Geodesic Capital is a venture capital firm that specializes in investing in technology companies with the potential for global impact. The firm leverages its strategic relationships and industry expertise to support entrepreneurs in scaling their businesses internationally.

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Building a global company is never easy. The process of international expansion is still largely unautomated and the farther you are from home, the more useful local connections and know-how become. This is particularly true for growth stage entrepreneurs who typically see many clones of their businesses pop up worldwide, often with a local twist. Timely connected partners who know these markets can help you expand in an intelligent way and greatly improve your speed of execution to win the market.

Geodesic Capital invests in rapidly growing technology companies facing exactly these problems. We help entrepreneurs as they expand into Asia – starting with Japan. Our team has extensive experience in both markets and is uniquely qualified to guide today’s most promising growth-stage companies as they embark on their global journey.

Geodesic Capital is a new type of VC firm. Rooted in both Silicon Valley and Japan, we fund rapidly growing tech companies. We provide unparalleled access to senior-level executives, partners and government officials that our portfolio companies need to thrive abroad.

On the ground, our subsidiary, Geodesic Japan, has a team of experts to provide unique market insights, sophisticated “go to market” strategies, introductions to top talent and key partners that companies need in order to start successfully.

Airbnb

Duo Security

Aurora

HashiCorp

Snap

Uber

UiPath

JFrog

Looker

Marqeta

Japan is poised to become a bright spot as a market for DX and in its own right as a dynamic VC and entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Jon Rezneck outlines why this time is different, why you should care, and the opportunities for founders and investors who enter the Japanese market.

Dive into Jon's article on our blog: 
https://lnkd.in/gZUmQ8B4

We're proud to be named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant CDBMS for the third year in a row!

We believe this recognition validates our vision as a unified Data Intelligence Platform for data management, engineering, analytics, and AI. Get the report 👇
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Last week we were privileged to host a dinner featuring a select group of startup leaders operating at the cutting edge of GenAI. While the conversation was lively and wide-ranging, we honed in on what some of the core implications for modern enterprises would be. Here were 3 key takeaways:

1) The path to widespread AI adoption in enterprises will likely take 2 to 5 years. Currently, there is a lot of enterprise experimentation with applications where hallucinations remain an issue. Additionally, there are challenges with scaling infrastructure to meet large-scale adoption. 

2) We are still in the early days of figuring out what we can do with this technology similar to the early days of the Apple app store where the current set of GenAI applications are not necessarily revolutionary. The more interesting use cases are still to come. As a result, emerging players will have to help enterprises learn where and how to adopt these new applications, plus define their outcomes and return on investment. 

3) For company builders, governance and safety need to be a bottom-up priority where you are able to respond to the evolving regulatory landscape. However, determining the appropriate regulations for GenAI is difficult because predicting the societal risks at the burgeoning stages of AI is akin to predicting the risks of social media at its onset in the early 2010s.

Our latest Geodesic Japan podcast is live! Country Manager Marcus Otsuji sits down with investing partner Divya Sudhakar for a discussion on the chaotic and cutting-edge innovations in AI, exploring the technology's incredible growth, where AI is now, and where it is headed in the future.

It's hard to believe it's almost been a month since we were in Tokyo with U.S.-Japan Council, Mitsubishi Corporation, and ABeam Consulting hosting a speaker series on Energy Transformation (EX)!

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us, especially AEON and Marunouchi Innovation Partners, as well as all the companies that flew to Japan for the event including:

- Hugo Leandri @ Brimstone 
- Adam Rice and Nathan Shuler @ ClimateAi
- Osamu Nunokawa @ Factorial Energy
- Molly Morse @ Mango Materials
- Edward Chiang and Gurmesh S. @ Moment Energy
- Chee Hau Teoh and Louis Delumeau @ Nfinite Nanotech
- Kento Miura and Toshi Kurashina @ Persefoni
- Tom Okada @ WiTricity 

The USJC wrote a reflection on the conversations from our EX Trek and we hope you enjoy reading about them as much as we did experiencing them at the event: https://buff.ly/3S9PHew

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USJC、三菱商事株式会社、アビームコンサルティング株式会社と共同で東京にて開催した「Energy Transformation（EX） Speaker Series」から既に約1ヶ月が経とうとしています！
 
ご参加いただいた皆様、特にイオン株式会社、丸の内イノベーション・パートナーズ株式会社そして本イベントのために来日いただいた企業の皆様、本当にありがとうございました。
 
- Hugo Leandri @ Brimstone
- Adam Rice and Nathan Shuler @ ClimateAi
- Osamu Nunokawa @ Factorial Energy
- Molly Morse @ Mango Materials
- Edward Chiang and Gurmesh S. @ Moment Energy
- Chee Hau Teoh and Louis Delumeau @ Nfinite Nanotech
- Kento Miura and Toshi Kurashina @ Persefoni
- Tom Okada @ WiTricity
 
USJCがEX Trekを振り返る記事を書いてくれました。私たちが会場で体験したのと同じワクワクをこの記事を通してみなさまにも感じていただければと思います。

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