Entrepreneur Association of Tokyo
Speaker - Amir Ayalon, Sozon

Amir Ayalon, President of Zenlok Inc.
December 06 2005 - Speaker
March 02, 2010 - Roundtable Expert

Amir Ayalon is a successful serial entrepreneur living in Tokyo, Japan. Born in Israel and raised in Sydney, Australia Amir arrived in Japan in 1994 to study the martial art, Aikido.

Having been directly involved in multiple successful start-ups, he knows 1st hand, exactly what it takes to go from a new venture to a well structured corporation and through to a successful exit.

In 2003, Amir founded Sozon Inc launching Japan’s first SEO software solution (SeoSpy™). Amir grew the company from 3 people to 40 people in under 2 years by combining his expertise of both technology and marketing. 24 months after launching the business, Sozon was acquired by ValueCommerce, a Yahoo Japan subsidiary

In 2007, Amir founded Zenlok Corporation with the mission of becoming the world’s standard solution for email encryption and using as a platform to reduce the global waste of paper, and better the environment. Since its launch, Zenlok has received massive media exposure and its launch was featured on the prime time news, covering the “World’s Most Famous (former) Hacker – Kevin Mitnick” and his first ever visit to Japan. Zenlok has filed multiple international patents in both the USA and Japan and is both a leader and innovator in the fields of security, authentication and encryption.

Amir currently serves on the board of multiple ventures and related organizations.