DreamVision Company Profile for CEBIT2018
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Ikuo Hiraishi is a serial entrepreneur who has founded or co-founded 8 companies. Two of his companies successfully exited through IPO or acquisition, while one failed. He is currently the Founder and CEO of DreamVision Inc., and also works as a partner at SunBridge Startups LLP, general partner at SunBridge Global Fund, and visiting researcher at Hachinohe University. He has authored two books on entrepreneurship and failure.
DreamVision Company Profile for CEBIT2018
- 2. Reactivated since July 1st 2017 about me Serial Entrepreneur & Startup AcceleratorIkuo Hiraishi Founded/Co-founded 8 companies. 2 Successful Exits, & 1 BIG failure! Founder/CEO at DreamVision Inc. *March 1991, Kicked-off my entrepreneur life with no plan ! Research & Consulting DTP Net Business Development *WebCrew Inc. Started as an Automobile Insurance Comparison web site Started in 1998. IPO in Sep.2004, listed on TSE Mothers. *Interscope Inc. Became one of TOP 3 Internet Research players. Started in 1998 and incorporated in 2000. Feb.2007, successfully sold to Yahoo! JAPAN. *DreamVision Inc. which I SCREWED UP! wanted to do Ed-tech startup! Shut down at the end of Dec.2008, but had kept company alive. *SunBridge Global Ventures Inc. a spin off from SunBridge Corp. Co-founded in January 2012. Resigned at the end of June 2017
- 3. Partner at SunBridge Startups LLP General Partner at SunBridge Global Fund LPS Visiting Researcher, Hachinohe University Part-time lecturer, Hosei University MBA Founder/CEO, DreamVision Inc. External Director, Razona Inc. Director, Dialog Merchandise Inc.
- 4. My 2nd Book published on April 25th 2014 Dare to fail. Stand up stronger.
- 6. Tokyo/NYC/Singapore San Francisco/Greece Tokyo/San Francisco/Barcelona Tokyo Tokyo New York Silicon Valley/Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Silicon Valley Silicon Valley/Osaka Berlin IPO London San Francisco/Tokyo Silicon Valley Silicon Valley/Tokyo
- 7. Berlin