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Tomohito Kurita 栗田智仁

A Tokyo-based entrepreneur and investor. Former institutional banker and real-estate developer, restaurant operator in the United States, now operating and investing in food-service SaaS and related businesses.

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Tomohito Kurita
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Profile

About

Tomohito Kurita is a Tokyo-based entrepreneur and investor. He began his career in the institutional division of a leading Japanese securities firm, then moved to a major foreign-owned real-estate developer, and later operated restaurants in the United States before returning to Japan.

Combining the quantitative discipline built in international finance with the operational reality he learned running restaurants abroad, he now owns and operates multiple businesses across food-service SaaS, service, and real-estate sectors, focusing on cross-sector value creation and long-term business continuity.

He is also active as an individual investor in listed Japanese companies, practicing a portfolio-management approach across industries.

Numbers alone do not run a business. The integration of on-the-ground judgment and quantitative rigour is what I learned across three very different fields: finance, real estate, and hospitality. — From the personal notes of Tomohito Kurita
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Career Phases
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Core Sectors
Multi
Listed Holdings
Tokyo
Base
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Career Journey

Four Phases
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Phase I — Finance

Institutional Division, Leading Japanese Securities Firm

Handled corporate capital raising and capital-markets business. Built the foundation of quantitative analysis, deal evaluation, and the discipline of dialogue with executives.

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Phase II — Real Estate

Major Foreign-Owned Real-Estate Developer

Responsible for the underwriting of large real-estate transactions and portfolio management. Engaged in business evaluation framed by cost of capital, and in cross-border structuring.

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Phase III — Hospitality

Restaurant Operator, United States

Launched and operated restaurants on the ground in the United States. Faced the realities of operations, people, and customer interaction that finance had never exposed, and acquired a practical perspective on the hospitality industry.

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Phase IV — Current

Entrepreneur & Investor

Integrating the quantitative rigour of institutional finance with the on-the-ground sensitivity gained in US hospitality, he now operates and invests in multiple businesses centered on food-service SaaS. A portfolio-management view guides a long-term orientation toward business continuity.

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Business Focus

Areas of Activity

Food-Service SaaS

Operation, planning, and investment judgment for SaaS products serving the food-service industry.

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Service Sector

Operation of service-sector businesses and investment in digital-transformation initiatives.

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Real Estate

Portfolio construction and ongoing management of real-estate holdings.

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New Ventures

Early-stage investment and advisory grounded in cross-industry operating experience.

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Food-Service SaaS Market Map

Market Watch

A market-observation view of the SaaS products that support restaurant operations, used as a reference for business operation and investment judgment.

This information is a personal organisation of publicly available observations. It is not intended to rank or recommend any specific product. For adoption decisions, please refer to each vendor's official information.
01Rank
Smaregi
POS / Order Management

Smaregi

A flagship cloud POS product. Strong in multi-location inventory linkage and sales visibility, with broad adoption across retail and hospitality.

★★★★★
4.7
Market Presence
02Rank
dinii
POS / Customer Data

dinii

A mobile-order-native POS. Designed around customer data so that visit history flows directly into management decisions. Gaining traction among mid-sized chains.

★★★★☆
4.5
Growth Velocity
03Rank
Toreta
Reservation / CRM

Toreta

A widely-used reservation management platform for restaurants. Built around direct bookings and a unified guest ledger, with strong operational stickiness across restaurant formats.

★★★★☆
4.4
Retention
04Rank
TableCheck
Reservation / Guest Mgmt

TableCheck

An integrated reservation and guest-management platform. Strong in overseas booking channels, visibly adopted by restaurants with a high inbound-traveler mix.

★★★★☆
4.3
Global Reach
05Rank
AirREGI
POS / Small Business

AirREGI

A free cloud POS from Recruit, widely used as the entry point to digitalization for small independent restaurants, with expanding connections to reservation and payment services.

★★★★☆
4.2
Accessibility
06Rank
Foodison
Inventory / Cost Control

Foodison

An ingredient procurement platform for restaurants. Supports cost control and loss reduction, and is gaining recognition as a service that brings transparency to sourcing.

★★★★☆
4.1
Niche Leader
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Speaking Engagements

Talks & Seminars

Drawing on experience in institutional finance and hands-on restaurant operation in the United States, he accepts speaking engagements at industry associations, corporate training programs, and executive seminars.

Topic 01 Business opportunities in Japan, seen from an international finance background.
Topic 02 What running restaurants in the US teaches about the essence of operations.
Topic 03 The structure of the food-service SaaS market and where the opportunities sit.
Topic 04 Portfolio-management approaches to running multiple businesses in parallel.
Topic 05 A judgment framework for cross-border business investment.
Topic 06 Practical use of customer data across service-sector businesses.
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Contact

Get in Touch

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