Will Schoeberlein
Director of Group Corporate Development at Mercari
Tokyo
Overview
Work Experience
Director of Group Corporate Development
2023 - Current
Explore global innovation & pursue inorganic growth opportunities, including partnerships, Joint Ventures, minority investments & M&A
Investing & Business Building
2013
Encompasses various entrepreneurial efforts & consultant engagements Select past activities & projects include: - Investing in both publicly listed & private Japanese technology companies; - Efforts around the Japanese SMB serial acquirer opportunity; - Time spent as an investment analyst at globally focused L/S public equities investment firm in SE Asia I share my thoughts on business & investing at https://japanbi.substack.com/
U.S. Lead - Late Stage Private Technology Investing
2020 - 2021
Investing in primarily late-stage technology companies in the U.S. & Japan
Chief Of Staff To Co-Founder & President
2019 - 2020
Nexus is the leading provider of Accounts Payable and Payments Automation software for the Real Estate industry. During this time, Nexus was backed by San Francisco based growth equity investor, Mainsail Partners
Procure-to-Pay Platform Designed for Real Estate
Raised $28,000,000.00 from Mainsail Partners.
Corporate Development & Strategy
2016 - 2018
Provider of electronic health record and practice management Software-as-a-Service solutions to the behavioral health market. During this time, Credible was backed by Goldman Sachs' growth equity investing team
Private Equity Associate
2011 - 2013
Middle market private equity predominately focused on technology-enabled business services, light manufacturing and consumer services companies.
Dominus Capital is a middle-market private equity company with a focus on management-led buyouts and growth capital investments.
M&A & Restructuring Investment Banking Analyst
2009 - 2011
Industry generalist working within mergers & acquisitions in addition to corporate restructuring and special situations
Perella Weinberg is a privately-owned financial services firm that provides corporate advisory and asset management services.
Raised $185,000,000.00 from Korea Asset Investment Securities, Fidelity, Cohen Circle and Wellington Management.