Yuki Iwashita

Yuki earned an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and BA in economics from Keio University.

At Mitsubishi, a leading company in the sophisticated Japanese consumer facing industry, Yuki is connecting innovative global ventures and Japan's top brands of a growing consumer-facing industry. Yuki has various experience in the management of portfolios in the corporate venture division of Mitsubishi, including one of the largest online vertical media companies in Japan, and a marketing services company which serves major Japanese retailers and consumer-packaged goods manufacturers. 

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Previously, Yuki was part of management at Venture Republic Inc., Mitsubishi's online vertical media corporate venture, where he led and achieved its IPO on JASDAQ in 2008. In that period, Yuki played multiple roles, including initiating and growing mobile services to its flagship business and managing relationship with key investors in the IPO process.

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Prior to Venture Republic Inc., Yuki was a director of Mitsubishi's Point of Sales Data (POS) analysis and data sales company, which opened Japan's first large scale consumer behavior analysis project.

As a member of Class 17, Yuki served his fellowship at the Mitsubishi Corporation under the mentorship of Koichiro Nakamura (Class 12).