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Satoshi Konno is an excellent sounding board. He is generous with his time and an incredibly valuable resource. He is excellent at creating solutions and offers practical guidance that is easy to implement.
Satoshi Konno joined the Japanese leading startup studio, BIRD INITIATIVE, Inc. (BIRD) in October 2022 to lead BIRD as a CEO, utilising his background as an IT engineer, a venture capitalist, an entrepreneur and an IP strategist. Before BIRD, he initiated and successfully lead the innovation division of IP Bridge, a Japanese government-supported US$300 million IP fund management company. Before IP Bridge, he started and cultivated a cloud software company targeting data centres globally. He has the total of 20 years of experience as a venture capitalist and 10 years of IT engineer carrier experience as well.
He holds an MBA from the University of Texas, Austin.
He is a mentor for the Japan Patent Office and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Startup Support Program.