Building the data foundation for Japanese real estate
DNK brings real estate expertise and software development together to help firms manage their property data. Our platform, Data Manager, collects, organizes and securely shares PMRs, while Hephaestus, our proprietary AI engine, turns their contents into standardized data for analysis and reporting.
Japan’s property reports contain years of valuable operating history, yet that information remains scattered across files and inboxes. We’re building a dependable home for those records, where each report adds to a history that stays useful as teams change, portfolios evolve and properties change hands.
Matt Shampine
Founder & CEO, DNK
Matt brings more than 16 years of experience building and scaling proptech businesses across Asia-Pacific. At WeWork, he led expansion across six APAC markets and served as Korea General Manager. He also built core software supporting WeWork’s building operations and sales.
Takashi Naito
CEO, DNK Japan · COO, DNK
Takashi brings 25 years of Japanese real estate investment experience. He led DWS’s Japanese real estate platform and built real estate and distressed debt investment businesses at PAG, following roles in real estate private equity and alternatives at Fortress and Credit Suisse.
Richard Lee
Head of Engineering, DNK
Richard brings more than 20 years of experience in engineering and global cloud platforms. At CoStar, he scaled platform engineering for Apartments.com and LoopNet. His experience also includes building large-scale data infrastructure at CalAmp and establishing enterprise cloud governance at Pacific Life.
We’re building modern data infrastructure for Japanese real estate with the support of global venture firms and regional financial institutions.
