GP, Rice Capital Taro Fukuyama is a solo GP at Rice Capital, a $20M seed fund that invests in US and Japanese startups. Taro is the former founder of Fond, which was backed by Y Combinator and Andreessen Horowitz and acquired by Edenred in 2023. Born and raised in Tokyo, he studied at Keio University before moving to the US to found Fond. He is also a director on the board of SmartHR. Taro Fukuyama 46