Fundraising Fox

May Takahashi

Investor

Principal at TransLink Capital

Silicon Valley

About

May Takahashi invests in sustainability, digital health, and fintech startups, and helps portfolio companies expand into Asia, particularly Japan. She previously worked as a Business Development Manager at Marubeni, where she focused on digital health and worked with medical AI startups in the US, and later as a Business Development and Investment Manager at DEFTA Partners, a healthcare-focused early-stage VC firm. She holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and a BA in Psychology from Aoyama Gakuin University.

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Invests in

Climate TechDigital HealthFintech

Experience

  1. Translink CapitalPrincipalcurrent2026 β€” presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  2. Translink CapitalSenior Associate2024 β€” 2025Palo Alto, California, United States
  3. BastionInvestorcurrent2026 β€” present
  4. OpenFXInvestorcurrent2025 β€” present
  5. FhenixInvestorcurrent2025 β€” present
  6. BeZero CarbonInvestorcurrent2025 β€” present
  7. VC UniversityVenture Fellowcurrent2022 β€” present
  8. Defta PartnersInvestment & Business Development Manager2021 β€” 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Alliance Forum FoundationCEO Office Manager2021 β€” 2024San Francisco, California, United States
  10. Berkeley Innovative Solutions ConsultingConsultant (Client: B Lab Global)2022
  11. Marubeni America CorporationBusiness Development Manager, Investment & Planning Team2018 β€” 2021San Francisco, California
  12. Marubeni America CorporationAssistant Business Development Manager2016 β€” 2018
  13. Marubeni CorporationSales And Marketing Associate2012 β€” 2016Tokyo, Japan

Education

  1. University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration - MBA2021 β€” 2024
  2. Aoyama Gakuin UniversityBachelor's degree, Psychology2008 β€” 2012

Skills & more

Leadership3Team Leadership1Communication2Mindfulness1Multi-Cultural Team Leadership1Business Analysis4Feasibility Studies3Business Development4International Business Consulting3δΊ‹ζ₯­ι–‹η™Ί2製品開発2γƒ—γƒ­γ‚Έγ‚§γ‚―γƒˆγƒžγƒγ‚Έγƒ‘γƒ³γƒˆ2
+12 moreBusiness PlanningMarket ResearchMarketingChange ManagementPsychologyProject ManagementProject ImplementationBusiness StrategyInternational Business DevelopmentTechnology Scoutingbusiness planningDigital Health

Languages English Β· Japanese

From May's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business489

Mark FiorentinoInvestor at Index VenturesRishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHariFellow at Clear VenturesDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at OpenFX6

Sanjot MalhiPartner at NorthzoneJeff BussgangInvestor at Flybridge Capital PartnersDavid KwonPartner at AbstractDavid KwonPartner at Abstract VenturesKaran ShahInvestor at AccelMandeep SinghScout at Andreessen Horowitz

Also worked at Defta Partners6

Kyoko WatanabeManaging Director at DEFTA PartnersStan SakaiInvestor at Clean Energy VentureElona BaumManaging Director at DEFTA PartnersMasahide (Masa) IsonoPrincipal at DEFTA PartnersJingfei (Jennifer) YuAnalyst at DEFTA PartnersDennis ClarkManaging Director at Honda Innovations Silicon Valley

Also worked at Alliance Forum Foundation1

Jingfei (Jennifer) YuAnalyst at DEFTA Partners

Also worked at Marubeni Corporation4

Akito ArimaExecutive Officer / Partner at Beyond Next VenturesItaru Shiraishiγƒ™γƒ³γƒγƒ£γƒΌγƒ»γƒ‘γƒΌγƒˆγƒŠγƒΌ (Venture Partner) at Energy & Environment InvestmentKazuomi KanetoIndustry Advisory Committee at TRIRECNobuhiko IchimiyaInvestor at Asia Africa Investment & Consulting (AAIC)

Colleagues at TransLink Capital

Ashley Kim
Sr. Associate at TransLink Capital
Brendan Walsh
Partner at TransLink Capital
Brian Tomogane
Platform Manager at TransLink Capital
Chris You
Sr. Associate at TransLink Capital
Daeki Lee
Investor at TransLink Capital
Darren Huang
Venture Partner at TransLink Capital
Eric Hsia
Managing Director at TransLink Capital
Etone Sun
Associate at TransLink Capital