After joining Macnica Inc specializing in IT solutions, he spent most of his career mainly involved in new business development centered on collaboration with startups in Silicon Valley, Israel, and SouthEast Asia, as well as investment in partner companies.
He has extensive experience for commercialization, business exit support including creating strategies , go-to market, partner development, and human resource recruitment. Currently he has 2 bases in Malaysia and Japan.

Associate Professor in the Department of Collaborative Design at Joshibi University of Art and Design.
Summoner at the non-profit organization Tosayama Academy.
Engaged in research and development of HMI (Human Machine Interface) at DENSO CORPORATION, Research Laboratories.
Transferred to the Tokyo branch in 2017, promoted the commercialization of mobility services.
In 2018, spearheaded and consistently managed the internal entrepreneurship program DIVE (DENSO Innovative VENtures), leading to the successful launch of several new innovative business.

Eriko is a tech and social impact angel investor focused on Wellbeing and Sustainability, and currently an advisor to VCs, Board Member of private and public companies, Director of Tokyo Women in VC, and executive coach.

Eriko is former founding member and Managing Director of Japan’s first ESG focused VC MPower Partners, and GP of Fresco Capital and Investment Director of Mistletoe, etc. and started her career in Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley and UBS and later became Japan country manager of Silicon Valley based drone startup.

Author of “How we live, will be how we work” (Daiwashobo, 2018) and translator of New York Times best seller “Mission Economy: A moonshot guide to changing capitalism” (Mariana Mazzucato, 2021). Mother of two children.

Mark was born and raised in Silicon Valley. As an entrepreneur, he founded several startups in Silicon Valley, including Birdview Technologies, which he sold to Constellation Software. He then spent 15 years as a venture capitalist in France, where he has a successful exit track record in IPOs and M&A.
He currently manages Shizen Capital in Tokyo.
He holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University and a Master of Business Administration from Kellogg School of Management.

After graduating from university, he joined Bayer. Then, he worked in global management and development projects at BASF and served as Marketing Director of Henkel and Country Manager in Japan for the German furniture brand hülsta.
Since 2009, he has founded the boutique consulting firm Aventa, providing management consulting services to numerous Japanese and foreign companies. He also participated in Quchy, a social media venture company, where he made several startup investments. He is also the CMO and Head of Asia at Rice Exchange, a blockchain platform provider.

After 2 decades in the telecom sector, he transitioned to and specializes in the energy technology field. With experience as both an entre-/intrapreneur, Mike consults on and advises companies regarding Japan-entry and overseas expansion in climate-tech and energy-tech. He is passionate about sustainability and implementing solutions to reduce carbon/climate impacts while increasing profitability. Adept at cross-border management and cultural adaptation. Mike has held non-executive board directorships across publicly-listed, private and non-profit boards. Further, he has lived in Japan for over 35 years and is fluent in Japanese.

Has held various management roles which include Country Chairman for Shell, Chairman of the Board for Showa Shell, and Director for Enechange.
Has worked for Energy Industry over 40 years (ExxonMobil and Shell), with experience in Upstream and Downstream business for Oil and Gas/LNG. Has supported Enechange to progress towards a successful IPO. During the last 10 years, has advised Renewable (mostly Solar) and Power businesses as well as many global energy/climate tech companies interested in the Japanese market. Currently serves as an External Director for a Philippine Oil Company and as advisors for multiple start-up companies.
Holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and was a visiting researcher for Harvard University, Energy and Environment Policy Center.