Shin Takano, a former director of corporate venture capital at Murata Manufacturing, has joined TIS Ventures as senior vice-president.
TIS Ventures, the corporate venturing subsidiary of Japan-based outsourcing and cloud services provider TIS, has named Shin Takano as senior vice-president.
Takano came from electronic component manufacturer Murata Manufacturing, where he had been a director of its corporate venture capital arm, Murata Ventures, since 2010, having previously been a manager at its parent company for three years.
During Takano’s time at Murata Ventures the unit invested in data management platform operator Locix and semiconductor developer Arctic Sand Technologies,…