Megumi Ikeda

Partner at Ode | Growth investor | Investing in mission critical technology for critical industries

📍 London, England, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 9 investments📅 22 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2023
VC🌍 United Kingdom
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Board Observer
Jul 2023
E-commerce is powered by content. Creative Force is the AI-driven content production management platform for online retailers designed to streamline and scale content creation to supercharge studio efficiency. Creative Force empowers online retailers to manage and scale every part of their content production pipelines, from sample management and post-production to real-time data synchronization with DAM, PIM, and other systems. With robust integration options for popular tools like Capture One, Photoshop, and Premiere, Creative Force enhances team collaboration, efficiency, and quality. The platform’s AI-powered automation capabilities allow teams to reduce manual work, gain insight and visibility into production, and deliver high-quality content at scale.
Board Observer
Sep 2020
Huboo is an eCommerce fulfilment partner using great people and smart technology to enable businesses to grow. We came to market because we could see an opportunity to do things differently. Our unique hub model creates service-led micro warehouses, putting people at the heart of an industry not known for it. For our clients, that means higher quality service and a human approach supported by flexible, end-to-end technology. We enable businesses to outsource the complications of fulfilment, effortlessly integrating with the world’s most popular sales channels and marketplaces.
Board Observer
Feb 2019
Plum Guide is the worlds leading curated home collection. Heres why. Plum Guide has redefined the vacation rental landscape. We are the only platform that meticulously curates extraordinary homes worldwide on an unprecedented scale. Our unique blend of home expertise, customer-centric focus, and cutting-edge AI technology has propelled us into an exceptional league of our own.
Board Observer
Jan 2018
We are making the world of commercial real estate more transparent, efficient, and faster. We combine traditional and alternative data sources with machine learning to help clients identify opportunities and manage risks across the market. GeoPhy provides diligence from a distance. OUR PRODUCTS: We deliver fast, reliable access to hyperlocal data, benchmarks, value estimates, sales comps, and more to help you assess the attractiveness and risks related to commercial multifamily properties across the US. OUR PEOPLE: Our multidisciplinary teams consist of data scientists, engineers, statisticians, and economists, using data science and supervised machine learning to optimize the unprecedented volume and variety of data now available in the real estate sector. OUR AWARDS: ‘Most Disruptive Innovator’ at Deloitte Fast 50; Top 16 Global Tech Startups at Pioneers Festival Vienna; 100 Most Innovative Dutch Companies at MKB Innovation Top 100; Top 75 Global CREtech Companies by Duke Long; Regional Finalist InnoTribe Competition
mid stageReal Estate
Board Observer
Jan 2018
From smartphones to connected cars, location data is changing the way we live and the way we run businesses. Everything happens somewhere, but visualizing data to see where things are isn’t the same as understanding why they happen there. CARTO is the world’s leading cloud native Location Intelligence platform, enabling organizations to use spatial data and analysis for more efficient delivery routes, better behavioral marketing, strategic store placements, and much more. Data Scientists, Developers, and Analysts use CARTO to optimize business processes, and predict future outcomes through the power of Spatial Data Science.
Board Member
Aug 2016
Signal AI provides real-time insights into the way your brand is perceived by the people who matter most to your business. Our AI-driven technology harnesses vast amounts of data from various media channels, enabling you to make data-driven decisions based on accurate and up-to-date information. From tracking sentiment and identifying trends to receiving alerts for breaking news and emerging topics, our platform offers comprehensive media monitoring, reputation management, and market intelligence services. Trust Signal AI to help you stay ahead of the competition and in control of your brands narrative. Signal AI serves over 40% of the Fortune 500 including Deloitte, Bank of America and Google, and is building an innovative and inclusive and enduring company to transform the way businesses make decisions.
BOARD MEMBER
2008
Bigpoint was founded in 2002 with the goal to provide great games that everybody can play. Over the following decade and beyond, we have continued to challenge what is possible in the online gaming sector – both from a technical and creative point of view. With releases such as Seafight, DarkOrbit Reloaded and Farmerama as well as the more recent launches of Drakensang, Hocus Puzzle and League of Angels II we have been consistently aiming to go beyond established benchmarks and introduce innovative gameplay to all categories of players. This has resulted in passionate communities who we see not only as consumers, but as invaluable and trusted partners who we involve in the shaping of the future of our titles as well as the company itself. All of our games are free-to play, everybody can access our titles without having to spend any money. Our game designers have the challenge of building monetization systems which are fair for all of our players. We strive for all of our players to have access to the majority of the content available in our games for free. 
late stageComputer Games
BOARD OBSERVER
2004
Since its launch in 1996, SundanceTV has remained true to founder Robert Redford’s mission to celebrate creativity and distinctive storytelling through unique voices and narratives found in the best independent films. From delivering critically acclaimed Emmy®, Golden Globe® and Peabody Award-winning television featuring some of the world's most talented creators and performers, to showcasing some of the most compelling and iconic films across genres and generations, SundanceTV is a smart and thought-provoking entertainment destination. SundanceTV is owned and operated by AMC Networks Inc.; its sister networks include AMC, IFC, BBC America and WE tv. SundanceTV is available across all platforms, including on-air, online at sundance.tv, on demand and mobile.
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2025
Ode Growth Partners
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Jan 2025
2023
Board Observer
Jul 2023
E-commerce is powered by content. Creative Force is the AI-driven content production management platform for online retailers designed to streamline and scale content creation to supercharge studio efficiency. Creative Force empowers online retailers to manage and scale every part of their content production pipelines, from sample management and post-production to real-time data synchronization with DAM, PIM, and other systems. With robust integration options for popular tools like Capture One, Photoshop, and Premiere, Creative Force enhances team collaboration, efficiency, and quality. The platform’s AI-powered automation capabilities allow teams to reduce manual work, gain insight and visibility into production, and deliver high-quality content at scale.
2020
Board Observer
Sep 2020
Huboo is an eCommerce fulfilment partner using great people and smart technology to enable businesses to grow. We came to market because we could see an opportunity to do things differently. Our unique hub model creates service-led micro warehouses, putting people at the heart of an industry not known for it. For our clients, that means higher quality service and a human approach supported by flexible, end-to-end technology. We enable businesses to outsource the complications of fulfilment, effortlessly integrating with the world’s most popular sales channels and marketplaces.
2019
Board Observer
Feb 2019
Plum Guide is the worlds leading curated home collection. Heres why. Plum Guide has redefined the vacation rental landscape. We are the only platform that meticulously curates extraordinary homes worldwide on an unprecedented scale. Our unique blend of home expertise, customer-centric focus, and cutting-edge AI technology has propelled us into an exceptional league of our own.
2018
Board Observer
Jan 2018
We are making the world of commercial real estate more transparent, efficient, and faster. We combine traditional and alternative data sources with machine learning to help clients identify opportunities and manage risks across the market. GeoPhy provides diligence from a distance. OUR PRODUCTS: We deliver fast, reliable access to hyperlocal data, benchmarks, value estimates, sales comps, and more to help you assess the attractiveness and risks related to commercial multifamily properties across the US. OUR PEOPLE: Our multidisciplinary teams consist of data scientists, engineers, statisticians, and economists, using data science and supervised machine learning to optimize the unprecedented volume and variety of data now available in the real estate sector. OUR AWARDS: ‘Most Disruptive Innovator’ at Deloitte Fast 50; Top 16 Global Tech Startups at Pioneers Festival Vienna; 100 Most Innovative Dutch Companies at MKB Innovation Top 100; Top 75 Global CREtech Companies by Duke Long; Regional Finalist InnoTribe Competition
mid stageReal Estate
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