ScarrottKalani/

Here’s the first of my series of conversations with other Japan-based podcasters. Tim Romero needs no introduction: when it comes to one of the most reputable and popular Japan based podcasts dealing with entrepreneurs and innovation in Japan, Disrupting Japan is at the forefront in telling those stories. Having founded several startups in Japan for over two decades, He recently became the Head of Google for Startups Japan. For those of you with the entrepreneurial itch to scratch in side these lands, Tim and his podcast are essential listening. HOME: www.disruptingjapan.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/madeinjapanpodcast/message

There is big news for Tim and for Disrupting Japan this week. It's a very short episode, and I have no special links or show notes this time around. Please give the show a listen for the big reveal, and please accept my sincere thanks for all your support over the years. Disrupting Japan is just getting started. The best is yet to come. Leave a comment Transcript -- vintage news sounds -- This is a Disrupting Japan news flash. We are broadcasting live from Tokyo, Japan to bring you today’s breaking news. In just a few minutes from now, we will be witness to …. Hold on. Let me turn this thing off. OK. That’s better. So, this is the first episode of Disrupting Japan ever that has not been released early on a Tuesday morning Japan time, so as you might expect, something big is going on. And I wanted you to hear it from me. Because you, the Disrupting Japan listeners, are a big part of what has led to this, and as you’ll see, I think that you are going to be a big part of what’s to come. Some of you are new fans, and that’s great. The podcast keeps growing steadily every month. And some of you have been with me since the very beginning and you were with me as my ContractBeast startup went under. You were part of my Crowd-Sourcing-My-Career project. You were part of my journey to becoming Japan’s first professional podcaster, and with me when I decided to take the show non-commercial in order to work with energy startups at TEPCO. So it’s only fair that I let you know what’s coming next. I’m joining Google as the new Head of Google for Startups Japan. So what exactly does Google for Startups do?  Officially, it's "Google’s initiative to help startups thrive across every corner of the world. Bringing together the best of Google's products, connections, and best practices to enable startups to build something better." And that’s, admittedly, pretty cool. In practice, however, what Google for Startups Japan will become is largely up to us. Google for Startups has different programs in different countries, and this is an amazing chance to create something unique for Japan and to make a real impact for Japanese startups. I have a lot of ideas, but I want to hear from you are well. If you are out there growing your startup in Japan, let me know what are some of the biggest challenges that you could use some help with. Or if you’ve already overcome those challenges, let me know what kind of resources and advice you wish you had access to back then. I’ll need your help to really make this work. So, what does all this mean for Disrupting Japan? Well, good things mostly. Google is being very supportive of the show, and with the audience as large and engaged as it is now, I don’t think I could stop even if I wanted to. However, my travel schedule for the next few months is absolutely crazy — even by my standards, so interviews will be hard to arrange. But we’ll make it work. I might be able to squeeze in interviews on the few days I’m in town and edit them on airplanes. Or maybe I’ll get a chance to interview Japanese founders in the countries I’ll be visiting. Or maybe I’ll bring my microphones with me, make a little pillow-fort studio in my hotel room and record some shorter solo shows on the road. I don’t know, but I’ll make it work. I haven’t missed an episode in the five and a half years since I started Disrupting Japan and I’m not going to miss one now.  Format-wise,  content-wise, things will return to normal in a few months. So I’m incredibly excited about this new opportunity. I mean its a chance for me to work full time with Japan’s startup founders to further develop Japan’s startup community. And that’s pretty much a dream job for me. But there is something else here, and it’s something that I don’t think anyone looking at Japan’s startups from the outside is quite ready for. You see over the past 10 years, and the past five years in particular,

Startups and venture capital work differently in Japan. The rounds are smaller, the priorities distinct, and while the same terms are used, people quickly discover that the definitions are often subtly different. The game is played differently in Japan. Today we get a chance to clear up a lot of the confusion as we sit down with James Riney, founder of Coral Capital and head of 500 startups Japan. We talk about some of the most significant changes that Japanese venture capital has seen over the past five years, and we look at how things are going to develop going forward. James and I also break down the business model behind venture capital funds themselves. It's something that all serious startup founders should understand, but few do. It's a great conversation, and I think you'll enjoy it. Show Notes How venture funds raise funds Why Japanese banks and corporates are changing their attitudes towards Japanese startups The tradeoff between sector-specific and general VC funds What the hell is a Series-A anyway? How VCs try to appeal to the "right kind" of startups The real problem with IPOs in Japan How Japan's new, bigger funds will change Japanese VC in the long term What you never want to tell a VC when you are raising money What VCs do with their portfolio companies that don't work out How Softbank's Vision Fund is changing the market Advice to foreign founders who want to raise money in Japan Links from the Founder Everything you wanted to know about Coral Capital Check out James' blog Follow him on Twitter @james_riney Friend James on Facebook  Leave a comment Transcript Welcome to Disrupting Japan, straight talk from Japan’s most successful entrepreneurs. I’m Tim Romero and thanks for joining me. Today, we’re going to do something a little bit different. We are going to talk about the state of venture capital in Japan. If you are raising money in Japan or thinking of investing in Japan, you really want to listen to this. Now, normally don’t interview VCs on Disrupting Japan. It’s not that VCs are not interesting. I’ve got nothing against VCs. I mean, some of my best friends are VCs. No, it’s just that VCs have a tendency to talk in the abstract. They talk about general trends and their portfolio companies, and I have always found that it is far more informative to go straight to the source, to talk to the founders about what they specifically are doing to capitalize or respond to those market trends, to have them tell you about the real challenges that startups are facing right now, and how that fits into the bigger more important society-wide stories. Well, today, we’re going to do both. Today, we sit down and talk with James Riney of Coral Capital, and we examined the business of venture capital, how VCs view advertising and customer acquisition, and what causes some VCs to make money and others to lose money. It is not exactly like it is for startups, but it is surprisingly close. We talk about the most important changes happening in Japan’s startup community, of course, but we also dig into the challenges facing venture capital funds in Japan, and Coral Capital in particular. We talk about what VCs look for when evaluating a pitch, things you should never tell a potential investor, what the next few years of venture funding in Japan will look like, and hopefully, we will clear up some of the confusion about the difference between seed and pre-seed, and pre-series A and series A rounds. But you know, James tells that story much better than I can, so let’s get right to the interview. [pro_ad_display_adzone id="1404"  info_text="Sponsored by"  font_color="grey" ] Interview Tim: So, we’re sitting here with James Riney, the founding partner and CEO of Coral Capital and former head of 500 Startups Japan, and we are going to be talking about venture capital. James Riney: Yes, it’s good to be back, Tim.

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James Riney from 500 Startups, Japan joined us in a conversation to discuss the evolution of Japan startup ecosystem. We discussed where the 500 Startups Japan fund is now, some interesting tidbits on what is happening with the ecosystem there, and his perspectives on payment startups versus banks & whether ICOs will displace venture capitalists. The post Episode 202: Japan Startup Ecosystem in 2017 with James Riney appeared first on Analyse Asia.

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In this episode, James Riney from 500 Startups Japan discussed his story from an entrepreneur to a venture capitalist. We recapped his first company, Storys.JP, following his role as a principal in DeNA Capital to the Japan fund in 500 Startups. We also tapped his brain on the interesting areas in robotics, virtual and augmented The post Episode 87: From DeNA to 500 Startups in Japan with James Riney appeared first on Analyse Asia.