The world of venture capital frequently analyzes founders and their ideas through the wrong lens. Product-market fit always sounds like the right metric, but when the uncertainty is highest and the capital is most scarce (first checks, early rounds), it’s simply the wrong target. At pre-seed, there’s no real market definition and not even a […]

Less than 20% of startups worldwide are founded by women. From Tokyo to Paris, Kayo Hattori has turned risk into an art form. She embodies a new breed of 21st century women who no longer ask for permission to lead : they simply do it.