Takayuki Inagawa will replace Nobuyuki Akimoto as head of NTT Docomo Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of Japan-based phone operator NTT, from the start of July.
Akimoto, one of GCV Rising Stars 2016 – pictured speaking at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium last month (on left, with Matthew Koertge from Telstra Ventures), said by email: “I am pleased to announce that as of July 1, Mr Takayuki Inagawa is taking over my responsibility of NTT Docomo Ventures.
“Due to the…
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