Taro Hizume

Partner

ff Venture Capital · Warsaw

Present

Focus: Early-stage investments & Cross-border scaling (CEE to Japan/Asia and US). Currently leading the ff Red & White initiative, a specialized fund dedicated to accelerating the growth of Polish and CEE-based startups. Investment Focus: Enterprise software, AI, Industrial Tech, Sustainable Transformation, and Deep Tech Global Bridge: Facilitating market entry and business development for portfolio companies in the Japanese and US markets.

Board Observer

Microamp · Warsaw

Present

Investment Director

JBIC IG Partners · Tokyo, Japan

Present

Director

Industrial Growth Platform Inc. (IGPI)

Present

Manager

Industrial Growth Platform Inc. · Tokyo, Japan

Industrial Growth Platform (IGPI) serves as a long-term, sustainable value-creating management support platform with an emphasis on hands-on assistance. The firm provides management consulting, mergers and acquisitions advisory services, hands-on management support and principal investment with management support.

Associate Manager

Industrial Growth Platform Inc. · Tokyo, Japan

- M&A advisory - Business due diligence - Management consulting

Lifetime Member

Beta Gamma Sigma

Present

Beta Gamma Sigma is the international honorary society for business students. Invitation to membership is the highest recognition a business student can achieve. The mission of the society is to encourage and honor academic achievement in the study of business and personal and professional excellence in the practice of business.

Tech Mba Candidate

NYU Stern School of Business · New York, United States

Vice President

JBIC IG Partners · Tokyo, Japan

JBIC IG Partners is an investment firm co-founded by Industrial Growth Platform and a government-backed financial institution (Japan Bank for International Cooperation; JBIC). The company has invested into overseas companies through NordicNinja VC (EUR101 million tech-focused VC fund in the Nordic & Baltic regions). - Involved in the launch of a new VC firm in the Nordic & Baltic regions - Analyzed global VC markets to identify tech investment opportunities and created a new VC fund concept

Associate

JBIC IG Partners · Tokyo, Japan

Marketing Manager

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. · Tokyo, Japan

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. is one of the largest global trading and investment firms, whose business area covers machinery, energy, chemicals, food, finance, etc. - Managed an M&A transaction of railcar leasing business in the US - Supported business development of railcar leasing business in Russia