Haruka Takamori
Co-founder & CEO @Syval
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WORK HISTORY
Co-founder & CEO @Syval
San Francisco, CA, US
Consumer fintech app | App Store• Raised $300K pre-seed with just an idea — no product, no team, no traction. Recruited advisors including former OCC CIO and Goldman Sachs VP• Shipped consumer app to App Store; achieved 24-minute average sessions (exceptional for finance apps)• Conducted 500+ user interviews; made data-driven pivot from social features to transaction tracking based on engagement analytics• Integrated Plaid API; personally debugged Chase/BofA OAuth redirect failures by working directly with Plaid engineering• Shipped 10+ features in one month using AI-assisted development (Claude); managed Supabase backend• Built engineering quality system (Notion docs, Slack automation, QA processes) — reduced bug rate by 50%, scaled team from 3 to 10• Generated 10+ B2B enterprise leads at 4 fintech conferences; saved $10-20K through creative vendor negotiation• Created 100+ TikTok videos generating 2M+ views; drove organic growth via Reddit marketing (100+ users/month)
EDUCATION
UC San Diego Extended Studies
Finance, General
Waseda University
Bachelor's degree, Finance, General
ABOUT HARUKA TAKAMORI
I build products and operations from zero. 2x founder who ships fast and scales teams without sacrificing quality.Product: Shipped consumer fintech app to App Store — 24-minute average sessions (exceptional for finance). 600+ user interviews across ventures. Technical when needed: debugged OAuth issues, built Supabase backend, integrated Plaid/Stripe APIs. Shipped 10+ features in one month using AI-assisted development.Operations: Built engineering quality systems (Notion, Slack automation, QA processes) that reduced bug rate 50% and scaled team from 3→10. Managed vendors, set up entities, created playbooks. Former investment banker — strong financial controls background.Before founding: VC at STRIVE ($200M AUM) — led $1.8M in investments, evaluated 200+ startups at Plug and Play, drove 5-10% MoM revenue growth at portfolio companies through hands-on product support.Cross-border: Native in Japanese and Mandarin, fluent in English. Co-founded Tokyo\'s first English-speaking founder community (1,500+ members). Mentored 10 female founders; 3 raised pre-seed.Background: Syval (fintech) → Cruzzie (B2B SaaS) → STRIVE (VC) → Plug and Play (VC) → SMBC Nikko (IB, Kioxia IPO ~¥1.8T) → ByteDance
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