Masayuki Ohta

Partner / JP at ff Venture Capital

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Biography

Masayuki Ohta is listed on the ff Venture Capital team page as Partner / JP, and his biography on the same page states that he is a general partner at ffVC. Before joining the firm he was a Managing Director at JBIC IG Partners, executing private equity and venture capital deals with a focus on the technology and healthcare sectors. Earlier he worked at the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, specialising in equity investment and project finance involving Japanese enterprises, and he was a visiting lecturer at the Graduate School of Commerce and Management at Hitotsubashi University. He holds a BA in Economics from Keio University and an MBA from Cambridge Judge Business School. He is quoted as Partner at ffVC in the firm's announcement of the ff Red & White fund, which is backed by JBIC IG Partners and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. No company-level investment could be attributed to him from a first-party source, and no board seat was found.

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Career Timeline

2023
Quoted as Partner at ffVC in the firm's 1 June 2023 announcement of the ff Red & White fund, saying JBIC IG Partners has identified Central European startups as ideal partners for Japanese multinationals.

Sources & References

ff Venture Capital - The Team (title and biography) ↗ffVC announces 60 million euro ff Red & White fund (1 June 2023), quoting Masayuki Ohta ↗