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郷治 友孝

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代表取締役社長CEO マネージングパートナー (President & CEO, Managing Partner) at UTEC

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Goji co-founded the University of Tokyo Edge Capital (UTEC) in April 2004 and has since established and managed its first through sixth venture capital funds (totaling roughly 130 billion yen), building the UTEC team and guiding portfolio investment, development, and exits, with 22 companies acquired via M&A and 21 reaching IPO. Earlier he worked at Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now METI), where he drafted legislation including the 1998 Limited Partnership Act for Investment and the 1999 SBIR program, and later contributed to copyright management and trust business laws. He graduated from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law in 1996, earned an MBA from Stanford University in 2003, and completed doctoral research in technology management that applied data science to identify startup opportunities from research papers.

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Deep Tech

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Who is 郷治 友孝?
Goji co-founded the University of Tokyo Edge Capital (UTEC) in April 2004 and has since established and managed its first through sixth venture capital funds (totaling roughly 130 billion yen), building the UTEC team and guiding portfolio investment, development, and exits, with 22 companies acquired via M&A and 21 reaching IPO. Earlier he worked at Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now METI), where he drafted legislation including the 1998 Limited Partnership Act for Investment and the 1999 SBIR program, and later contributed to copyright management and trust business laws. He graduated from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law in 1996, earned an MBA from Stanford University in 2003, and completed doctoral research in technology management that applied data science to identify startup opportunities from research papers.
Where does 郷治 友孝 work?
郷治 友孝 is 代表取締役社長CEO マネージングパートナー (President & CEO, Managing Partner) at UTEC.
What does 郷治 友孝 invest in?
郷治 友孝 invests in Deep Tech.

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