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Ryutaro Hiroshima

Investor

Partner, Head of Japan at Type One Ventures

Japan

About

Raised in San Francisco and a Sophia University business graduate, Hiroshima built a career in corporate/M&A finance at MUFG Bank and capital markets at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities before founding Mars Growth Capital in Singapore in 2020. He now serves as General Partner of Type One Japan, leading the firm's Japanese expansion and connecting Japanese institutional and corporate investors with frontier-tech startups.

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Experience

  1. Type One VenturesPartner, Head of Japancurrent2025 β€” presentTokyo, Japan
  2. Mars Growth CapitalCEO2020 β€” 2024Singapore, Singapore
  3. MUFG Securities Americas Inc.Director2017 β€” 2020New York, United States
  4. Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley SecuritiesHead of International Syndication2009 β€” 2017倧手町
  5. MUFGManager2006 β€” 2009London Area, United Kingdom
  6. MUFGAssociate2002 β€” 2006Tokyo, Japan

Education

  1. Sophia University硌済, η΅Œε–Ά1998 β€” 2002

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Same school

Also attended Sophia University19

Chika NakasuExecutive Manager at Playground GlobalSantiago TenorioVenture Partner at Thundermark CapitalMelody MadhavanAssociate at Cento VenturesSatoko KatoVice President, General Counsel and CCO at NewRoad Capital Partners, LLCFady JameelVice Chairman, International at JIMCOHassan JameelVice Chairman, Saudi Arabia at JIMCO

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Shared employers

Also worked at Mars Growth Capital2

Yuki NakamuraDirector of Investor Relations - Japan at Type One VenturesSandeep SinghalInvestor at Avaana Capital

Also worked at MUFG33

Yuki NakamuraDirector of Investor Relations - Japan at Type One VenturesKoichi SaitoGeneral Partner at KK FundCharles SpicerNon-Executive Chair at EMV CapitalDavid HoughtonPrincipal at Houghton Street VenturesJunie FOOAdvisor at iGlobe PartnersAshley MooreHilbert Capital Team at Hilbert Group

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Colleagues at Type One Ventures

Abdo John Hajj
Founder of AJH Investments, a private investment office built for long-duration ownership.
Adam Sanchez
Finance and Operations Associate at Type One Ventures
Avantika Gupta
Principal at Type One Ventures
Cynthia Jean Kember
Head of Media, Content, Platforms and Partnerships at Type One Ventures
Daniil Chen
Principal at Type One Ventures
Daphne Zhao
Director - APAC at Type One Ventures
Gledis Vogli
Advisor at Type One Ventures
Gustav Spangberg
Principal at Type One Ventures