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Katsuya Hashizume

Investor

Investor at Beyond Next Ventures

Tokyo

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Katsuya Hashizume is a Partner and Head of the Investment Department at Beyond Next Ventures, where he has led investment strategy since 2022. He joined the firm in 2020 and brings more than 15 years of experience nurturing academic ventures, supporting startups from pre-seed through commercialization and growth. His earlier career includes a Group Leader role at JAFCO and work as a representative promoter for JST START, and he holds a Master's degree from Keio University.

Invests in

BiotechDeep Tech

Experience

  1. Beyond Next Ventures Inc.Patnercurrent2022 — present
  2. Beyond Next Ventures Inc.Executive Directorcurrent2021 — present
  3. Beyond Next Ventures Inc.Manager2020 — 2022
  4. FuturedMeCEO2018 — 2020Tokyo
  5. Genomedia Inc.Board Member2017 — 2020日本 東京都 23 区内
  6. JAFCOGroup Leader2015 — 2020
  7. JAFCOSenior Associate2013 — 2015
  8. JAFCOAssociate2010 — 2013
  9. リバーフィールド株式会社Board Member2014 — 2020
  10. マイクロ波化学株式会社Board Member2014 — 2020
  11. クオンタムバイオシステムズ株式会社Board Member2014 — 2020
  12. アスタミューゼ株式会社Board Member2014 — 2019

Education

  1. Keio UniversityMaster of Media and Governance(Cyber Informatics), Computes Science2008 — 2009
  2. Keio UniversityEnvironment and Information, Computier Sciences2004 — 2007

Skills & more

Strategic PlanningPrivate EquityVenture Capital3Due Diligence1Business StrategyValuationInvestmentsStart-upsGrowth CapitalDeal SourcingBusiness PlanningDeal Execution
+2 moreComputer ScienceEntrepreneurship

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Investor

Biomedical SolutionsBolt MedicalMicrowave Chemical

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