Christos Makiyama

Co-Founder, Loctio
Partner, Fieldscale
President, Silicon Planet

Christos Makiyama

Co-Founder, Loctio
Partner, Fieldscale
President, Silicon Planet

Biography

Christos Makiyama is co-founder of Loctio, a technology provider developing innovative technology for IoT device positioning, a Partner at Fieldscale, both based in Greece, and an advisor in various technology startups.
Christos is also the president of Silicon Planet, a venture development firm he founded in February 2001. During the last 20 years, he supported various Japanese corporations with their new venture initiatives and technology startups to identify market opportunities and develop viable businesses around innovative ideas.
In 2004, Christos joined the executive team of Helic, an innovative Greek startup in Electronic Design Automation, and until 2019 helped to close many high-value business deals with companies in semiconductors design such as SONY, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Panasonic, Samsung, Denso, and secure a strategic investment from Fujitsu and Magma Design. Ansys, the world market leader in engineering simulation solutions, acquired Helic in February 2019.
Christos was also an angel investor and Director of the Board of Think Silicon, a startup in ultra-low power GPU and Display controller design. Applied Materials, the world leader in semiconductor and display engineering solutions, acquired Think Silicon in April 2020.
He is a Board member of the Greek Chamber of Commerce in Japan and a mentor with Reload Greece, a UK-based non-profit organization aiming to educate and support young Greek entrepreneurs.
Christos was born in Japan and raised in Greece and Cyprus. He holds an Electronic Engineering Degree from the Osaka Institute of Technology.

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