Masato is an investor at Delight Ventures and runs DelightX, a program that funds Japanese-speaking founders with $60,000 to relocate and build AI startups in the Bay Area. He joined Delight Ventures after working at DeNA, where the founders he met inspired him to move to the investing side. DelightX is opening applications for its third cohort; the current nine-founder cohort holds its demo day in late August.
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Investor at Delight Ventures, running DelightX, a program helping Japanese-speaking entrepreneurs build AI startups in the Bay Area
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Investor at Delight Ventures, running DelightX, a program helping Japanese-speaking entrepreneurs build AI startups in the Bay Area
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- Identity status: claimed by the subject (2026-07-02); Hi identity not linked yet
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