Kensuke Furukawa

Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Angel
Investor Stage
Seed

Kensuke Furukawa was born in June 2, 1981. He graduated Waseda University majoring Political Science and Economics, and in 2000, he launched "Milkcafe", a student community, which has grown to a site with 10 million PV per month. In 2004, he became the CEO of Media Clip, which operates a rental bulletin board service "Shitaraba BBS". After that year, he had transfer "Shitaraba BBS" to Livedoor, and took charge of starting up the Consumer Generated Media sector. In 2006, he joined Recruit, and took charge of starting up a new business at Business development sector. In June of 2009, he left Recruit, and became the CEO of nanapi (formerly Rocket Start), which operates the How-to Site "nanapi".

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
3
Kensuke Furukawa has made 3 investments. Their most recent investment was on Feb 28, 2020, when YOUTRUST raised ¥110M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Feb 28, 2020 YOUTRUST Seed ¥110M Career Planning Detail
Jul 16, 2019 One Media Series Unknown ¥420M Digital Media Detail
Nov 22, 2017 Aerial Partners Japan Seed ¥50M Cryptocurrency Detail