Kazuna Yamamoto (CAJ 2015)
Entrepreneur
Kazuna was born in Hong Kong, raised in Singapore and Japan, and currently resides in Chile.
She is the Founder and President of Voice Up Japan, an organization with a vision of a society where anyone can raise their voice, in hopes of creating an equitable society where one is not judged by gender, sexuality, nationality, and religion.
She is the Co-Founder and CEO of WAYVX, a Chilean-based firm dedicated to the digitalization and democratization of the financial industry through the implementation of blockchain and other decentralized ledgers.
Currently, she is working in Corporate Venture Capital Investments at Kauffman Ventures.
TIMESTAMP
0:45 - Introduction
3:05 - Going into entrepreneurship at a young age
4:28 - Voice Up Japan
5:28 - How did being an international school student affect your perspective when it came to social issues?
6:28 - How attending Christian Academy Japan (CAJ) affected her perspectives
11:42 - Learning a 3rd language - Spanish
13:59 - Blockchain technology and crypto-currency
16:59 - The Kauffman Ventures
17:44 - the day-to-day tasks/schedule as a young entrepreneur
18:53 - Long-term goals - VC funds and politics
22:40 - What is to come
Voice Up Japan https://voiceupjapan.org/
