Masashi Kiyomine
Fondateur chez Kicker Ventures
Profil
Masashi is the Founder & Managing Partner at Kicker Ventures and a veteran healthcare venture capitalist.
With more than 18 years of early stage investments in Digital Health, Medical Devices, Biopharma and Healthcare Services covering the US, EU, Israel and Asia, he brings a strategic vision to Kicker grounded in breadth of experience and knowledge of this field.
Prior to founding Kicker Ventures, Masashi spent 13 years at Mitsui Global Investment and served as the Head of Global Life Sciences Venture Investment.
Masashi has an appointment as a Specially Appointed Professor (Visitor) at Tohoku University and advises several healthcare and innovation programs, including Innohub by METI and AMDAP by Tokyo.
Masashi is a columnist at Nikkei Beyond Health and holds a dual BA in Engineering and Asian Studies from Dartmouth College.
An avid beer enthusiast, Masashi is a co-owner of Wursthall, a California take on the German Beerhall in San Mateo.
Masashi has served as board member and/or observer of more than a dozen healthcare companies, and currently serves as a board observer for Swing Therapeutics and CareX.ai.
Postes actifs de Masashi Kiyomine
| Sociétés | Poste | Début |
|---|---|---|
Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, Inc.
 Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, Inc. (Mitsui & Co. Global Investment) is a venture capital subsidiary of Mitsui Ventures founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. | Private Equity Investor | 01/06/2004 |
Change Healthcare Engagement Solutions, Inc.
 Change Healthcare Engagement Solutions, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Change Healthcare Engagement Solutions, Inc. provides healthcare cost transparency solutions. It offers Healthcare Transparency Index that shows medical procedures with high costs and price variances. The firm’s solutions enable consumers to better understand and utilize their healthcare benefits; make informed healthcare purchasing decisions based on quality, cost, and convenience; and manage out-of-pocket responsibility and realize savings. Its solutions also enable users to engage alerts that show savings opportunities, and help take advantage of company health and wellness programs; educate health plan enrollees; and leverage investment with third-party decision support tools. The company was founded by Christopher Parks in 2007 and is headquartered Nashville, TN. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
Kicker Ventures
 Kicker Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Kicker Ventures (Kicker Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Masashi Kiyomine. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. | Fondateur | 01/01/2021 |
| Co-Studio | Fondateur | 01/01/2020 |
Anciens postes connus de Masashi Kiyomine
| Sociétés | Poste | Fin |
|---|---|---|
goBalto, Inc.
 goBalto, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services goBalto, Inc. provides cloud-based clinical trials software solutions. It offers activate, a purpose built software as service application that enables sponsors, contract research organization, and sites to get studies started in the shortest time possible, and analyze that enables team members and partners to interact with the data, run ad-hoc reports, and create data visualizations across multiple trials as part of customer monitoring strategy. The company was founded by Jae Chung in October 2008 and is headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | 01/07/2017 |
ContinuumRx, Inc.
 ContinuumRx, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services ContinuumRx, Inc. provides home infusion services for healthcare. It offers patient, physician, payer and specialty drug manufacturer services. The firm partners with healthcare systems and their providers to improve post acute-care coordination and care management, to help reduce gaps in patient care, to enhance the overall patient experience, and to help their provider partners improve their overall financial performance. It also provides home infusion therapies and services to patients each month and supports them in their care and recovery through all phases of the healthcare continuum. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Birmingham, AL. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | 01/07/2015 |
Change Healthcare Practice Management Solutions, Inc.
 Change Healthcare Practice Management Solutions, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Change Healthcare Practice Management Solutions, Inc. sells practice management software and other technical services. The company was founded by Patrick Hampson in 1995 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | 01/11/2014 |
goBalto, Inc.
goBalto, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services goBalto, Inc. provides cloud-based clinical trials software solutions. It offers activate, a purpose built software as service application that enables sponsors, contract research organization, and sites to get studies started in the shortest time possible, and analyze that enables team members and partners to interact with the data, run ad-hoc reports, and create data visualizations across multiple trials as part of customer monitoring strategy. The company was founded by Jae Chung in October 2008 and is headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
Cappella, Inc.
 Cappella, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Cappella, Inc. operates as a medical device company, which develops novel solutions for the treatment of complex coronary artery disease (CAD) and specifically bifurcation vascular disease. The company was founded by Antonio Columbo and Ascher Shmulewitz in 2004 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
Formation de Masashi Kiyomine
| Dartmouth College | Undergraduate Degree |
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Cappella, Inc.
Cappella, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Cappella, Inc. operates as a medical device company, which develops novel solutions for the treatment of complex coronary artery disease (CAD) and specifically bifurcation vascular disease. The company was founded by Antonio Columbo and Ascher Shmulewitz in 2004 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Health Technology |
Change Healthcare Engagement Solutions, Inc.
Change Healthcare Engagement Solutions, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Change Healthcare Engagement Solutions, Inc. provides healthcare cost transparency solutions. It offers Healthcare Transparency Index that shows medical procedures with high costs and price variances. The firm’s solutions enable consumers to better understand and utilize their healthcare benefits; make informed healthcare purchasing decisions based on quality, cost, and convenience; and manage out-of-pocket responsibility and realize savings. Its solutions also enable users to engage alerts that show savings opportunities, and help take advantage of company health and wellness programs; educate health plan enrollees; and leverage investment with third-party decision support tools. The company was founded by Christopher Parks in 2007 and is headquartered Nashville, TN. | Technology Services |
goBalto, Inc.
goBalto, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services goBalto, Inc. provides cloud-based clinical trials software solutions. It offers activate, a purpose built software as service application that enables sponsors, contract research organization, and sites to get studies started in the shortest time possible, and analyze that enables team members and partners to interact with the data, run ad-hoc reports, and create data visualizations across multiple trials as part of customer monitoring strategy. The company was founded by Jae Chung in October 2008 and is headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA. | Technology Services |
Change Healthcare Practice Management Solutions, Inc.
Change Healthcare Practice Management Solutions, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Change Healthcare Practice Management Solutions, Inc. sells practice management software and other technical services. The company was founded by Patrick Hampson in 1995 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. | Technology Services |
Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, Inc.
Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, Inc. (Mitsui & Co. Global Investment) is a venture capital subsidiary of Mitsui Ventures founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. | Finance |
ContinuumRx, Inc.
ContinuumRx, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services ContinuumRx, Inc. provides home infusion services for healthcare. It offers patient, physician, payer and specialty drug manufacturer services. The firm partners with healthcare systems and their providers to improve post acute-care coordination and care management, to help reduce gaps in patient care, to enhance the overall patient experience, and to help their provider partners improve their overall financial performance. It also provides home infusion therapies and services to patients each month and supports them in their care and recovery through all phases of the healthcare continuum. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Birmingham, AL. | Health Services |
Kicker Ventures
Kicker Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Kicker Ventures (Kicker Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Masashi Kiyomine. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. | Finance |
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