Global Hands-On VC
ghovc.com Direct investor
Global Hands-On VC is a venture capital firm that invests in Japanese technology startups and provides hands-on support to help them expand globally. It manages GHOVC Fund I and has offices in Tokyo and Los Altos, California.
Global Hands-On VC is a venture capital firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It invests directly in companies, in technology.
“Global Hands-On VC (GHOVC) was established by those with extensive entrepreneurial and startup management experience to provide hands-on support for Japanese technology startups to go global.”
— Global Hands-On VC, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Stage
- Not stated
- Invests in
- Japan, global
- Sectors
- technology
- How to reach it
- Its contact page on its own site
Team, as Global Hands-On VC publishes it
- Ken Yasunaga Founder / Managing Partner
- Shri Dodani Founder / Managing Partner
- Allen Miner Founding Partner
- Takuya Oikawa Founding Partner
- Dr. Richard Dasher Founding Partner
- Fumitoshi Onoma Operations Manager
- Takashi Murayama Senior Associate
- Kyota Omori Advisor
Names and roles exactly as listed on ghovc.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 7 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- Samsung Next 1 shared company: integral.ai
- Incubate Fund 1 shared company: braid.tech
- Keio Innovation Initiative, Inc. 1 shared company: nano-qt.com
- Phoenix Venture Partners 1 shared company: nano-qt.com
- Monozukuri Ventures 1 shared company: edgecortix.com
- MPower Partners Fund L.P. 1 shared company: edgecortix.com
- Japan Post Capital Co., Ltd. 1 shared company: paronym.jp
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Global Hands-On VC publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.ghovc.com/enname, type, hq_country, hq_city, status, approach_url
- https://www.ghovc.com/en/investmentis_investor, layer
- https://www.ghovc.com/en/aboutinvests_in_geographies, sectors, thesis_quote, description
- https://www.ghovc.com/en/teampeople
Record 20695 · added 2026-11-10 · link last verified 2026-11-10 · confidence high
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