About
Shogo Minami is a CVC Strategic Investor at Presidio Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Sumitomo Corporation. Since 2022, he has invested in seed and early-stage companies across AI, media and entertainment, physical AI, cybersecurity, deep tech, space, and defense technology, with portfolio companies including Sorajima, Brave Group, MOSH, Gojo & Company, Nudge, Forest, Bloomo Securities, Rocket Link Technology, Secondz Digital, and ATOM.
Experience
- Presidio VenturesCVC Strategic Investorcurrent2026 — presentSanta Clara County, CA
- 住友商事株式会社Member of Innovation and Investment Dept.current2020 — present
- Sumisho Venture PartnersSenior Associate2022 — 2026
- BooxMixFounder2019 — 2020
- Japan House of RepresentativesCongressional Intern2016 — 2018Tokyo
Skills & more
LeadershipPublic SpeakingLarge Language Models (LLM)Customer ServiceSocial MediaMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Word
- AI Agents Fundamentals — Hugging Face
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Colleagues at Presidio Ventures
Ben Takeuchi
COO at Presidio Ventures
Dafydd Prole
Principal at Presidio Ventures
Ellen Pierce
VP Administration at Presidio Ventures
Hiro Tomogae
Director at Presidio Ventures
Jamie Tapscott
Operations Specialist at Presidio Ventures
Kei Yoshida
Principal at Presidio Ventures
Leonard Fong
Senior Controller at Presidio Ventures
Masood Pirzada
CEO at Presidio Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Shogo Minami?
- Shogo Minami is a CVC Strategic Investor at Presidio Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Sumitomo Corporation. Since 2022, he has invested in seed and early-stage companies across AI, media and entertainment, physical AI, cybersecurity, deep tech, space, and defense technology, with portfolio companies including Sorajima, Brave Group, MOSH, Gojo & Company, Nudge, Forest, Bloomo Securities, Rocket Link Technology, Secondz Digital, and ATOM.
- Where does Shogo Minami work?
- Shogo Minami is Associate at Presidio Ventures.
- Where did Shogo Minami go to school?
- Shogo Minami studied at Keio University (Bachelor’s degree, Political Science); TalTech – Tallinn University of Technology (Summer School Program, e-Governance course); Redlands.
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