Investor profile
Masafumi Asakura
Venture capital & Venture Partner at UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
Masafumi Asakura is a Venture Partner at UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners, whose known portfolio counts 15 companies.
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Affiliated funds' portfolios
Venture Partner at UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners, whose known portfolio counts 15 companies
- Sakana AI
- Prefer
- Tenstorrent
- Alt
- WHILL
- CureApp
- Spiber
- HACARUS
- Aillis
- Prime Medicine
- Telexistence
- Ubie
- and 3 more
Investor Profile
Founders in the listed sectors AI, Education, Hardware and Healthcare, and focus areas AI Agents, Biotech, DeepTech and Digital Health fall inside that listing.
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners appears in Growth, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals.
The firm portfolio and the focus above give founders context on whether Masafumi Asakura matches their raise.
Colleagues at UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
Noriaki Sakamoto
Investor
Tokyo, Japan
Tomotaka Goji
Co-Founder
Tokyo, Japan
Hirofumi Oki
Venture Partner
Cambridge, United States
Maiko Katadae
Partner
Tokyo, Japan
Michael McCullar
Venture Partner
Walnut Creek, United States
Takashi Miyahara
Venture Partner
Tokyo, Japan
Frequently asked questions
Who is Masafumi Asakura?
Masafumi Asakura is a venture capital investor based in San Francisco, California, United States, listed as Venture Partner at UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners. The known portfolio of that firm counts 15 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Masafumi Asakura personally.
What does Masafumi Asakura invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Education, Hardware and Healthcare; listed focus areas include AI Agents, Biotech, DeepTech and Digital Health. 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 Masafumi Asakura invest at?
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners appears in Growth, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals, and Masafumi Asakura is listed there as Venture Partner. 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 Masafumi Asakura listed at?
Masafumi Asakura is listed as Venture Partner at UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners. 6 other people in the database share a firm with Masafumi Asakura.
How do I contact Masafumi Asakura?
A LinkedIn page is on file for Masafumi Asakura. It is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no email address and no phone number for this profile.
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