Kotaro Chiba

Active Investor

Gest Professor at Keio University

Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture

Kotaro Chiba, Gest Professor at Keio University is an active investor based in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. This profile covers what Kotaro Chiba backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Kotaro Chiba is a Co-Founder & serves as Managing Partner at Drone Fund. He is the Founder & serves as Chief Executive Officer & General Partner at Chiba Dojo. He served as a Board Member at Aerwins. He serves as a Board Member at Prodrone and Aeronext. He co-founded and served as Executive Director at COLOPL. He joined Recruit Co., Ltd. After working at Cybird Co., Ltd. and K Laboratory Co., Ltd., he joined COLOPL Inc. in 2009 and became its vice president in December of the same year. He was in charge of human resources, such as recruitment and human resource development. In April 2021, he became an outside director of "PONO CAPITAL," a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), and in August, it went public on the US NASDAQ. Owner and airline pilot of Japan's first HondaJet. He graduated from the Department of Environmental Information, Keio University, in 1997.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Invests in: SaaS & EnterpriseClimate & EnergyHardware & Deep TechMobility & LogisticsAutomotive & EVEdTech
Location: Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture
Typical check: $3.8M
Past investments: 13

Notable investments

KLab Inc.AidemyScaleBaseFOWDGMO Cyber SecurityLovegraphAERWINS TechnologiesMI-6KaminashiPanairK Laboratory ( KLab Inc.)Luup

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