Chieko Tazuke
ex-Venture Capitalist in Sony/ ex-management consultant in Singapore/ ex-METI official/ opinions are my own.
Chieko Tazuke
ex-Venture Capitalist in Sony/ ex-management consultant in Singapore/ ex-METI official/ opinions are my own.
Tokyo, Tokyo
Overview
Work Experience
Investment Director
2022 - 2024
- Invested in deeptech and healthtech startups in Japan. - Led a deeptech investment team across Japan, North America, India, Israel and Europe.
Manager
2021 - 2021
Associate Manager
2018 - 2021
- Executed cross-border PMI between Japan and the US and improved the profitability of the acquired entity by changing the manufacturing method, organizing the product lineup and sales policy and reshaping up the organization. - Supported a Singaporean startup entering in a Japan market by looking for a partner and planning the business strategy.
Long-term Overseas Researcher
2016 - 2018
- Studied business administration in National University of Singapore from Aug 2017. - Studied innovation methods in Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, IL from Aug 2016 to May 2017 and earned Master's degree.
Deputy Director, Industry-University Collaboration Office
2014 - 2016
- Established four venture capital firms under the University of Tokyo and other three top universities in Japan and injected more than half a billion dollars to university startup community. - Designed a new policy for increasing women engineers and got a budget of $200,000.
Assistant Manager, Industrial Science and Technology Policy Division
2013 - 2014
- Generated a new research method to compare between educational demands of engineers and actual educational programs in universities.
Assistant, General Policiy Division in Agency for Natural Resources and Energy
2011 - 2013
- Integrated a wide variety of opinions about future energy policy after Fukushima nuclear power plant accident and established "Innovative Strategy for Energy and Environment" in Sep 2012. - Executed research about analyzing nearly 90,000 citizen's opinions about future energy policy.
MBA Management Practicum
2018 - 2018
- Developed business plans of CCTV video analytics in retail and hospitality industries
Research Fellow
2008 - 2011
Studied fundamental mechanism of fear memory by using electrophysiological methods.