DOCOMO

Mick Etoh, SVP of NTT DOCOMO

CEO, NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Inc. CEO, DOCOMO Capital, Inc. CEO, Mirai Translate, Inc.

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Slideshare

[Harmonize]

Evolve

[Advance]

[Relate]

[Trust]

NTT2

works

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Hustler

Hacker Designer

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39WORKS

39workAPI

EIR

PoC

PoC R&D

PF

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PoC

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a.

b. PoC PoC39works

AWSPFPF

c. B2B

B2B

B2CB2B)

39works 3

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DOCOMO InnovationsDOCOMO Capital

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Android &

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Chrome Android Post Smartphone

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39works

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Series B, C

$500K - $2M

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Investment Strategy

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deal sourcing

Make proposal to HQ

VCs Conferences

Personal

Technology / Service of Startups

External sourcesHunt Evaluate

DOCOMO Strategy

startups

startupscandidate

Propose several options how to integrate with startups

Find and make partnership with Japanese company*

(Example: Fab.com needs distribution function in Japan)

New Service New Product

Investment*

Deal with HQ

FarmingHunting

DOCOMO

Goal

startups candidate

Sustain

VC outreach and proprietary deal-flow

Selecting non core services that fit with mid term plan

Finding partners to fill gaps Making a specific proposal to HQ

Working with HQ and people which can take risks

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RROR()

(PDCA)

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Enterprise App

Financial

Smart home

Wearable

Last Second Economy

Security Healthcare

Payment

Mobile Cloud

Web / Internet of Things

Big data

3D printing

Education

Bitcoin

E-commerce

Drone, Robots

AI

Social

Sharing Economy Media

What top VCs are saying about 2014

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VC7 (Google VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBenchmark CapitalKleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersNew Enterprise AssociatesSequoia CapitalAccel Partners)20132014793

Enterprise (B2B)

Consumer Internet (B2C or B2B2C)

Hardware

Recent investment from top VCs(Jul-Sep)

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Summary of Silicon Valley 2014

Recent investment from top VCs Trend from recent events

Enterprise App

Financial

Smart home

Wearable

Last Second Economy

Security Healthcare

Payment

Mobile Cloud

Web / Internet of Things

Big data

3D printing

Education

Bitcoin

E-commerce

Drone, Robots

AI

Social

Sharing Economy Media

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Trend from recent eventsEC/On-demandSocialSMB Hardware

API

API

On-Demand Services

Hardware

Social

TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2014

NPOMarketplace

B2BSMB()

Batch10 - 201410 Demo Day

2014 Winter

ECEventJoyTichetmasterB2B

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VC

SAP HANA

VC

Forbs500

US

VC

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DOCOMO@Palo Alto

VCVC

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Series B, C

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CEOCEO

B2B

BtoCOKB2B

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VisionCEOVIsion->->

Series B,CCFO

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VC

Top Priority1st Tier VC(Sequoia, KPCB, A16z, NEA, etc.)

VC2nd Choice.

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20%

VC

80%

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Takeaways

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CVC

VC JAPAN ENTRY M&A, MPI

Twitter @mickbean