Investing Profile

Hiro Maeda

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Managing Partner at BEENEXT

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Current Investing Position
BEENEXT Managing Partner
Investment Range
$200K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.5M
Investments On Record
9
Current Fund Size
$40M

Hiro Maeda is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Hiro Maeda's Investments On Record (7)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Ascend
Seed RoundOct 2021¥140M
¥140M
$36M
Co-investors: Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Ben Rubin (Sequoia Capital), Chauncey Hamilton (XYZ Venture Capital), Zach Perret (Mischief Venture Capital), Sam Hodges (Vouch Insurance), Brandon Leonardo, Max Mullen
Lecto
Seed RoundMar 2021¥100M
¥100M
POL
Series ASep 2019¥1B
Seed RoundApr 2017¥50M
¥1.1B
Holmes
Series ANov 2018¥520M
¥520M
Co-investors: James Riney (Coral Capital)
Qbox
Seed RoundAug 2015$2.4M
$2.4M
Co-investors: Daniel Curran (040 Capital), Hiro Maeda (BEENEXT), Steven Tamm, Steve King
DELY
Seed RoundSep 2014¥50M
Seed RoundJul 2014¥11M
¥61M
Skimlinks
Venture RoundApr 2013
$16M
Co-investors: Hiro Maeda (BEENEXT), Urs Cete (BDMI - Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments)

Hiro Maeda's Experience

Partner BEENEXT PTE. LTD2015 - Present
Managing Partner | Executive Officer BEENOS Inc. (formerly netprice.com, Ltd.)2009 - 2015
Managing Partner Open Network Lab2010 - 2013
Teaching Assistant for Introductory Java Programming Courses Bucknell University2007 - 2008
Network Engineering Intern Canadian Academy2007 - 2007
Web and System Application Developer Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi LTD2007 - 2007
Flash Programmer Bucknell University2006 - 2007

Hiro Maeda's Education

Bucknell University BA Computer Science, Economics
Canadian Academy