Megagon Labs
Shingo Kato began their work experience in 2011 as the Country Manager at Recruit Strategic Partners. Shingo later served as the Senior Vice President and then the SVP/Head of US and Israel investment, where they were responsible for leading investments in the Artificial Intelligence/Robotics/IoT space. In 2014, they transitioned to the role of Investment Professional in CorpDev at Indeed.com. In 2017, they became an investor in several companies including LawGeex, ShoCard, Fortella, Plenty, and Dashbot. In 2018, they continued their investment roles at Layer and Starship Technologies. Most recently, they joined Megagon Labs as a Technical Program Manager in 2021. Throughout their career, Shingo Kato has been actively involved in corporate investing and supporting innovative companies.
Shingo Kato pursued their education at Nagoya University, where they obtained a Bachelor's degree in information engineering from 2000 to 2004. Shingo furthered their studies at the same institution and completed a Master's degree in information science from 2004 to 2006.
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Megagon Labs is an innovation hub within Recruit Co., Ltd. under Recruit Holdings, a company that has over 357 subsidiaries, 45,688 employees, and annual revenues of $17 Billion (in 2016). Recruit Holdings' primary businesses are in the space of Human Resources and Lifestyle Internet Services. The mission of Megagon Labs is to Impact theworld through improving products and services of Recruit and through broader advancement of scientific knowledge and development of novel digital artifacts.Megagon Labs is developing a global network of innovation that includes world class research, relationships with top universities, startups in AI and IoT, data collaboration partners, companies in the Recruit Group, and companies in the portfolio of Recruit Strategic Partners and Indeed.