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Joi Ito

Joi Ito is a Japanese-American activist, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. He is a founder of multiple organizations, as well as a philanthropist.

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Kickstarter

Kickstarter is a crowdfunding platform founded in 2009 by Perry Chen, Charles Adler and Yancey Strickler.

Investor
LittleBits

LittleBits is a company founded in 2011 by Ayah Bdeir.

Investor
Fotopedia

Former online photo encyclopedia

Investor
Optimus Ride

A technology company developing technologies for self driving vehicles.

Investor
Path (social network)

Path is a social network founded in 2018 by Shawn Fanning.

Investor
Shutterfly

Shutterfly is a Redwood City, California-based company founded in 1999 by George Zachary.

Investor
Spatial

Spatial has created a metaverse designed to give brands and creators a virtual space to display their digital works.

Investor
Aviary (company)

Aviary is a New York-based company founded in 2007 by Avi Muchnick, Michael Galpert and Israel Derdik.

Investor
Lanyrd

Lanyrd is a company providing services for conference speakers and participants.

Investor
Fon (company)

WiFi provider driven by a community WiFi approach.

Investor
Diffbot

Diffbot is a developer of machine learning and computer vision algorithms and public APIs for extracting data from web pages.

Investor
Fnatic

Fnatic is a professional eSports organization with headquarters in London.

Investor
Figur8, Inc.

Figur8 is a company developing wearables for athletic performance and musculoskeletal analysis.

Investor
Top Flight Technologies

Top Flight Technologies is an Aerospace company in Malden, Massachusetts.

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WaitWhat

WaitWhat is a New York-based company founded by Deron Triff.

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Spatial (company)

Spatial supplies a social understanding of location, founded by Griffin Morris, Lyden Foust and Will Kiessling.

Investor
Klang Games

Klang Games is a game developers founded in 2013.

Investor
IdeaFlow

IdeaFlow is an artificial Intelligence company founded by Jacob Cole.

Investor
Thington

Thington is a San Francisco-based internet of things company founded by Matt Biddulph.

Investor
Analog

The world’s first Layer-0 blockchain powered by Proof-of-Time

Investor
Fandom platform

Fandom is the world's largest entertainment and gaming fan platform.

Investor
Shibuya

Shibuya is a web3 platform for users to fund and become producers of content.

Investor
Yakoa

Yakoa is a NFT fraud detection startup founded by Andrew Dworschak.

Investor
Neoteny

Neoteny is a venture capital company founded in 1999 by Joi Ito.

Board Member
The New York Times Company

American media company, publisher of the new york times

Board Member
Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a Cowes-based company founded in 2010 by Ellen MacArthur.

Board Member
Knight Foundation

A venture capital firm in Florida that focuses on quality journalism, advance media innovation, and engaged communities.

Board Member
Wired Magazine

Get in-depth coverage of current and future trends in technology, and how they are shaping business, entertainment, communications, science, politics, and culture at Wired.com.

Board Member
PureTech

PureTech Health is a biotechnology company.

Board Member
Digital Garage

An internet group and venture capital firm which creates digital contexts using information technology, marketing technology and financial technology.

Board Member
Japan Society

Japan Society is an art company founded in 1907.

Board Member