Ken Sobajima, a GCV Emerging Leaders 2021 award winner, left to set up Tomorrow Access.

Kenyu (Ken) Sobajima, senior director of investments at Japan-based telecoms operator KDDI and its Open Innovation Fund, has left to set up Tomorrow Access.

Sobajima, a GCV Emerging Leaders 2021 award winner, had worked at KDDI for 25 years and for its corporate venturing unit since 2014. Following his relocation from Japan to the US in 2015, his deals had included Swift Navigation, Mojo Vision, Secret Double Octopus, Mad Street Den, Allganize, Jibo, August Home, Monohm, Ossia, Pogoseat, Issuu, Edmodo…

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