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Masahiko Honma is co-founder and general partner of Incubate Fund; the largest seed stage investment group in Japan, with a focus of investing in mobile, gaming, and internet media startups in Japan. The total asset under management of the fund is 60M USD. Masahiko has a good track record of creating and supporting mobile gaming startups including Pokelabo and Gumi. Both have grown from 2 to 3 persons teams when Masahiko joined as the first outside investor in 2008, into companies with 280 and 400 employees respectively. Pokelabo which Masahiko co-founded and took the first CEO role of was successfully acquired by GREE, mobile gaming giant in Japan, with the valuation of over 170M USD in 2012. Prior to starting Incubate Fund, Masahiko founded and has managed an angel investment fund for 5 years. Masahiko has 15 years working experiences at VC industry, including an investment firm of Mitsubishi Corporation group, Corporate Development and VC division at Tokyo office of Accenture. Masahiko started the first carrier at JAFCO, the largest private equity investment company in Japan in 1998 after Masahiko graduated from the faculty of commerce of Keio University, the oldest private university in Japan