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Investor profile

Kyoko Watanabe

Venture capital & Managing Director at DEFTA Partners

Kyoko Watanabe works as a Managing Director at DEFTA Partners. The firm's known portfolio counts 8 companies.

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Affiliated funds' portfolios

Managing Director at DEFTA Partners, whose known portfolio counts 8 companies

  • 1World Online
  • TARA Biosystems
  • Actuate Therapeutics
  • Acepodia
  • DiA Imaging Analysis
  • Endogena
  • Aegle Therapeutics
  • InformAI

Investor Profile

Founders in the listed sectors AI, Consumer, Healthcare and SaaS, and focus areas Analytics, Biotech, Clinical Trials and Computer Vision fall inside that listing.

Stage-wise, the deals at DEFTA Partners cluster around Seed, Series A and Series B rounds.

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Colleagues at DEFTA Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Kyoko Watanabe?

Kyoko Watanabe is a venture capital investor based in San Francisco, California, United States, listed as Managing Director at DEFTA Partners. The known portfolio of that firm counts 8 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Kyoko Watanabe personally.

What does Kyoko Watanabe invest in?

Listed sectors include AI, Consumer, Healthcare and SaaS; listed focus areas include Analytics, Biotech, Clinical Trials and Computer Vision. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.

What stage does Kyoko Watanabe invest at?

DEFTA Partners appears in Seed, Series A and Series B rounds across its known deals, and Kyoko Watanabe is listed there as Managing Director. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.

Which firm is Kyoko Watanabe listed at?

Kyoko Watanabe is listed as Managing Director at DEFTA Partners. 2 other people in the database share a firm with Kyoko Watanabe.

How do I contact Kyoko Watanabe?

An email address and a LinkedIn page are on file for Kyoko Watanabe. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no phone number for this profile.

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