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
- Soma CapitalPartnercurrent2025 — present
- TranscelestialGlobal Head of Strategy and Investment / Head of Japancurrent2026 — present
- TranscelestialMember Board of Directors2023 — 2025
- TranscelestialBoard Observer2020 — 2023
- SUN METALON Inc.Investor2025
- Featherless AISeed Investor2025
- Eureka RoboticsBoard Observer2024 — 2025
- Bifrost AIBoard observer2024 — 2025
- ispace, inc.Investor2021 — 2025
- Q-CTRLBoard Member2021 — 2025
- Zero-Error Systems (ZES)Board Member2020 — 2025
- InfostellarBoard Member2020 — 2025
- Airbus VenturesPrincipal2020 — 2025
- Telexistence IncInvestor2023 — 2025
- Telexistence IncMember Board of Directors2020 — 2023
- Telexistence IncChief Operating Officer, founding member2017 — 2019
- FOVEDirecter of the Board, Chief Operating Officer2016 — 2017Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Goldman SachsVice President2013 — 2016Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Goldman SachsAssociate2011 — 2013Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Goldman SachsAnalyst2008 — 2011Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Education
- The University of Tokyo修士, Master of Economics2006 — 2008
- Keio University学士, Bachelor of Science2002 — 2006
Skills & more
Fully Bilingual English3チーム構築5財務分析5Business development6Financial modeling6Market research4PR2Project Management2Corporate development1Marketing1Robotics1Finance1
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Business 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
From Yuichiro's professional profile.
Colleagues at Soma Capital
Aagam Vakil
Investor 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
Gustavo Caetano
Investor at Soma Capital
Network2
Investors connected to Yuichiro in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- 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.
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