Hiro Tamura
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
Founder & Managing Partner
New York, US
Profile Verified by The Marque
Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
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Biography
Hiro Tamura is a highly regarded Founder, board member and tech investor, with over two decades of experience investing in and advising high-growth private technology companies.
In 2022, Hiro founded investment firm, Wathos, where he also serves as Chief Executive Officer. Wathos specializes in advisory services and investments in pre-IPO, high-growth technology companies.
Hiro has served in numerous executive roles throughout his career. At venture capital firm, Atomico, Hiro served as General Partner and led the firm’s investment strategy, negotiations, acquisitions and internal processes. Prior to Atomico, he co-founded and served as CIO of SP&W, a Tokyo-based principal investment and financial advisory firm. Concurrently, Hiro founded Triple Junction, a technology consultancy firm. As CEO of Triple Junction, he advised leading technology companies on global strategic initiatives. Notably, Hiro was integral in developing strategies that helped Skype grow its business in Japan and the Asia Pacific region.
Hiro’s early career included time as Director at IRG Ltd., a Pan-Asian investment bank focused on investments in the technology, media, and telecommunications space. Prior to IRG, Hiro worked in worked in International Equity Research Sales at Lehman Brothers in New York. Notably, during his time at Lehman, he was involved in the sale of Pacific Internet, the first Asian Internet company to list on NASDAQ.
Hiro has served as a board member for many of his firms’ investments globally, offering his expertise in the technology sector and on global strategic growth initiatives. Notable companies include MasterClass, Gympass, Compass, Clutter, MessageBird, Framer, SmartNews, Quid and more. Hiro currently serves as a board member for Endeavor, a nonprofit whose mission is to build thriving entrepreneurial ecosystems in emerging and underserved markets around the globe.
Hiro earned a BA in Economics & International Studies from Northwestern University.
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Background
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2022 — Present
Founder & CEO
Wathos
Wathos is an advisory services and investment firm specializing in pre-IPO technology companies.
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2024 — Present
Founder & Managing Partner
Yuma Crossing Capital Advisors LLP
An advisory business founded by Hiro, engaged in a partnership with wealth manager AITi Global, Inc. with the aim to identify, invest in and support prominent private tech companies.
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2007 — 2022
General Partner
Atomico
Atomico is a European Venture Capital firm headquartered in London, with offices in Paris and Stockholm.
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2004 — 2008
Co-Founder & Managing Director
SP&W Co.
SP&W Co. was a financial services and advisory firm. It specialized in alternative and special-situation financing opportunities in Japan.
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2004 — 2008
Founder & CEO
Triple Junction Co.
Triple Junction Co. was a technology consulting firm focused on market entry of global companies into Japan / APAC. Key clients included Skype, eBay, eHarmony and Joost.
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1996 — 2000
Associate
Lehman Brothers
Lehman Brothers was an American global financial services firm founded in 1847. The firm Primarily did business in investment banking, equity, fixed-income research, investment management, private equity and private banking.
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2000 — 2004
Director
IRG Ltd.
IRG Ltd. was the first pan-Asian technology, media and telecom-focused investment platform, with offices in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore and Seoul.
In The News
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1 May 2024
AlTi Tiedemann Global Announces Partnership with Leading Tech Investor Hiro Tamura
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Formative Years
Education
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Northwestern University
BA | Economics & International Studies
1992 — 1996
Areas Of Focus