Ikuo Hiraishi

Ikuo Hiraishi, Angel investor in Tokyo is an active investor based in Tokyo, Japan. This profile covers what Ikuo Hiraishi backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Ikuo Hiraishi is the Founder & serves as Chief Executive Officer and President at DreamVision. Mr. Hiraishi serves as Angel Investor. He serves as Board Member at Razona. He also is Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at SunBridge Global Ventures. He is a Visiting Professor at Hosei Business School of Innovation Management. He also served as an Advisor at Pulsar Venture Capital. Upon graduating from university, he started a business in 1991, previously having worked at consulting firms and foreign-owned advertising companies. He has been involved in Internet-related business since the late 1990s and participated in the planning and setup of Web crew Co., whose automobile insurance price comparison site became a hit and was later listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers. In 2003, he founded and became the president and representative director of Interscope, Inc. (Internet research company), which was sold off to Yahoo! Japan in 2007, and later merged with Macromill in 2010. In March 2011, he assumed the position of Tokyo officer of SunBridge Global Venture Habitat, and in May of the same year, in cooperation with Mr. Takeuchi of Venture Now, he launched "Innovation Weekend", a networking platform for early-stage start-ups and angel investors. In January of 2012, he established SunBridge Global Ventures, Inc. and became its president and CEO (current position). In addition, he presently serves as an associate professor at Hosei University Graduate School of Business Administration (MBA), and outside director of venture businesses. He also co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer & Chairman at Interscope. He holds a BA in Public Relations from Tokai University.