President & CEO at JAFCO Group
View Live Interactive Profile →Shinichi Fuki has led JAFCO Group through more than five decades of the firm's history as President and CEO, overseeing what has become Japan's largest and longest-running independent venture capital institution. Under his leadership, JAFCO has continued to operate its dual venture-and-buyout model, supporting startups from pre-founding stages through IPO while also managing later-stage buyout investments in established small and mid-sized businesses. Fuki has guided the firm through a period of renewed strategic focus on AI, space technology, and nuclear fusion, aligning JAFCO's more recent bets with Japan's broader national technology priorities, while the firm's total capital commitments across domestic and international funds have grown past ¥1 trillion.