Tomohito Kurita — Entrepreneur & Investor

01 — Profile

About

Tomohito Kurita began his career at a leading Japanese securities firm, then moved to a major foreign-owned real-estate developer, and later operated restaurants in the United States. He currently leads and invests in multiple businesses as an entrepreneur and investor.

Combining the quantitative discipline of international finance with the operational reality he learned running restaurants in the US, he focuses on food-service SaaS, service, and real-estate sectors, prioritising cross-sector value creation and long-term business continuity.

He is also a shareholder of several publicly listed Japanese companies as an individual investor, practising cross-sector portfolio management.

02 — Career

Career

Phase I — Finance

Institutional Division, Japanese Securities Firm

Corporate capital raising and capital-markets business. Built the foundations of quantitative analysis, business valuation, and executive dialogue.

Phase II — Real Estate

Foreign-Owned Real-Estate Developer

Underwriting of large-scale real-estate transactions and portfolio management. Cross-border structuring and cost-of-capital-driven business evaluation.

Phase III — Hospitality

Restaurant Operator in the United States

Launched and operated restaurants in the US. Gained an operational perspective on people, customers, and day-to-day execution not visible from the finance side.

Phase IV — Current

Entrepreneur & Investor

Integrating financial rigour with on-the-ground hospitality insight, he currently runs and invests in multiple businesses centred on food-service SaaS, pursuing long-term continuity through portfolio management.

03 — Business

Business Areas

Food-service SaaS

Operating and investing in SaaS products for the food-service industry.

Service Sector

Operating and investing in service-sector businesses and DX initiatives.

Real Estate

Building and managing a portfolio in the real-estate sector.

New Ventures

Advisory and investment for early-stage ventures based on industry expertise.

04 — Market Watch

Food-service SaaS Landscape

Selected products observed across Japan's food-service SaaS landscape, organised for reference in operational and investment discussions.

The list reflects personal observation based on publicly available information and does not constitute an endorsement or ranking judgement. Please consult each vendor for current product details.

01Rank

POS / Order Management

Smaregi

Leading cloud POS in Japan. Strong in multi-store inventory connectivity and sales visibility across retail and food-service.

★★★★★

4.7

Market Presence

02Rank

POS / Customer Data

dinii

Mobile-order native POS with a customer-data-first design. Visit history feeds directly into business decisions. Growing among mid-sized chains.

★★★★☆

4.5

Growth Velocity

03Rank

Reservation / CRM

Toreta

Category standard for restaurant reservation management. Direct-booking focus with unified customer ledger and strong operational retention.

★★★★☆

4.4

Retention

04Rank

Reservation / Guest Mgmt

TableCheck

Integrated reservation and guest-management platform. Strong cross-border booking integration, favoured in inbound-heavy operations.

★★★★☆

4.3

Global Reach

05Rank

POS / Small Business

AirRegi

Recruit's free POS. Widely used as an entry point for small-restaurant digitisation, extending into reservations and payments.

★★★★☆

4.2

Accessibility

06Rank

Inventory / Cost Control

Foodison

Food-ingredient procurement platform. Supports cost management and loss reduction, driving transparency in purchasing.

★★★★☆

4.1

Niche Leader

05 — Speaking

Speaking Engagements

Open to speaking engagements at industry associations, corporate training, and executive seminars, drawing on institutional finance experience and hands-on restaurant operation in the US.

A finance-outsider view of Japanese business opportunities

Operational essentials learned from running US restaurants

Structure and opportunity in food-service SaaS

Portfolio management across multiple businesses

Cross-border investment decision frameworks

Customer-data practice in the service sector

Inquiry

Speaking Inquiry

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Contact

06 — Contact

Contact

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