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Sota Watanabe

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Smart Money Rating: 81 out of 100

Founder, Next Web Capital

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Next Web Capital
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Record updated 20 September 2026

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Sota is the founder of Astar Network, a multichain smart contract hub on Polkadot. Previously he has worked at Chronicled, as well as served as a joint research fellow at the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo.

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