About
Founder and General Partner of KK Fund. Previously a Director at IMJ Investment Partners (now Spiral Ventures) covering Southeast Asia investments, and worked at a Soros-founded PE fund, Mitsubishi Morgan Stanley Securities and Orix. Holds an MBA from IE Business School and a postgraduate diploma from Saïd Business School, Oxford.
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Experience
- JIF Capital Ltd.Managing Partnercurrent2025 — presentSingapore
- KK FundFounder & General Partnercurrent2015 — presentSingapore
- Spiral Ventures Pte. Ltd.Director2013 — 2015Singapore
- Ishin Hotels Group (Hotel Investment Fund)Project Manager2007 — 2012Tokyo, Japan
- MUFGMitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities2006 — 2007Tokyo, Japan
- ORIX GroupAssociate2004 — 2005Tokyo, Japan
Skills & more
Entrepreneurship99Venture Capital80Investments69
Languages English · Japanese
- Venture Capital Fund Manager — Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
- WSET Level 3 — WSET
- Certified J.S.A Wine Expert — Japan Sommelier Association
- Certified Real Estate Transaction Manager 宅地建物取引士 — Real Estate Transaction Improvement Organization
- Certified Money Lender in Japan 貸金業務取扱主任者 — Japan Financial Service Association
- Certified Member Analyst of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan 証券アナリスト検定会員 — 日本証券アナリスト協会
From Koichi's professional profile.
Colleagues at KK Fund
Bookyung Brandon Kim
Principal at KK Fund
Daniel Kim
Analyst at KK Fund
Itthipat Peeradechapan
Partner & Advisor at KK Fund
Jason Lee
Partner & Advisor at KK Fund
Kieu Trang Khuat
Analyst at KK Fund
Kuan Hsu
General Partner at KK Fund
Lee Ching Wei
Partner & Advisor at KK Fund
Masahiko Honma
Partner & Advisor at KK Fund
Network2
Investors connected to Koichi in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Koichi Saito?
- Founder and General Partner of KK Fund. Previously a Director at IMJ Investment Partners (now Spiral Ventures) covering Southeast Asia investments, and worked at a Soros-founded PE fund, Mitsubishi Morgan Stanley Securities and Orix. Holds an MBA from IE Business School and a postgraduate diploma from Saïd Business School, Oxford.
- Where does Koichi Saito work?
- Koichi Saito is General Partner at KK Fund.
- What check size does Koichi Saito write?
- Koichi Saito typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Koichi Saito go to school?
- Koichi Saito studied at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (Executive Degree - PgDip in Strategy); IE Business School (Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business).
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Shared employers
Also worked at JIF Capital Ltd.3
Also worked at KK Fund4
Also worked at Spiral Ventures Pte. Ltd.4
Also worked at MUFG41
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