Naotake Murayama is a seasoned entrepreneur with vast experience in startup operations, finance, fundraising, and business development. He has been involved in successful growth, fundraises, and exits, as well as pivots, downsizings, recapitalizations, executive turnovers, and cash crunches. His core skills include strategic planning, finance, legal, and HR, and he has acquired his expertise through intense "battlefield" experiences. In addition, he has extensive cross-industry and cross-technology knowledge, built an army of expert contacts, and is bilingual and bicultural, having worked in the US and Japan.

Murayama has a BA from Keio University and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He has held multiple advisory roles, including Advisor to Founder and CEO at DouZen, Inc., Advisor/Coach/Mentor to Founders, Advisor at SplitX, Advisor to the Founder and CEO at MyTraining, and Advisor to the Founder and CEO at Mesh Motion Inc. He has also served on the Board of Directors at Nota Inc. and was Head of Co-Lab and Resident Entrepreneur at Toyota Innovation Hub (TIH) Co-Lab. Additionally, he has held executive positions such as Vice President, Corporate Finance & Business Operation at Aviir, Inc. and Director, Business Development at AlphaDetail.