CEO, TOCA FOOTBALL
WHY: Heads 6-year-old soccer experience and training company based in Costa Mesa, company has $200M valuation after October 2019 $25M Series D round.
RECENT: In August, said it would launch world’s first soccer entertainment venue, TOCA Social, in a 30,000-square-foot site at London’s The O2.
NOTABLE: Company’s training technology developed by former U.S. soccer star, World Cup vet Eddie Lewis. Maruyama brought on board to “deliver a world-class entertainment experience.”