Advisory Board

Neoteny’s advisory board consists of global leaders from a variety of fields. They help us understand global trends, source investment opportunities, support portfolio companies and provide essential guidance in managing a firm on the edge of the ever-changing global market.
Technology
John Gage Chief Researcher, Sun Microsystems	Mitsuru Iwamura Professor, Asia Pacific Research Center, Waseda University
Jun Murai Professor, Faculty of Environment Information, Keio University	John Patrick President, Attitude LLC and former VP - Internet Technology at IBM Corporation
Media & Content
Michael Backes Executive Producer, Timeline Computer Entertainment	Derrick De Kerkhove Director, McLuhan Program
Kenji Iino President, fyto	Howard Rheingold Author and columnist, Virtual Community
Ryuichi Sakamoto Musician	Mitsuhiro Takemura Assistant Professor, Tokyo University Media
Kotaro Yamamoto Professor, Hakuo University Management Department	Ryu Murakami Writer, Director
Policy
John Perry Barlow Co-founder, Electronic Frontier Foundation	John Brockman CEO, Brockman Inc., President, Edge Foundation
Jane Metcalfe Co-founder, Wired Magazine	John Vasconcellos California State Senator
Business
Jiro Kokuryo Professor, Keio Business School	Leonard Liu President, ASE Group
Pierre Omidyar Chairman and Founder, eBay Inc.	Reiko Okutani Managing Director, The R Co., Ltd