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【Multi-lingual Venture Capitalist with Engineering and Finance background.】- - Grew up in China and Japan. Double major of Optical Engineering and Financial Economics at University of Rochester in New York. I'm fluent in Japanese, English, Chinese, and Cantonese.- - After college, I joined one of the top 3 investment banks in Japan, and later on started my VC career in one of the largest venture capital firms in Japan, SBI Investment. I invested in 16 companies, sat on the board of 6 companies, and executed 2 exits with capital gain of about USD 13M. In 2019, I was selected to be on Forbes Midas List.- - I moved to Taiwan and joined Cornerstone Ventures, where I started to look at much earlier stage. In early 2021 I joined Infinity Ventures (now Headline Asia), where I invest in early stage startups in Japan, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. More recently, we set up a crypto fund, Infinity Ventures Crypto. Beside investments, I also participated incubation of several startups at Headline Asia.【Major Portfolio】- - Ripple, Rapyd, Tokopedia, Onfido, Ralali, Amartha, Lufax, OneConnect, Gorilla Technology, SureCash, Mfine, Securitize, AsiaYo, Moove, Pickupp, Nudge, JPYC, Intellect, Nanakusa (SBINFT), FuelHash, Nanameue (Yay), Doublejump.Tokyo, OASYS, Financie, InsureDAO, J-Tamas, Minitt, Warashibe, YGG Japan, LUCA, FamilyTech, BlockSmith.【Motto】I believe Entrepreneurs should be the protagonists; and Venture Capitalists should be the "Kuroko".
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Founder And CeoBackseat Inc.Taiwan -
Venture PartnerHeadline - Asia Apr 2024 - PresentTokyo, Jp• Headline, rebranded in May 2021, is a global VC firm with more then 25 years of history, $4.1B of AUM, and teams in US, Europe, Asia, and Latam. (Previously, Headline is known as eVentures in US, Europe, Latam, and Infinity Ventures in Asia)• Spend half of my time on investing in startups in Japan, and the other half on Taiwan and the rest of Asia.• Write blog articles from time to time in Japanese and English.• Headline Asia also holds the one of the largest startup event in Japan, IVS, with 10k+ participants every year. -
Founder, Headline SchoolHeadline - Asia Dec 2021 - PresentTokyo, JpHeadline School is a free training program for aspiring venture capitalists.https://headlineschool.org/ -
Founding Member, Infinity Ventures Crypto (Ivc)Headline - Asia Aug 2021 - PresentTokyo, Jp -
Principal, Venture CapitalistHeadline - Asia Jun 2022 - Apr 2024Tokyo, Jp -
Senior Associate, Venture CapitalistHeadline - Asia Feb 2021 - Jun 2022Tokyo, Jp -
Founding MemberInfinity Ventures Crypto (Ivc) Aug 2021 - PresentTaipei, Tw• IVC is a sister fund of Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures), which focuses on Web3 industry.• Founding member of IVC. Invests in DeFi, GameFi, Blockchain Infrastructure protocols, and other promising crypto projects. -
Analyst, Venture CapitalistCornerstone Ventures 基石創投 Mar 2020 - Feb 2021Taipei City, Taiwan, Tw• Cornerstone Ventures is a Taiwan-based venture capital firm backed by the largest telco company and the largest Ecommerce platform in Taiwan.• Invested in 3 companies, held quarterly meetup events for startups and corporates, and wrote blog articles from time to time. -
Analyst, Venture CapitalistSbi Investment Jan 2018 - Feb 2020• SBI Investment is one of the largest VC firms in Asia. It was establsihed in 1999 and had AUM of $4B as of 2020.• Invested in 16 companies, sat on the board of 6 companies, and executed 2 exits with capital gain of about USD 13M.• Focused on Series B to Pre-IPO rounds of Fintech, AI, and Blockchain startups.• Assisted portfolio companies to establish joint ventures, collaborate with Japanese clients, restructure organization, improve cap table as well as governance, raise further funding, acquisition, and exit.• Selected on Forbes Japan's Midas List in 2019. -
Investment Banking AnalystSmbc Nikko Securities Inc. Jun 2016 - Dec 2017Jp• SMBC Nikko is one of the three largest investment banks based in Japan with offices around the globe• Assisted origination and execution of M&A and IPO for major PE funds' portfolio companies.• Built financial models and conducted market research as well as business analysis. -
Summer InternSmbc Nikko Securities Inc. Jun 2016 - Aug 2016Jp -
Summer InternBank Of China (Hong Kong) Jul 2015 - Aug 2015Hk• Interviewed private banking clients and built multiple virtual investment portfolio consisting of corporate bond, stock, ELN, and other derivatives -
Summer InternshipJ-Seed Ventures, Inc. May 2015 - Jul 2015Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, Jp• J-Seed is a Tokyo-based venture incubator.• Conducted market research and deal sourcing.• Shadowed the CEO and studied his philosophy of entrepreneurship. -
Summer InternshipManufacturing Business Jul 2014 - Aug 2014• Improve social media marketing and working environment for an optical element manufacturing company.
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Teaching Assistant早稲田塾 Waseda Juku Apr 2014 - Aug 2014• Worked with Mr. Takenaka Heizo (竹中平蔵), the former Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy, and professor of Policy Management at Keio University, to provide leadership seminars to high school students.
Jonathan Masayasu Hayashi Education Details
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University Of RochesterLaser And Optical Engineering -
University Of RochesterFinancial Economics -
International Christian University High SchoolHigh School
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