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Takafumi Yamada

Investor

Principal at Quona Capital

Singapore

About

Takafumi Yamada joined Quona Capital in 2024 as Vice President and became Principal in 2025, where he focuses on Southeast Asia investments and portfolio support. Earlier he was part of the founding team of Grab's Financial Services Unit, leading strategy, M&A, and fundraising in the region, and held leadership roles in Grab's lending and payment businesses in Indonesia. He previously worked as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in International Relations from the University of Tokyo.

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Invests in

Fintech

Experience

  1. Quona CapitalPrincipalcurrent2025 — presentSingapore
  2. Quona CapitalVice President2024 — 2025Singapore
  3. OVO (PT Visionet Internasional)Head of Payment Ecosystem & Consumer Lending2022 — 2024Jakarta, Indonesia
  4. GrabHead of Payment Ecosystem & Consumer Lending2022 — 2024Jakarta, Indonesia
  5. GrabSenior Manager | Special Projects, Grab Financial Group2018 — 2022Singapore
  6. AccionInvestment Officer, Accion Ventures2018Washington DC-Baltimore Area
  7. McKinsey & CompanyEngagement Manager2012 — 2016Tokyo, Japan
  8. Proximity DesignsFellow2014Yangon, Myanmar

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMaster in Business Administration with Distinction2016 — 2018
  2. The University of TokyoBachelor of Arts, International Relations
  3. The University of British ColumbiaExchange student, Economics

Skills & more

Business Strategy10Management Consulting9Go-to-market Strategy4Channel Strategy1International Marketing1International Sales1Economics3Financial Modeling5Strategy5

Languages English · Japanese

From Takafumi's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School1,777

Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins

+ 1,771 more

Also attended The University of Tokyo59

Kazunori YamaguchiPartner at Global BrainShinji AmahaVice President at Acario InnovationMasaji MatsuokaManaging Director at E12 Venture Capital, LlcTaka KodaPartner, Director at RDiscoveryKosuke MoriManaging Partner at Saison CapitalAkiko AmakawaCEO Chief of Staff at Takeda Ventures

+ 53 more

Also attended The University of British Columbia156

Joan MirallesHead of Administration & Valuation at Inveready Technology Investment GroupRares CrisanInvestor at GGV CapitalMarianne WuVenture Partner at Congruent VenturesBrendan BakerPartner at Rackhouse Venture Management LpAli KashaniVenture Partner at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcNick FitzInvestor at Juniper Ventures Management, Llc

+ 150 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Quona Capital26

Sooah ChoFormer Underscore Principal at Underscore VCEfayomi CarrInvestment Partner at Flourish VenturesMonica Brand EngelManaging Partner at Quona CapitalJonathan WhittleManaging Partner at Quona CapitalGanesh RengaswamyManaging Partner at Quona CapitalDavid MathewsonPartner/COO & Chief Compliance Officer at Quona Capital

+ 20 more

Also worked at Grab22

Kosuke MoriManaging Partner at Saison CapitalNatasha LimPrincipal at Radical VenturesJohn WisnioskiPrincipal, Investment at Wavemaker PartnersJunius SaidVice President, Investment at Wavemaker PartnersVidush MahansariaInvestor at FEBE VenturesFranco VaronaManaging Partner at Foxmont Capital Partners

+ 16 more

Also worked at Accion39

Madeleine GoldbergInvestor at Lerer HippeauVikas RajCo-Founder & Managing Partner at ResilienceVCTahira DosaniCo-Founder & Managing Partner at ResilienceVCNathan KrishnamurthyPartner, Investments at Capital One VenturesMonica Brand EngelManaging Partner at Quona CapitalJonathan WhittleManaging Partner at Quona Capital

+ 33 more

Also worked at McKinsey & Company1,127

Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalAnn Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateJeremy LiewPartner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersFabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ Labs

+ 1,121 more

Colleagues at Quona Capital

Adrienne Henderson
Senior Investment Associate at Quona Capital
Alejandro Safdie
Vice President at Quona Capital
Anuraag Dalal
Strategic Operations Associate at Quona Capital
Dan Bertoli
Partner at Quona Capital
David Mathewson
Partner/COO & Chief Compliance Officer at Quona Capital
Deidra Buissereth
Executive Office Associate & People Operations Coordinator at Quona Capital
Devin N. Dockery
Compliance Officer at Quona Capital
Elis Kwek
Investment Associate at Quona Capital