APT Women ACCELERATION PROGRAM IN TOKYO FOR WOMEN

Mentor

Yukiko Kato

SBI Investment Co., Ltd.
Director & Executive Officer, General Manager, Head of Corporate Venture Capital Dept.
Yukiko Kato

Yukiko Kato has 22 years of experience as a venture capitalist. Since 2016, she leads several CVC funds co-established with large Japanese enterprises at SBI Investment. She joined SBI Group where she involves in hand-on investment in 2002.
In 2015, she ranked first on the Forbes Japan Midas List, a ranking of the most influential venture capitalists in Japan. She is a committee member of the Industry-Academia Collaboration Subcommittee at the Japan Venture Capital Association.