He spent nearly six years at Mobile Internet Capital investing primarily in IT startups, making 20+ investments and supporting multiple exits, including IPOs and M&A. Prior to venture investing, he worked at Osaka Gas and JR East, where he contributed to company-wide disaster preparedness planning and managed civil engineering and construction projects. He joined ain as a founding team member in September 2025.
- Career
- • 2025: Joined ain as a founding team member
• 2019–2025: Mobile Internet Capital — Startup investing and fundraising
• 2017–2019: JR East — Managed design and construction projects, including station accessibility (barrier-free) improvements
• 2013–2017: Osaka Gas — Worked on company-wide disaster preparedness strategy for natural disasters; analyzed disaster-risk data across multiple cities and helped plan and develop new disaster-prevention systems
• B.S., The University of Tokyo (Faculty of Agriculture)
• M.S., The University of Tokyo (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences; specialization in Protein Engineering)
- Investment Focus & Style
- Early- to mid-stage investments across IT/DX, healthcare, construction, and secondary transactions.
- From
- Hyogo, Japan
- Motto
- Sincerity moves people—when you act with integrity, others respond.
- Interests
- Coffee; manga/anime; baseball (Hanshin Tigers fan); tennis.