# Arthur Kaneko

> Arthur Kaneko is Co-Founder and General Partner of Coreline Ventures, a boutique early-stage firm investing across the US, Japan and other key markets. He spent a decade running RealScout, a real estate technology company, after starting his career as an investor at DCM Ventures and a product manager at Togetherville. Coreline's pitch is restraint: a small number of high-conviction bets and a decade-plus commitment to each founder.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & General Partner at Coreline Ventures
- **Organizations:** Coreline Ventures, RealScout (former CEO), DCM Ventures (former Investment VP), Togetherville (former Product Manager)
- **Nationality:** American (Japanese-Chinese heritage)
- **Education:** BA, International Relations & Economics, Stanford University, Secondary school, The Thacher School
- **Known for:** Co-founded Coreline Ventures, a boutique global venture firm investing across US and Japan, Led RealScout as CEO for roughly a decade, including expansion of the Buyer Graph platform, Advised portfolio companies on M&A and fundraising while VP at DCM Ventures

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Graduated Stanford with BA in International Relations & Economics
- **2009-2010** — Product Manager at Togetherville, a social network for kids and families
- **2010-2014** — Investment VP at DCM Ventures, sourcing and advising consumer-facing investments
- **2014** — Joined RealScout as CEO after meeting the founder while at DCM
- **2014-2024** — Led RealScout through restructuring, Buyer Graph expansion, and COVID-era headwinds
- **2025** — Co-founder Andrew Flachner returned as RealScout CEO
- **2025** — Co-founded Coreline Ventures as General Partner alongside Osuke Honda, Kenichiro Hara, and Matthew Bonner

## Achievements

- Co-founded Coreline Ventures, a boutique global venture firm investing across US and Japan
- Led RealScout as CEO for roughly a decade, including expansion of the Buyer Graph platform
- Advised portfolio companies on M&A and fundraising while VP at DCM Ventures
- Trilingual operator working across English, Japanese and elementary Mandarin

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Publicly announced his new role as Co-Founding General Partner at Coreline Ventures.
- **2025-01** — RealScout co-founder Andrew Flachner returned to the CEO role, freeing Kaneko's next chapter.

## Links

- Website: https://coreline.vc
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akaneko/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/arthurkaneko

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