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Yohei Sawayama
InvestorFounding Partner at Coral Capital
Tokyo
Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $1M
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About
Yohei Sawayama is a Founding Partner at Coral Capital, which he co-founded in 2015 as 500 Startups Japan before rebranding to Coral Capital in 2019. He has invested in over 110 companies including SmartHR, KAKEHASHI, and Kyoto Fusioneering, managing roughly 60 billion yen. Before venture capital he worked as a researcher at Nomura Securities and covered the TMT sector in J.P. Morgan's investment banking division; he holds a master's degree in engineering (nuclear engineering) from the University of Tokyo and has served as an adjunct lecturer at Waseda University since 2021.
Investments
Investor
CoLabHenryjustInCaseKoskaMOVPocket ConciergePolyuseRuten IncSmartHRSpiceCodeZehitomoカケハシ (Kakehashi)京都フュージョニアリング
Sources: curated public sources · the firm's website.
Colleagues at Coral Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Yohei Sawayama?
- Yohei Sawayama is a Founding Partner at Coral Capital, which he co-founded in 2015 as 500 Startups Japan before rebranding to Coral Capital in 2019. He has invested in over 110 companies including SmartHR, KAKEHASHI, and Kyoto Fusioneering, managing roughly 60 billion yen. Before venture capital he worked as a researcher at Nomura Securities and covered the TMT sector in J.P. Morgan's investment banking division; he holds a master's degree in engineering (nuclear engineering) from the University of Tokyo and has served as an adjunct lecturer at Waseda University since 2021.
- Where does Yohei Sawayama work?
- Yohei Sawayama is Founding Partner at Coral Capital.
- What check size does Yohei Sawayama write?
- Yohei Sawayama typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.
- What companies has Yohei Sawayama invested in?
- Investments tracked here include CoLab, Henry, justInCase, Koska, MOV, Pocket Concierge, Polyuse, Ruten Inc, SmartHR, SpiceCode, Zehitomo, カケハシ (Kakehashi), and 1 more.
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