Yuyasu Takamatsu, Founder of Open8

About Yuyasu Takamatsu

Yuko Takamatsu is the CEO of Open8, a Tokyo-based company that provides an AI-powered video creation SaaS called Video Brain, and also operates the LeTronc video magazine and video ad network services. Before establishing Open8 in April 2015, Takamatsu served as COO and CMO at iStyle Inc., overseeing cosmetics-related businesses in Japan and overseas, and listed the company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2012.

Yuyasu Takamatsu at a glance

• Company: Open8
• Total raised: $36M
• Latest round: Series D
• Investors: WiL (World Innovation Lab), Mirai Sousei Fund (by SPARX Group)
• Location: Tokyo, Japan

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