Jiro Kumakura

Investment Group

General Partner

Jiro Kumakura

Investment Group

General Partner

Jiro joined GB in 2006. As General Partner, he is in charge of forming CVC funds and developing their operation strategies, as well as supporting portfolio startups in co-creating businesses. He also focuses on examining whether to invest in IT startups by leveraging his IPO experience.

At Digital Design, Jiro researched the company's original compressed data transfer technology and obtained an international patent. He led planning, development, sales, and maintenance of the communications middleware product that leveraged the technology. As the person in charge of this business area, he contributed to IPO of the company on NASDAQ Japan. After the IPO, he drove alliance with Japanese and overseas companies while expanding the licensing business through successively commercializing database application and security software.

Experiences

  • CSK (current SCSK)
  • Digital Design

Education

  • Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Doshisha University

Region

  • Tokyo

The Global Brain mark is a registered trademark of Global Brain Corporation. Other marks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.