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Yuichiro Hikosaka

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Partner at Soma Capital

Tokyo

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

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About

Yuichiro Hikosaka is a partner at Soma Capital, a venture firm with investments in over 40 unicorn and decacorn-valued companies. He previously served as founding COO at two deep technology startups in robotics and virtual reality, and held investment roles at Airbus Ventures focusing on frontier technologies including space, quantum computing, robotics, laser communications, semiconductors, and AI. He is also involved with Transcelestial, a developer of optical communication networks for space applications.

Experience

  1. Soma CapitalPartnercurrent2025 — present
  2. TranscelestialGlobal Head of Strategy and Investment / Head of Japancurrent2026 — present
  3. TranscelestialMember Board of Directors2023 — 2025
  4. TranscelestialBoard Observer2020 — 2023
  5. SUN METALON Inc.Investor2025
  6. Featherless AISeed Investor2025
  7. Eureka RoboticsBoard Observer2024 — 2025
  8. Bifrost AIBoard observer2024 — 2025
  9. ispace, inc.Investor2021 — 2025
  10. Q-CTRLBoard Member2021 — 2025
  11. Zero-Error Systems (ZES)Board Member2020 — 2025
  12. InfostellarBoard Member2020 — 2025
  13. Airbus VenturesPrincipal2020 — 2025
  14. Telexistence IncInvestor2023 — 2025
  15. Telexistence IncMember Board of Directors2020 — 2023
  16. Telexistence IncChief Operating Officer, founding member2017 — 2019
  17. FOVEDirecter of the Board, Chief Operating Officer2016 — 2017Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  18. Goldman SachsVice President2013 — 2016Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  19. Goldman SachsAssociate2011 — 2013Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  20. Goldman SachsAnalyst2008 — 2011Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Skills & more

Fully Bilingual English3チーム構築5財務分析5Business development6Financial modeling6Market research4PR2Project Management2Corporate development1Marketing1Robotics1Finance1
+12 moreBusiness StrategyHRBrandingaccountingVirtual RealityAIデリバティブInvestment戦略的思考交渉Managementリーダーシップ

Languages Chinese · English · Japanese

  • DMM Generative AI CAMP Engineering Course Skill Admission — 株式会社インフラトップ
  • Eiken Grade 1 (English level CEFR C1) — 公益財団法人 日本英語検定協会
  • Quantum professional — Q-CTRL
  • General IQ Certificate - IQ135 — Brain Metrics Initiative
  • HSK Level2 — Confucius Institute Headquarters
  • Introduction to Python — Coursera

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Investments

Investor

Featherless.aiSun Metalon株式会社ispace

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Colleagues at Soma Capital

Alan Garcia
Head of Engineering and Data at Soma Capital
Aneel Ranadive
Managing Partner at Soma Capital
Aryan Raigangar
Investor at Soma Capital
Christine Alftin
Head of Platform - GTM at Soma Capital
Douglas Carney
Investor at Soma Capital
Fouad Farhat
Investment Partner at Soma Capital
Irene Koo
Community & Investor at Soma Capital
Joseph Landsman
General Partner at Soma Capital

Network2

Aneel Ranadive
Managing Partner at Soma Capital
Chee-We Ng
Managing Partner at Oakseed Ventures

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Yuichiro Hikosaka?
Yuichiro Hikosaka is a partner at Soma Capital, a venture firm with investments in over 40 unicorn and decacorn-valued companies. He previously served as founding COO at two deep technology startups in robotics and virtual reality, and held investment roles at Airbus Ventures focusing on frontier technologies including space, quantum computing, robotics, laser communications, semiconductors, and AI. He is also involved with Transcelestial, a developer of optical communication networks for space applications.
Where does Yuichiro Hikosaka work?
Yuichiro Hikosaka is Partner at Soma Capital.
What check size does Yuichiro Hikosaka write?
Yuichiro Hikosaka typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What companies has Yuichiro Hikosaka invested in?
Investments tracked here include Featherless.ai, Sun Metalon, 株式会社ispace.
Where did Yuichiro Hikosaka go to school?
Yuichiro Hikosaka studied at The University of Tokyo (修士, Master of Economics); Keio University (学士, Bachelor of Science).

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