President & CEO of MVC Corporation
Area: Japan, China/Korea/Others
Office : MVC Corporation Tokyo Office
Mr. Nagao is President & CEO of MVC Corporation. He joined Mitsui & Co., Ltd. in 1982, and started his career in its Legal Department. He worked in Mitsui’s Tokyo and New York offices as inhouse counsel, and after contributing to the success of a number of investment and M&A projects in Japan, China and the Americas, he transferred to the Corporate Development Division, where his responsibilities included Mitsui’s private equity and principal investment initiatives. Mr. Nagao initiated and implemented Mitsui’s equity participation in Quintiles Transnational Japan, a leading outsourcing company for the pharmaceutical industry, and since the closing in 2004, had been seconded to Quintiles Transnational Japan as SVP, Corporate Development, until he assumed the role of President & CEO of MVC Corporation. Collaborative Researcher, Division of University Corporate Relations, the University of Tokyo. LL.B., University of Tokyo; LL.M. Columbia Law School. Admitted to the New York Bar.
Venture Partner
Domain: IT
Area: Japan
Office : MVC Corporation Tokyo Office
Mr. Hirano is a Venture Partner at Mitsui Ventures with a focus on information and Web technology investments. He came to Mitsui Ventures from Novell, where he served as Vice President of Asia Pacific Strategic Alliance. His previous management experiences include CEO of Red Hat Japan and GM of its North Asian operation at Red Hat Inc, CEO of its Japanese entity at Hyperion, recently acquired by Oracle, a board of directors and head of its software division at ASCII, and CEO of Venture Com, Japan. Mr. Hirano also served to Open Source Development Labs as Director of Asia. He started his carrier at IBM as an engineer on computer platform technology, and also was one of the first journalists on Japan's best known IT magazine, Nikkei Computer. He holds a Bachelor in Physics from Tokyo’s Sophia University. He is the author of "The Great Journey to Commoditization of Linux and Open Source" (Nikkei BP Creative).
Investment Partner
Domain: New Domain, IT
Area: Japan, China/Korea/Others
Office : MVC Corporation Tokyo Office
Mr. Kimura joined MVC in May 2003. He was engaged in satellite communications/broadcasting, contents business, etc. at Mitsui Information Business Development Division. He has taken charge of import sales of network products and the investment in the network product ventures at Mitsui IT Solution Division since 1998.
Venture Partner
Domain: Health Care
Area: Japan
Office : MVC Corporation Tokyo Office
Mr. Fuchikami comes with over 10 years of experience in drug discovery researches from gene discovery to preclinical research. Prior to join MVC, he worked for 12 years at Research Center Kyoto, in Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd. At Bayer, his primary focus was kinase inhibitors, respiratory diseases, inflammatory diseases and allergy. Mr. Fuchikami holds an M.Sc. In the field of Medical Sciences from Osaka University Medical School.
Senior Associate
Domain: IT
Area: Japan
Office : MVC Corporation Tokyo Office
Mr. Kozuka joined Mitsui & Co., Ltd. in 1997 and MVC Corporation in 2007. He worked at Legal Division, Corporate Communications Division and IT Business Unit of Mitsui Tokyo HQ. He has 5 years experience in IT industries, especially system integration, service planning and development in mobile business. He holds a B.A. in Laws from Keio University.
Associate
Domain: IT
Area: Japan
Office : MVC Corporation Tokyo Office
Mr. Mizuno joined MVC in January 2007. Before that, he was a corporate sales representative in vodafone K.K./Soft Bank Mobile/Soft Bank Telecom. He was engaged to build a Mobile Office environment such as mobile messaging service similar to BlackBerry, Fixed Mobile Convergence and a remote access environment
Associate
Domain: IT
Area: Japan
Office : MVC Corporation Tokyo Office
Mr. Yoshikawa puts his eyes on early stage information technology investments. Prior to his joining Mitsui Ventures in February 2007, he had been for Red Hat Inc. since 2001, where he was a business development and alliance manager to OEM business channels and Hosing channels in Asia-Pacific area. He has been certified as Red Hat Certified Engineer. Collaborative Researcher, Division of University Corporate Relations, the University of Tokyo. Yoshikawa earned a BA from School of Letters, Arts and Sciences 1 at Waseda University, in Tokyo.
Associate
Domain: IT
Area: Japan
Office : MVC Corporation Tokyo Office
Mr.Koda covers investments in IT industry, focusing on hardware or cleantech area. He joined Mitsui in 2003, starting his career in accounting and finance in machinery, apparel and other commodity business. After he worked for planning and administration in Mitsui's global VC operation and other PE activities, joined Mitsui Ventures in 2007. He holds a B.S. in Engineering from Tokyo University.
