Profile

He mainly plans funds and assist in business development for the invested companies. Currently he is engaged as a general partner for Dentsu Ventures.

Before the establishment of Prime Partners, he was involved in CVC establishment and operational support for major Japanese businesses at an independent Japanese venture capital firm. Prior to that, he supported establishment of management strategies for major corporations in and outside Japan at the Boston Consulting Group. He was also engaged mainly in M&A advisory work at the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Daiwa Securities SMBC Co., Ltd.

Graduated from the Faculty of engineering at Kyoto University, then the Graduate School of Engineering at Kyoto University, and earned his MBA at the Simon Business School at the University of Rochester.