Atsushi Taira

Atsushi Taira is the founder of Mistletoe Japan Inc, holding the title of Executive Partner since 2016.
Current jobs include Chairman at The Edgeof since 2023, Director & Chief Drunk Officer at OPENSAUCE, Inc., Managing Director at Mistletoe Singapore Pte Ltd. since 2017, Advisor at Visionnaire Ventures LLC, and Board Member at Gastrotope Pvt Ltd. since 2018.
Former jobs include Director at ModuleQ, Inc. from 2017 to 2021, Board of Directors at FTX Japan KK from 2017 to 2020, Director of Marketing at Richemont Japan Ltd. from 1997 to 2000, Director at Gifbit, Inc. from 2017 to 2019, EVP at Shopping.com from 2000 to 2001, Senior Vice President at SoftBank Group Corp.
from 2010 to 2016, Senior Vice President at SoftBank Corp.
from 2011 to 2016, Board Member at InMobi, Inc. from 2012 to 2016, Board Member at Inner Chef Pvt Ltd. from 2018 to 2021, Board Member at Hatcher Plus Pte Ltd. from 2018 to 2023, CMO at Yahoo Japan Corp.
from 2003 to 2007, Board Member at Planetway Japan KK from 2017 to 2019, Chief Strategy Officer at SB Product Group LLC from 2013 to 2016, and Chief of Planning at Likewize Corp.
from 2015 to 2016.
Education includes undergraduate and graduate degrees from Waseda University, conferred in 1987 and 1989, respectively.