Shoko is Chief Investment Officer at UntroD Capital Asia, a VC focusing on the commercialisation of groundbreaking science & technologies that tackle pressing environmental and social issues. Group offices are in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo with incubation centres focused on deep tech / advanced manufacturing and the inhouse network of 60+ PhDs/MS as well as 50+ industrial partners.
Shoko has over 20 years of investment experience both in public and private equities. Prior to joining UntroD Capital, she co-founded a climate tech startup, scaled and managed the exit, also held a C-level position at FTSE 100 company in charge of developing and implementing DX/GX projects at large scale across SEA, South Asia, Middle East and Latin America.
Shoko has a BA from the University of Tokyo, an MBA from INSEAD.
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Over the past quarter-century, Japan has endured prolonged economic stagnation and deflation, with the Bank of Japan maintaining a zero interest rate policy. However, this year, the BOJ finally raised the policy rate to 25bps. Although a small increase in numbers, it signals a significant shift that global capital markets have strongly reacted to, once again recognizing Japan's economic presence.
Japan is currently facing a range of well-recognized challenges and opportunities, such as demographic shifts like population decline and aging, issues in the labor market, challenges in the capital markets like corporate governance, and emerging opportunities like Quantum Technology, which is gaining serious attention.
In this session, we aim to engage in a meta-cognitive discussion, not just about those identified issues and opportunities, but to uncover and recognize the deeper, fundamental triggers that Japan holds—much like how a "25bps" change rippled across the global landscape.
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