Masaji Matsuoka

Managing Director at E12 Venture Capital, Llc

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.

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Experience

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

Education

The University of TokyoBachelor of Laws (LLB)2000 — 2004
La Salle High Kagoshima1997 — 2000
Harvard Business School Executive EducationGlobal Management Academy

Skills & more

Strategy3International Trade3Commodity2International Business5Trading2Export2Corporate Development4Corporate Finance1Due Diligence3Investments3Mergers & Acquisitions3Private Equity4

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Start-upsVenture CapitalEmerging MarketsBusiness StrategyEntrepreneurshipValuationFinancial Modeling

Languages English · Japanese

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