Joi Ito is a well-known investor who serves as chairman of Creative Commons and blog tool company Six Apart. He also sits on the boards of Technorati, Socialtext, and the Mozilla Foundation.

Joi Ito was born in Kyoto, Japan.

Milestones
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Invested in Ping.fm. (12/22/08)
Posted 12/22/08 at 10:51am
Joi Ito — Named one of Time Magazine's top 25 most influential people on the web (2008) (9/30/08)
Posted 9/30/08 at 11:36am
Invested in Fon. (4/10/08)
Posted 4/10/08 at 9:49am
Invested in Flowgram. (1/31/08)
Posted 7/2/08 at 12:49pm
Invested in GameLayers. (10/1/07)
Posted 11/17/07 at 6:25am
Invested in Dopplr. (9/1/07)
Posted 9/4/07 at 3:00am
Invested in Rupture. (7/07)
Posted 10/2/07 at 4:20am
Invested in Tiny Pictures. (5/05)
Posted 2/24/08 at 12:14am
Added position as Angel Investor at Last.fm.
Posted 7/11/07 at 2:25am
Added position as Investor via Digital Garage at Fon.
Posted 2/6/08 at 6:45pm
Added position as Board Member and Investor at Technorati.
Posted 6/11/07 at 8:14pm
Added position as Board of Directors at Socialtext.
Posted 2/18/08 at 5:26pm
Added position as Angel Investor at Wikia.
Posted 2/18/08 at 5:40pm
Added position as Angel Investor at Kongregate.
Posted 2/18/08 at 5:40pm
Added position as Executive Director at Sanrio Digital.
Posted 3/24/08 at 11:01am
Added position as CEO at Creative Commons.
Posted 4/10/08 at 10:33am
Added position as Founder and CEO at Neoteny.
Posted 4/10/08 at 10:36am
Added position as Board Member at Mozilla.
Posted 4/10/08 at 10:52am
Added position as Board Director at Mozilla.
Posted 4/23/08 at 11:39am

Videos

Investments

Company	Date	Round	Size	Participants
Ping.fm	12/08	Angel		2
Fon	4/08	Series C	€6M	6
Flowgram	1/08	Seed	$1.3M	8
GameLayers	10/07	Seed	$500k	3
Dopplr	9/07	Seed		4
Rupture	7/07	Angel	$3M	4
Tiny Pictures	5/05	Seed		2