D-POPS GROUP Co., Ltd., is pleased to welcome Mr. Genta Sugihara as a new company advisor.
He was appointed to take a hands-on approach to supporting the growth of our group companies and portfolio companies, and guiding them to take their next big step.
Professional Background
Genta Sugihara graduated from the Faculty of Information Science at the University of Tsukuba in 1990, and he joined CSK (now SCSK). Then, in 1993, he moved to Daini Denden (currently known as KDDI), where he engaged in various projects during the early stages of the PHS mobile phone business. Since 2001, he worked in the startup and transformation phases of tech ventures such as AOL Japan, eMobile and Napster. In 2007, he joined Google Japan, where he served as Head of APAC Business Development and Director of Partner Business Solutions, Japan and Korea, led various business alliances in Asia, and contributed to the expansion of the search market share and the publishers’ network. In 2016, he joined Kakaku.com, Inc., as an Executive Officer of the Corporate Strategy Division, where he was responsible for M&A and startup investment worldwide. After serving as the Japan Country Manager of AppsFlyer, an Israeli tech venture, he was appointed as an advisor to D-POPS GROUP in January 2024.