Takeo Kono works as a Vice President at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking. The firm's known portfolio counts 17 companies.
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Investment focus
- Stage
- GrowthLate-Stage
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Affiliated funds' portfolios
Vice President at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking, whose known portfolio counts 17 companies
- Zenobe Energy
- Evren
- Fortum
- Hakki Africa
- Applied Digital
- Subaru Corporation
- Akaysha Energy
- Jeplan
- SATO
- GA Technologies Japan
- Grenergy
- Nippon Steel Corporation
- and 5 more
Investor Profile
Takeo Kono is listed against sectors AI, Climate, Commerce and Consumer, and focus areas AI Infrastructure, Aerospace, Analytics and Battery in the database.
Stage-wise, the deals at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking cluster around Growth and Late-Stage rounds.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Takeo Kono is worth approaching.
Colleagues at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Hideaki Imaeda
Venture Capitalist
Tokyo, Japan
Dylan Feldman
Principal Venture Associate
New York, United States
Rajeev Kannan
Managing Executive Officer Head of India Division
Singapore
Heather Harder
Investor
New York City, United States
Jayesh N.
Head of Mergers and Acquisitions
Singapore
Christopher Staples
Investor
Jersey City, United States
Ricardo Fogaça
Executive Director, Corporate & Investment Banking
São Paulo, Brazil
Chris Corrado
Investor
New York City, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Takeo Kono?
Takeo Kono is a corporate venture investor and venture debt investor based in Tokyo, Japan, listed as Vice President at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking. The known portfolio of that firm counts 17 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Takeo Kono personally.
What does Takeo Kono invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Climate, Commerce and Consumer; listed focus areas include AI Infrastructure, Aerospace, Analytics and Battery. 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 Takeo Kono invest at?
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking appears in Growth and Late-Stage rounds across its known deals, and Takeo Kono is listed there as Vice President. 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 Takeo Kono listed at?
Takeo Kono is listed as Vice President at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking. 8 other people in the database share a firm with Takeo Kono.
How do I contact Takeo Kono?
A LinkedIn page is on file for Takeo Kono. 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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