Yo Shibata

Founder at Funds, Inc.

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Yo Shibata was the founder of Spotlight, Inc. (founded in 2011) where he held the title of Chief Executive Officer from 2011 to 2015, and Funds, Inc. (founded in 2016) where he held the title of Director.
He is currently a Director at EQIQ KK (Tokyo) and a Fund Advisor at Ad Hack Ventures.
Mr. Shibata received an undergraduate degree from the University of Tokyo.

Yo Shibata active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Funds, Inc. Funds, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Funds, Inc. develops and operates a software platform for price comparison. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese company was founded in 2016 by Yo Shibata and Yuichiro Fujita.	Founder	2016-10-31
Ad Hack Ventures Ad Hack Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Ad Hack Ventures (Ad Hack Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of xpd, Inc., itself a subsidiary of AOI TYO Holdings, Inc. founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo.	Consultant / Advisor	-
EQIQ KK (Tokyo) EQIQ KK (Tokyo) Personnel ServicesCommercial Services EQIQ KK is a tech recruitment company based in Shibuya-ku, Japan. and has subsidiaries in Japan. EQIQ KK provides tech recruitment services. The Japanese company was founded in 2010 by Casey Wahl, who has been the CEO since 2010.	Director/Board Member	-

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Former positions of Yo Shibata

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Spotlight, Inc. Spotlight, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Part of Rakuten Group, Inc., Spotlight, Inc. develops and operates mobile services for smart phones including hardware devices. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese company was founded by Yo Shibata. Spotlight was acquired by Rakuten Group, Inc. on October 15, 2013.	Chief Executive Officer	2015-05-31

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Funds, Inc. Funds, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Funds, Inc. develops and operates a software platform for price comparison. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese company was founded in 2016 by Yo Shibata and Yuichiro Fujita.	Finance
Spotlight, Inc. Spotlight, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Part of Rakuten Group, Inc., Spotlight, Inc. develops and operates mobile services for smart phones including hardware devices. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese company was founded by Yo Shibata. Spotlight was acquired by Rakuten Group, Inc. on October 15, 2013.	Technology Services
Ad Hack Ventures Ad Hack Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Ad Hack Ventures (Ad Hack Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of xpd, Inc., itself a subsidiary of AOI TYO Holdings, Inc. founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo.	Finance
EQIQ KK (Tokyo) EQIQ KK (Tokyo) Personnel ServicesCommercial Services EQIQ KK is a tech recruitment company based in Shibuya-ku, Japan. and has subsidiaries in Japan. EQIQ KK provides tech recruitment services. The Japanese company was founded in 2010 by Casey Wahl, who has been the CEO since 2010.	Commercial Services

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