Kyohei Hosono

Kyohei (Kay)　Hosono graduated from the Faculty of Letters of The University of Tokyo. He studied abroad at St. Petersburg State University in Russia, and holds a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Michigan in the United States.

Prior to joining DI, he worked for the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.

• Kyohei joined DI with the goal of “creating companies that are able to compete out in the world.”
  – He felt that DI was the only place where he could do battle from the dual fronts of consulting and venture investment.
• Promoting DI’s Global Business
  – While working in Vietnam, Kyohei worked as a strategic consultant, as well as managing a ¥5 billion investment fund
  – He is highly knowledgeable about business in the various Asian countries.
  – He also experienced to lead the turnaround of a listed Vietnamese company in which DI had invested.
• Changing the world by “incubation”
  – Kyohei is currently in charge of investments across the whole of DI, and has expanded its global venture investments in Japan, the United States, and India.
  – He is leveraging investment to connect the cutting-edge technology of United States and Japan with the last frontier of India.