Episode 10 - Hiro Tamura on the state of tech and where it is headed

Wamda

During an event for Wamda Capital’s investors and partners earlier this year, Hiro Tamura gave a presentation on global emerging trends in tech, highlighting tools and opportunities in MENA.

Tamura is a partner at Atomico, a London based fund that opened it’s doors in 2006 and that invests in tech opportunities around the world, mostly focusing on Europe. Atomico premise and focus is on investing outside Silicon Valley in disruptive tech companies with ambitious founders from series A onwards. The company espouses an entrepreneur driven formula based on symbiotic relationships between investors and investees.

Tamura first encountered one of his current partners at Atomico, Niklas Zennström, co-founder of Skype, when working on expanding Zennström’s platform internationally.

Before joining Atomico in 2008 Tamura was involved in pan-Asian tech investment and consultancy. Once he came on board at Atomico he oversaw the raising of the the firm’s third fund which on it’s closing date was worth three times as much as the previous fund.

In his presentation Tamura address different kinds of tech ecosystems and he analyses the observable macro landscapes in the sector. He addresses emerging trends in the tech world and emphasizes the kinds of tools available for investors today, especially so in emerging markets such as the MENA.