Great Wave Ventures

Nobu Iguchi is Managing Partner at Great Wave Ventures, an early-stage venture firm based in New York City, where he has backed more than 50 startups since 2020. He previously worked as a senior investment professional at Bridgewater Associates, began his career at McKinsey & Company, and managed warehouse operations at Amazon. He holds a BS in Chemistry from Yale College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Sayuri Nonaka is a Partner at Great Wave Ventures. She previously worked at Pangaea Ventures and Universal Materials Incubator, where she focused on advanced materials and deep-tech companies, and earlier held corporate finance and investment management roles at MUFG Bank and Dexia. She holds a degree in Economics from the University of Tokyo.

Mark Bivens is a Venture Partner at Great Wave Ventures with over two decades of investing experience across Europe, the United States, and Japan. He is currently Managing Partner at Shizen Capital and previously co-founded three companies in Silicon Valley, including BirdView Technologies, which was acquired by Constellation Software. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.

Shin Nuriya is a Venture Partner at Great Wave Ventures who has held C-suite roles at proptech and fintech startups in Japan. He started in investment banking at Bank of America (formerly Merrill Lynch) and later worked at Blackstone on real estate private equity. He currently advises corporates across real estate, hospitality, and technology, and co-chairs ULI Japan's NEXT. He earned a BA in Business and Commerce from Keio University and an MSc in Sustainability Management from Columbia University.

Elisha Agravante is Operations Manager at Great Wave Ventures, where she supports the firm's day-to-day operations. Before joining the firm, she spent six years working with teams at an Australian agency and an American investment firm. She holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of the Philippines.

Aaron Farr studied economics at Yale and is building Airgoods, a food and beverage distribution company.

Elian Haddock graduated from Yale in 2022.