# Takeshi Hakamada: person

Canonical ID: `38cbaa3f-df85-4ffa-9484-a421d64165f4`

Founder and CEO of ispace, inc. (2010). Originated from the team that competed in the Google Lunar XPRIZE (Team HAKUTO). Led ispace through the record-largest Japan Series A ($90.2M, 2017) and the HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar landing attempt (April 2023). Mission 1 crash-landed; Mission 2 ongoing.

- **Nationality:** Japanese
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (1)

- [ispace](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/ispace.md) Founder and CEO since 2010-01-01 (secondary-verified)

## Foundings (1)

- [ispace](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/ispace.md) founded 2010-01-01 (sole)

## Sources (2)

1. https://ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=2581
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ispace


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