Reiji Yamanaka
Position:
Managing Director of KIBOW Social Impact Investment
Discipline:
Creation
Special Course
Courses:
Social Venture Management
Venture Management
Research & Startup Project (G-INCUBATE)
Venture Capital and Finance
Venture Business Planning
Education:
MBA, Entrepreneurial Management, Harvard Business School
BA, Economics, Hitotsubashi University
Biography:
Reiji Yamanaka is managing director of KIBOW Social Impact Investment, which he co-founded to support social-purpose startups in Japan beginning with Fund No. 1. As a GLOBIS lecturer, he teaches MBA courses on entrepreneurship and social innovation.
Reiji’s expertise spans entrepreneurship, venture capital, and business development. He began his career at Canon, later joining GLOBIS Capital Partners as a venture capitalist and gaining hands-on experience at two healthcare startups.
In the social sector, he serves as a board director at STORIA, a nonprofit supporting children in Sendai.
Reiji holds a BA in Economics from Hitotsubashi University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
