Shinji Oshige

Head of Investment at UntroD Capital ยท Joined 2025

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Biography

Shinji Oshige is Head of Investment of UntroD Capital Japan. The firm's biography states that he joined as an Advisor in 2025 and was appointed Head of Investment in 2026. It states that he began his career at Nippon Life Insurance Company before strategy consulting and business development at the Boston Consulting Group and Dream Incubator, that in 2012 he joined the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, later INCJ, Ltd., where he served as Managing Director of the Venture Growth Investment Group and led investments including ASTROSCALE, WHILL, SmartDrive, Elephantech, Material Concept and SCIVAX, contributing to their growth as an outside director, and that from 2021 he served as Executive Officer and Co-Head of the group and completed the exits of all of his approximately 70 startup investments. The outside director roles described are in the past tense and were at INCJ, so no current board seat is recorded here, and the approximate figure of 70 exits is not recorded as a number. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tokyo and an MBA from the Graduate School of Business, University of Michigan.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

ASTROSCALEWHILLSmartDriveElephantechMaterial ConceptSCIVAX

Career Timeline

2012
Joins the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (later INCJ, Ltd.), where he serves as Managing Director of the Venture Growth Investment Group.
2021
Becomes Executive Officer and Co-Head of INCJ's Venture Growth Investment Group.
2025
Joins UntroD Capital Japan as an Advisor.
2026
Appointed Head of Investment of UntroD Capital Japan.

Sources & References

UntroD - About Us (team page, roster and biography, checked 8 September 2026) โ†—