Conducting research and due diligence for investments in seed round startups

Platform for finding sublets

• Planned all aspects of the business model, marketing strategy and operational strategy for their first product marketing in the US

• Identified investment opportunities across FinTech industry, such as P2P lending platforms and arising new devices in the sector

• Investment banking summer associate

• Created strategical pitches for activism to the portfolio companies.• Executed all aspects of investment process in a take private leverage buyout deal: due diligence, financing, deal negotiation etc.• Identified an investment opportunity and conducted extensive market research of a tech company.

• Sourced and evaluated buyout, pitched for M&A advisory, LBO and IPO transactions• Youngest in the bank to take client responsibility as a sponsor coverage banker in Japan; sourcing 4 M&A advisory and 10 leveraged finance mandates during tenure; Recipient, 2012 Divisional Award for outstanding performance

• Performed financial modeling, credit analysis and debt structuring to pitch for clients in infrastructure funds and energy companies• Awarded 2010 Junior Honor Award from Mizuho Financial Group out of 2,500 eligible employees

• Responsible for sales of outbound leveraged and structured financing to financial institutions in Asia