CyberAgent Capital (CAC), the corporate venture capital subsidiary of Japan-based internet company CyberAgent, has set up technical support and public relations (PR) support divisions.
The unit has appointed multiple sector specialists who will help its portfolio companies in different fields, including technical manager Rikuo Hayami, who was chief technology officer of CyberAgent’s now-defunct Bitcoin unit, search engine optimisation professional Ken Kimura and Takeshi Matsuoka, who will support technical organisation.
Portfolio companies will receive help in legal support from Ryō Nagai, public relations help from Eri Shimodaira, organisational support from Tetsuhito Soyama and scientific assistance from Yūsuke Narita, who had helped CyberAgent build an artificial intelligence algorithm for advertisement distribution.
Founded in 2006 as CyberAgent Ventures, CAC has more than $100m under management across five funds spanning Japan, China, South Korea and multiple Southeast Asian countries, and oversees a portfolio of 126 active companies.
