Emre Hidekazu Yuasa
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Founders move us forward. They are the ones who identify unmet needs, set the course for the future, assemble the team, and power through brick walls or whatever life throws at them. I have tremendous respect for founders who take on these journeys.
Our job as VCs is to accelerate the entrepreneurial journey and help founders go even farther than imagined. We help formulate strategies, find blind spots, assist them at the right time, and sometimes just stand with them side by side.
Just as much as I admire founders, I love the job of a VC. I want to push the whole VC industry to take on new challenges, create new best practices, raise the bar, and pass down all of this in a better state to the next generation many years down the road.
But the most important thing is to enjoy this long journey together with the founders in a role of mutual respect.
Biography
I was always an outsider. As a Japanese national born in Turkey, I always felt different, no matter which country I was in. After “coming back” to Japan from a Turkish metropolis, a Swiss mountain village, and the US countryside, I always had an outsider perspective on my home country. I’m uncomfortable hearing Japanese people lament the “lost decades.” This is the same country that possesses a unique culture, discipline, and pride. This is the country that created the economic miracle that astonished the world. What we desperately needed was an engine to produce new industries, and I made it my mission to cultivate fertile ground from which new companies and industries could grow.
To work on this mission, I joined GLOBIS without much prior experience in tech or even work experience in Japan. The startup ecosystem has been very welcoming to me. I truly feel at home among the many founders who enthusiastically explained the future they see, the highly talented people creating amazing new products right in front of me, and new trends sweeping our industries and societies.
I am 100% convinced that this startup ecosystem will be the driver for revitalizing Japan’s economy and the country as a whole. And I can now connect all the dots that led me here. I am deeply thankful that I finally found my home, and I am more motivated every day to contribute everything I can.
Personal Keywords
snowboarding, triathlons, podcasts, Turkey, Switzerland, USA, 50-ingredient salad
Career
Emre Yuasa joined GLOBIS Capital Partners in July 2014 and is now a general partner. He leads investments in IT startups targeting digital transformation of various industries. Prior to that, he worked for Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting and KPMG Management Consulting, where he specialized in overseas expansion and post merger integration.
He graduated from Ohio State University and received his MBA from Harvard Business School. He teaches at GLOBIS University
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