Investor profile
Shin Iwata
Angel, Operator angel & Class 20 at Kauffman Fellows, MIRAISE - Partner & CEO at MIRAISE
An angel investor and operator angel based in Tokyo, Japan, Shin Iwata has 3 known investments: Digital Sputnik, Qurate and Smile Score.
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Investment focus
Contacts
Shin Iwata portfolio companies (3)
- Digital Sputnik
- Qurate
- Smile Score
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Class 20 at Kauffman Fellows, whose known portfolio counts 5 companies
- Ligandal
- Catalog
- Flash
- Sidecar Health
- Elves
MIRAISE - Partner & CEO at MIRAISE, whose known portfolio counts 11 companies
- JIZAIE
- Sushi Top Marketing
- Colega AI
- Plainer
- CareLink
- XDeli
- oVice
- CuboRex
- Packative
- Yozboshi
- Zenmetry
Investor Profile
The known portfolio sits in sectors Consumer, Hardware and SaaS, and focus areas Cloud Infrastructure, Media, Productivity and Telecommunications.
Shin Iwata appears in Seed and Series A rounds across the known deals.
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Colleagues
Showing 20 of 190
Konstantin Vinogradov
Fellow - Class 30
London, United Kingdom
Heather Hartnett
Affiliated
New York, United States
Amit Anand
Kauffman Fellow
Singapore
Ashley Mayer
Kauffman Fellows, Class 27
Brooklyn, United States
Erica Duignan Minnihan
Kauffman Fellow
New York City, United States
Omar Darwazah
Investor
New York, United States
Chris McCann
Kauffman Fellows - Class 30
San Francisco, United States
Antonia Rojas Eing
Kauffman Fellow, Class 25
Mexico City
Bedy Yang
Kauffman Fellow
San Francisco, United States
Luis X Barrios
Class 20
Mexico City
Thad Langford
Kauffman Fellow Class 22
Kansas City, United States
Sherman Williams II
Class 26
New York, United States
Henrik Wetter Sanchez
Kauffman Fellow (Class 28)
London, United Kingdom
Gyan Kapur
Kauffman Fellow (Class 27)
New York, United States
Reshma Sohoni
Fellow
London, United Kingdom
Daniel Kimerling
Fellow
Albuquerque, United States
Dan Malven
Member
Chicago, United States
Trish Costello
CEO/CEO Emeritus
San Mateo, United States
Amal Dokhan
Kauffman fellow (Class 27)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Deena Shakir
Kauffman Fellow - Class 23
San Francisco, United States
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Shin Iwata?
Shin Iwata is an angel investor and operator angel based in Tokyo, Japan with 3 known investments on file, among them Digital Sputnik, Qurate and Smile Score. The sections above list the sectors, stages and firms attached to that record.
What does Shin Iwata invest in?
Listed sectors include Consumer, Hardware and SaaS; listed focus areas include Cloud Infrastructure, Media, Productivity and Telecommunications. Those tags come from the companies attached to this profile, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Shin Iwata invest at?
The known deals of Shin Iwata include Seed and Series A rounds. 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 Shin Iwata listed at?
Shin Iwata is listed as MIRAISE - Partner & CEO at MIRAISE. 190 other people in the database share a firm with Shin Iwata.
How do I contact Shin Iwata?
An email address and a LinkedIn page are on file for Shin Iwata. 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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