Management Advisory
Business strategy, growth strategy, customer development, alliances, and organizational challenges. As a sounding board for executives, I help sharpen the clarity and speed of decision-making.
02 / Advisor
ADVISOR
Daisuke Shimada
Founding a company, a tender offer as a listed company, M&A.
Turning founder experience into growth energy for the next generation.
DAISUKE SHIMADA
Founder / Angel Investor / Management Advisor
- Vice Chair, Venture Mita-kai (an official Keio University alumni group)
- Mentor, Japan Startup Support Association (JSSA)
- Mentor & Demo Day Judge, MASHING UP Accelerator
- Outside Director, J-MANGA CREATE Inc.
- Partner, Criacao Shinjuku (JFL football club)
- Owner, OMA (restaurant in Ikejiri-Ohashi, Tokyo)
- Radio Personality, FM Salus
- Guest lecturer at Keio University, Otsuma Women's University, Hiroo Gakuen, Komaba Toho, and other institutions
20yrs+
YEARS AS A FOUNDER
Experience as a startup founder
Experience as a startup founder
35cos.
ANGEL INVESTMENTS
Angel investments made
Angel investments made
13cos.
ADVISORY ENGAGEMENTS
Active advisory engagements
Active advisory engagements
IPO/TOB/M&A
FULL-CYCLE EXPERIENCE
Full management lifecycle
Full management lifecycle
1998
From a trading house to the world of business and investment.
Joined Nissho Iwai (now Sojitz) after graduating from the Faculty of Law, Keio University.
2000
Among entrepreneurs of the internet's early days.
Moved into the startup world through venture capital work, including an investment in and secondment to Netage, known for the BitValley movement.
2003
Moving to the side that builds
Founded Entermotion (later Insight Core) and became its President & CEO.
2018
Management and governance, from both sides.
Became an outside director of Net Marketing, a company he had helped found.
2022
A negotiation that shaped a listed company's future.
Led negotiations on a tender offer from Bain Capital as a special committee member.
2023
Taking a company he built over 20 years to its next stage.
Sold Insight Core to a strategic partner through M&A.
NOW
Passing experience on to the next challengers.
Supporting a chain of challenges through angel investing, advisory work, outside directorships, and education and community activities.
Full biography
Graduated from the Faculty of Law, Keio University in 1998 and joined Nissho Iwai (now Sojitz). In 2000, transferred to a venture investment firm spun off from the company's IT & Electronics Division.
In 2000, invested in and was seconded to Netage, one of the central incubators of the BitValley movement.
Later led a full acquisition of the Japan subsidiary of Promotions.com (US), serving as its Director of Sales, before founding Entermotion (now Insight Core) in 2003 to support the digital transformation of brick-and-mortar retailers.
In 2004, helped found Net Marketing, which built the dating app "Omiai" and an advertising agency business, later becoming an outside director in 2018. The company subsequently listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. In 2022, as a member of its special committee, he led negotiations on a tender offer from US private equity fund Bain Capital.
In 2023, after 20 years as its CEO, sold Insight Core through M&A to Opt, Inc., a core operating company of Digital Holdings (listed on the TSE Prime Market, now part of the Hakuhodo DY Group).
Today, he focuses on supporting startups and angel investing.
IPO
Secondary
M&A
