Reon Hiruma
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Founder of Potentialist at Potentialist Global
Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States, United States 9 work roles 6 schools
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Reon Hiruma previously worked as Founding CEO & Advisor at Potentialist Global and Head of Business Development at Need. Reon Hiruma holds Politics And Economics from Waseda University.

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Founding CEO, Potentialist Global, Inc.Reon founded Potentialist Global, Inc. in 2018. Potentialist is a consulting firm specializing in Asia-Pacific market entry for US-funded startups. The majority of its clients are category-defining tech companies backed by top VC funds in the US.Need Inc. is one of the 15 client companies Potentialist supported their APAC expansion where Reon served as Head of Business Development, driving the company's critical growth efforts, particularly its expansion to Asia-Pacific and European regions. Prior to founding Potentialist, Reon successfully brought a UK-based startup to Japan with an exclusive partnership with Mastercard. He was also co-founder of a creator economy startup in New York, named Heyhey. Aside from working in startups, Reon briefly worked in Private Equity at two institutions: Goldman Sachs and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC). As a Dutch-Japanese bred in Tokyo, he speaks four languages, including English and French.

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Potentialist Global
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Founding Ceo & Advisor

Current

Shibuya, Tokyo, JP

Potentialist is a cross-border consulting firm that supports top US-based technology companies' expansion into Japan, Singapore and the rest of countries across Asia.In 2018, I co-founded the company to help the category-defining US companies’ entry to Japan, particularly their zero-to-one phase of the expansion, to ensure a successful launch in the.

May 2018 - Present

Head Of Business Development

Current

San Francisco, CA, US

Need is a Venrock-backed healthcare technology company building the world's first cancer protection system. Honored to serve as the Head of Business Development, driving the company's critical growth efforts, particularly its expansion to Japan and other Asia-Pacific markets.

Jan 2024 - Present

Chief Of Staff To Ceo

San Francisco, CA, US

Had the honor leading the company’s critical growth efforts, particularly its expansion to the Asia-Pacific and European regions.

Sep 2022 - Dec 2023

Japan Partner

San Francisco, CA, US

Had the honor supporting Need's expansion to Japan over 3 years.

Jan 2020 - Sep 2022

Japan Partner

ELSA is a Google-backed educational technology company providing AI-enabled English education to students around the world. Supported the company's expansion to Japan as its market entry partner.

Jul 2021 - Oct 2022

Private Equity

New York, New York, US

Had the honor to work for Tokyo office of Goldman's Private Equity arm (Merchant Banking Division). The Division formerly known as Special Situation Group invests in various assets in Private Market including real estate and startups.

Aug 2021 - Oct 2021

Private Equity

Gic

Singapore, SG

Deal underwriting and asset management at the Private Equity team (PERE) of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC).

Sep 2020 - Nov 2020

General Manager, Japan

Brought a UK-based startup to Japan as its first country manager; founded a Japan team of 20+ staff members and successfully closed and managed an exclusive partnership with Mastercard.

Dec 2017 - Dec 2018

Award-Winner

Stanford, CA, US

US-Japan Relations - Granted an award as one of the two top-performing students.

2017 - 2018 ~1 yr
6 education records

Reon Hiruma education

Politics And Economics

Waseda University

Finance Program At Center For Advanced Research In Finance (Carf), Finance And Financial Technology

The University Of Tokyo

Us-Japan Relations

Stanford University

B2 Level (Summer Program), French In Business

Université Catholique De Lyon

High School

Lycée Camille Claudel

High School

Lycée Jules Guesde
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Reon Hiruma works for Potentialist Global.

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Reon Hiruma is listed as Founder of Potentialist at Potentialist Global.

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Reon Hiruma is based in San Francisco Bay Area, United States, United States while working with Potentialist Global.

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Reon Hiruma has worked for Potentialist Global, Need, Elsa, Corp, Goldman Sachs, and Gic.

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Reon Hiruma holds Politics And Economics from Waseda University.

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