Jonathan Hayashi

Venture Partner

2024 - Current

• Headline, rebranded in May 2021, is a global VC firm with more then 25 years of history, $4.1B of AUM, and teams in US, Europe, Asia, and Latam. (Previously, Headline is known as eVentures in US, Europe, Latam, and Infinity Ventures in Asia) • Spend half of my time on investing in startups in Japan, and the other half on Taiwan and the rest of Asia. • Write blog articles from time to time in Japanese and English. • Headline Asia also holds the one of the largest startup event in Japan, IVS, with 10k+ participants every year.

Founder, Headline School

2021

Headline School is a free training program for aspiring venture capitalists. https://headlineschool.org/

Founding Member, Infinity Ventures Crypto (IVC)

2021

Principal, Venture Capitalist

2022 - 2024

Senior Associate, Venture Capitalist

2021 - 2022

Founding Member

2021

• IVC is a sister fund of Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures), which focuses on Web3 industry. • Founding member of IVC. Invests in DeFi, GameFi, Blockchain Infrastructure protocols, and other promising crypto projects.

Analyst, Venture Capitalist

2020 - 2021

• Cornerstone Ventures is a Taiwan-based venture capital firm backed by the largest telco company and the largest Ecommerce platform in Taiwan. • Invested in 3 companies, held quarterly meetup events for startups and corporates, and wrote blog articles from time to time.

Analyst, Venture Capitalist

2018 - 2020

• SBI Investment is one of the largest VC firms in Asia. It was establsihed in 1999 and had AUM of $4B as of 2020. • Invested in 16 companies, sat on the board of 6 companies, and executed 2 exits with capital gain of about USD 13M. • Focused on Series B to Pre-IPO rounds of Fintech, AI, and Blockchain startups. • Assisted portfolio companies to establish joint ventures, collaborate with Japanese clients, restructure organization, improve cap table as well as governance, raise further funding, acquisition, and exit. • Selected on Forbes Japan's Midas List in 2019.

Investment Banking Analyst

2016 - 2017

• SMBC Nikko is one of the three largest investment banks based in Japan with offices around the globe • Assisted origination and execution of M&A and IPO for major PE funds' portfolio companies. • Built financial models and conducted market research as well as business analysis.

Summer Intern

2016 - 2016

Summer Intern

2015 - 2015

• Interviewed private banking clients and built multiple virtual investment portfolio consisting of corporate bond, stock, ELN, and other derivatives

Summer Internship

2015 - 2015

• J-Seed is a Tokyo-based venture incubator. • Conducted market research and deal sourcing. • Shadowed the CEO and studied his philosophy of entrepreneurship.

Summer Internship

2014 - 2014

• Improve social media marketing and working environment for an optical element manufacturing company.

Teaching Assistant

2014 - 2014

• Worked with Mr. Takenaka Heizo (竹中平蔵), the former Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy, and professor of Policy Management at Keio University, to provide leadership seminars to high school students.