Investment Partner
Domain: Retail & Service
Area: Japan
Office : MVC Corporation Tokyo Office
Mr. Watanabe has over 7 years experience in various IT industries, including his previous work for Mitsui’s global information systems. He took part in system development project such as mitsui’s internal enterprise system, Customer Relationship Management(CRM)system, and Supply Chain Management system. Also, during the job assignment in UK, he had numerous system development project with Japanese company in European country. He holds a B.A. in Arts in economics from Keio University.
Venture Partner
Domain: Retail & Service
Area: Japan
Office : MVC Corporation Tokyo Office
Mr. Masaki joined Mitsui Ventures in May 2008 as Venture Partner, and since has been focused on investments in retail and service sector. Previously, he worked at Fujita Corporation, a large operator of restaurants and retail chain, where he was responsible for store development and merchandising in Tokyo area. After several successful years at Fujita, he took a position with Service Business Division of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., in charge of developing new business utilizing the franchise method.
Analyst
Area: Japan, China/Korea/Others
Office : MVC Corporation Tokyo Office
Ms.Iga joined MVC in December 2005 and started her career as Analyst from January 2007. She has worked in Telecommunications and Cables Div. (the present Mobile Business Div.) at Mitsui & Co., Ltd. for more than 10 years. After that, she was a coporate sales representative from 2003 to 2005 in Vodafone K.K.
Chief Representative of Shanghai Office & Investment Partner
Domain: IT, New Domain, Health Care
Area: China/Korea/Others
Office : MVC Corporation Shanghai Office
Mr. Shimizu is a Partner based in Shanghai, where he focuses on investments in information technology, telecommunications, software, and internet infrastructure.In 1993, he joined Mitsui & Co., Ltd, the parent company of MVC. During his 12 years of experience at Mitsui, he has been in charge of two different fields of business: Asian-related business and Internet-based business.
Senior Associate
Domain: IT, New Domain, Health Care
Area: Japan, China/Korea/Others
Office : MVC Corporation Beijing Officebr
Mr. Watanabe joined Mitsui & Co., Ltd. in 2003. He began his career at its Life Science Division and engaged in outsourcing services for the manufacture of drugs and intermediates/raw materials across Japan, US, Europe, Korea, India and China for 2 years. After that, he spent 2 years in China under Mitsui's program to study Chinese and for a job assignment in Tianjin. He joined Mitsui Ventures in 2007, and mainly takes charge of investments in Greater China. Mr. Watanabe holds a bachelor's degree in Applied Physics from Waseda University and a master's degree in Integrative Bioscience and Biomedical Engineering from Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University.
Associate
Domain: IT, Health Care
Area: China/Korea/Others
Office : MVC Corporation Beijing Office
Ms. Flora Guo joined Mitsui Ventures in 2007, and is an associate based in Beijing, China. She is in charge of the area of IT, Cleantech and other growing business sectors in China. She is from Hubei province, and prior to joining Mitsui Ventures, worked for several years at Zero2IPO Group, an integrated service provider for Chinese venture capital and private equity industry. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Tech and Foreign Trade English from Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics.
Senior Associate
Domain: IT, New Domain
Area: China/Korea/Others
Office : MVC Corporation Shanghai Office
Mr. Billy Gan joined MVC in Feb.2007 as a Senior Associate, upon receiving his MBA degree in China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). Based in Shanghai, Billy covers the sectors of Internet, IC and Cleantech. Prior to Mitsui Venture, he worked in HSBC for several years on the operation.
Senior Associate
Domain: IT, Health Care
Area: China/Korea/Others
Office : MVC Corporation Shanghai Office
Ms. Maggie Jiang joined Mitsui Ventures in 2005 and is an associate staff based in Shanghai, China. She takes part in the investment in internet, telecommunications, software, media, and other new sectors emerging in Chinese market.Maggie was born in Shanghai. Prior to Mitsui Ventures, she had several years of experiences in the real estate development sectors in Shanghai and Bangkok. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Finance and Banking from Shanghai University and a Master degree in Business Administration from Assumption University, Thailand.
Domain: IT, New Domain
Area: China/Korea/Others
Office : MVC Corporation Shanghai Office
Ms. Frances Jiang joined Mitsui Ventures in 2006 as an investment assistant at Shanghai office, China. She engages in the investment on the area of telecommunication, IT, New Media, software and other new upsurge sectors in Chinese market. Before joining Mitsui Ventures, she worked at China Telecom Co., Ltd, Wireless Communications Business Unit., and had several years of study and work experiences in the UK. She holds a degree of Master of Science in Management from Brunel University, London.
Chief Representative of Shanghai Office & Investment Partner
MVC Corporation
Shanghai Office
