Team

- Kosuke Ueda
President and CEO
- Takashi Chris Furukawa
Managing Partner
Main Responsibilities:
Corporate strategy planning
Major Investment Areas:Hardware/etc
Hands-on Management Support for Investees
- Yusuke Tsuji
Main Responsibilities:
Corporate management & strategic planning
Industry–academia, regional & international collaboration
Ecosystem building for social innovation
- Akihiko Asami
Partner
Corporate alliance
- Hideki Nagasaka
Partner & 1st Round Director
Head of Venture Creation and Accelerator Program
・Startup Growth
・Strategic Alliances with Corporations and Universities
- Junji Takaoka (Kevin)
Incubation Partner
Primary Responsibilities: Startup Creation, EIR Program, Global Startup Ecosystem Partnerships
- Kazuhiko Kakehi
Partner
Main Responsibilities:
Collaboration With the University of Tokyo and Government Offices
Corporate Networking
- Kei Furukawa
Partner (Investment)
Investment and Business Development Focus:
IT / Robotics
- Makoto (Mark) Ohori, Ph.D
Partner (Chief Investment Officer, Life Science)
Investment and Business Development Focus:
Life Science
- Masafumi Kawai
Partner
Main Responsibilities:
Fund of Funds
- Mikio Kawahara
Partner (Chief Investment Officer, IPC Fund 1)
Investment and Business Development Focus:
Life Science / Deep Tech
- Saori Ozawa
Partner(Head of Partnerships)
Head of Partnerships
・HR and PR support
・Alliance with Univ of Tokyo, governmental entities and corporate partners
- Suguru Mima
Partner (Capitalist)
Investment and Business Development Focus:
Carveout
Corporate Alliance
- Takayuki Kuwae
Partner
Main Responsibilities:
Corporate Department
- Ai Goto
Manager(Corporate Planning)
- Atsuhiro Bingo
Principal (Investment)
Investment and Business Development Focus:
Life Science
- Ayako Fujita
Manager (1stRound)
- Fuyuki Haba
Manager
Main Responsibilities:
Startup Investment / Business Development
- Hiroki Nakai
Manager (Corporate Management)
- Nako Kawashima
Manager
Investment and Business Development
- Satoko Yasuda
Manager (Corporate Management)
- Tatsuhiko Katayama
Manager (Investment)
Investment and Business Development Focus:AI, Energy, Drone
- Toko Nishimura
Director (1stRound)
- Yuki Tomokage
Manager (Corporate Management)
- Akiko Tsuchiya
Director, Public Relations
- Yuko Hagiwara
HR Advisor
- Kent Suga
Manager(Startup Building Program)
- Hiroaki Sugita
Senior Advisor
Main Responsibilities:
Corporate Alliance
- Takahiro Mizumoto
Fellow
- Outside Experts
Outside Experts




