He is also the managing director of Mistletoe Singapore, a global startup ecosystem builder focused on the Asia–Pacific region that is also active in supporting entrepreneurs and innovators that aim to solve current social problems.
He started a research-oriented software development company while he was still a student at Waseda University, and he himself also participated as a programmer.
[4] As social networking services experienced a boom in Japan with the arrival of Facebook and the rapid growth of the Japanese social networking service Mixi, Myspace Japan was supportive in expanding the Japanese music market globally.
[6] This joint venture invested in the instant messaging application Hike Messenger,[7][8] which became the youngest startup in India to reach unicorn status with a value of $1.4 billion.
[11] In 2023, he and Son co-founded The Edgeof, an ecosystem builder and venture capital entity with the aim of creating a support environment for startups that envision solving current social problems.