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Masahiro Suzuki

Head of Strategic Partnerships and Alliances at PanasonicWELL

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Masahiro Suzuki is a seasoned professional in business development and corporate relationship management, currently serving as Head of Strategic Partnerships and Alliances at PanasonicWELL. With a background including roles at Autotech Ventures and Toyota Motor Corp, he has excelled in fostering key partnerships and driving innovation in the venture capital and startup ecosystem. Suzuki holds a Master of Science in Management from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and has leveraged his expertise in negotiation and global business development to lead successful operations at Woven Capital as Partner and Officer.

Work Experience 

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PanasonicWELL

  • Head of Strategic Partnerships and Alliances

    2024 - Current

    PanasonicWELL (aka Yohana) is a new venture and business incubator from Panasonic, committed to innovating new services and technologies to improve the lives of modern families.

PanasonicWELL is an ecosystem of solutions to enable modern families to achieve the universal goals of caring well.

panasonicwell.panasonic.com
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Woven Capital

  • Partner, Officer, Head of Operations

    2022 - 2023

    * Led a strategy overhaul project and secured $400mil funding from Toyota Motor Corp. * Built and managed a team dedicated to business development initiatives between startups and Toyota companies. * Increased company-wide productivity by optimizing operations and implementing new systems including startup deal flow database, deal management processes, and CRM.

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Autotech Ventures

  • Partner, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Director of Business Development

    2015 - 2022

    * Started company as a founding member responsible for strategic partnerships with corporate investors, designed variety of strategic value-add products and pricing models while managing 17 large corporate investor accounts. * Guided portfolio startups through complex business development exercises and helped to win strategic partnerships including paid PoC projects, joint R&Ds, and direct equity investments from large incumbent companies. * Led fundraising from then-current investors and secured ~$120mil re-up commitments to subsequent funds. * Educated, trained, and nurtured logistics provider Ryder System Inc. (NYSE: R) throughout innovation initiatives. Helped to organize own $50mil corporate venture capital arm called RyderVentures. * Contributed to entire investment process: market research, investment thesis formation, deal sourcing, due diligence, deal term negotiation, investment memo drafting, and portfolio monitoring.

Autotech Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests and provides consulting services to transportation technology companies.

Raised $30,000,000.00 from American Axle & Manufacturing and Allison Transmission Holdings.

autotechvc.com
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Stanford Graduate School of Business

  • MSx / Sloan Fellow

    2014 - 2015

    The MSx / Sloan Fellows program is a one-year, full-time master's degree program for experienced leaders.

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Toyota Motor Corp.

  • Director / Project Manager, Corporate Planning

    2011 - 2014

    * Reporting directly to Board and senior leadership team, analyzed and evaluated joint venture projects and M&A opportunities, negotiated terms, and executed CEO’s new growth strategies of R&D budget allocation. * Led a cross-functional team and negotiated with Waymo (then Google-X) about autonomous driving technology. * Contributed to a multifaceted cross-licensing agreement between BMW and Toyota.

Toyota Tsusho Corp.

  • Manager, Business Development

    2005 - 2011

Mizuho Bank Ltd.

  • Associate, Sales

    2001 - 2005

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