About
Kenta Izumi is a founder and company director serving as Founder and Chairman of the Board at Tagpic Inc., a Tokyo influencer marketing company. He is also representative director of Reliance Data Inc. and an outside audit and supervisory board member of Cyber Security Cloud. A Keio University graduate, he joined Daiwa Securities SMBC in 2003 and moved to Citigroup Global Markets Japan in 2009, spending about seven years on IPOs, fundraising and M&A. In 2010 he joined the listed company Full Speed Inc. as director and CFO in a turnaround role, then served as executive vice president (COO and CMO) until 2014. He became a Founder Institute mentor in 2014. Kenta brings a finance-and-operator perspective on capital raising, IPO preparation, M&A and influencer-led marketing. His board and audit roles give him direct exposure to how growing and listed companies handle governance, financial reporting and growth. Kenta is particularly relevant to conversations around IPO readiness, fundraising and M&A, the CFO role in a growing company, corporate governance, and social media marketing.