Naoko Okumoto

Naoko Okumoto is an experienced venture capitalist and business advisor with a focus on wellbeing tech, digital health, marketing intelligence/ad tech, and consumer products/services. In 2021, they became the Founder and Managing Partner of NIREMIA Collective, a Silicon Valley based early-stage venture capital & advisory firm specialized in Wellbeing Tech. From 2017-2021, they served as CEO of Amber Bridge Partners, a Silicon Valley based cross-boarder business advisory firm, and from 2019-2021 they were a Non Executive Director at S4 Capital Group, a digital advertising and marketing services company. In 2020, they joined FiscalNote as a Senior Advisor and The Transformative Tech Lab as an Advisory Board Member. From 2018-2019, they were a Board Member of CoinDesk Japan and a Board Observer at EdCast, which was acquired by Cornerstone OnDemand. From 2017-2018, they were Managing Director of Mistletoe USA and a Board Member of the Mistletoe Foundation, and from 2018-2019 they were an Executive Advisor at Z Corporation, an innovation fund wholly owned by Softbank/Yahoo Japan. Naoko has been a Partner at World Innovation Lab (WiL) since 2014.

Naoko Okumoto has a Master of Science (M.S.) in Marketing from Boston University.