Experienced Venture Capital Investment
-Group Leader of of a technology focused investment group at JAFCO Co., Ltd., the largest venture capital firm in Japan.
-Focused on seeds/early stage medical devices, healthcare,materials and robotics.
-Served as a member of board of directors for 6 seed/early stage portfolio companies such as CYBERDYNE Inc.(robot/medical device) ,Spiber Inc. (material) ,Quantum Biosystems Inc. (DNA sequencers) ,Microwave Chemical Co., Ltd.(material) and Cyfuse Biomedical Inc.(regenerative medicine/Bio 3D printer).
-Received a master's degree in Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology.