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Masaji Matsuoka

Investor

Managing Director at E12 Venture Capital, Llc · Managing General Partner at Magenta Venture Partners · Board director at Actimis Pharmaceuticals Inc

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Managing Director at E12 Ventures and Mitsui Global Investment who joined E12 in January 2025. He spent 20 years at Mitsui, including a stint as Managing Partner at Magenta Venture Partners in Tel Aviv and as General Manager of Mitsui & Co.'s Venture Capital Business Department, and holds a law degree from the University of Tokyo.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

Board director at Actimis Pharmaceuticals Inc

Intro paths

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Actimis Pharmaceuticals Inc's investors · 1

Mitsui Global InvestmentMenlo Park · $500K – $10M checks · since 2017

Experience

  1. Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. | ("Mitsui USA")Vice President, Corporate Developmentcurrent2025 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
  2. Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, Inc.Managing Director2025Menlo Park, California, United States
  3. Magenta Venture PartnersManaging General Partner2022 — 2024Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel
  4. Mitsui & Co., Ltd.General Manager, Venture Capital Business Dept., Private Equity Div.2021 — 2022Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  5. Mitsui & Co., Ltd.Deputy General Manager, Venture Capital Business Dept.2019 — 2021Tokyo, Japan
  6. Mitsui & Co. Global Investment Ltd.Principal2015 — 2019Menlo Park, California, United States
  7. Mitsui & Co. Global Investment Ltd.Investment Director2014Tokyo
  8. Mitsui & Co., Ltd.Manager2004 — 2014Tokyo
  9. Mitsui & Co. Global Investment Ltd.Associate2010 — 2011Menlo Park, California, United States

Skills & more

Strategy3International Trade3Commodity2International Business5Trading2Export2Corporate Development4Corporate Finance1Due Diligence3Investments3Mergers & Acquisitions3Private Equity4
+7 moreStart-upsVenture CapitalEmerging MarketsBusiness StrategyEntrepreneurshipValuationFinancial Modeling

Languages English · Japanese

From Masaji's professional profile.

Colleagues at E12 Venture Capital, Llc

Ash Patel
Co-Managing Partner at E12 Venture Capital, Llc
Caroline Pinkney
Investor at E12 Venture Capital, Llc
Henry Sohn
Partner at E12 Venture Capital, Llc
Irene Mingozzi
Venture Partner at E12 Venture Capital, Llc
Michael Marquez
Investor at E12 Venture Capital, Llc
Patrick Mcgill
Investor at E12 Venture Capital, Llc
Paulina Szyzdek
Principal at E12 Venture Capital, Llc
Sunao Nishimura
Investor at E12 Venture Capital, Llc

Frequently asked questions

Who is Masaji Matsuoka?
Managing Director at E12 Ventures and Mitsui Global Investment who joined E12 in January 2025. He spent 20 years at Mitsui, including a stint as Managing Partner at Magenta Venture Partners in Tel Aviv and as General Manager of Mitsui & Co.'s Venture Capital Business Department, and holds a law degree from the University of Tokyo.
Where does Masaji Matsuoka work?
Masaji Matsuoka is Managing Director at E12 Venture Capital, Llc and Board director at Actimis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Where did Masaji Matsuoka go to school?
Masaji Matsuoka studied at The University of Tokyo (Bachelor of Laws (LLB)); La Salle High Kagoshima; Harvard Business School Executive Education (Global Management Academy).

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Shared employers

Also worked at Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. | ("Mitsui USA")1

Masaji MatsuokaManaging Director at Mitsui Global Investment

Also worked at Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, Inc.5

Sunao NishimuraInvestor at E12 Venture Capital, LlcCaroline PinkneyInvestor at E12 Venture Capital, LlcIrene MingozziVenture Partner at E12 Venture Capital, LlcMasaji MatsuokaManaging Director at Mitsui Global InvestmentKazufumi NakamuraInvestment Director at Mitsui Global Investment

Also worked at Magenta Venture Partners3

Ori IsraelyManaging General Partner at Magenta Venture PartnersRan LevitzkyGeneral Partner at Magenta Venture PartnersMasaji MatsuokaManaging Director at Mitsui Global Investment

Also worked at Mitsui & Co., Ltd.16

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