大澤 弘治

About

Joined Mitsubishi Corporation in 1985, engaged in business development and investment related to the information industry. During his time at the company, for six years up to 1999 he worked at its Silicon Valley office, where he was involved in the founding of NeoMagic and Centillium Communications (both listed on NASDAQ), contributed to creating many business opportunities through investment and business development, and pioneered a new venture investment business model for a general trading company. After leaving Mitsubishi Corporation in 1999, he founded Global Catalyst Partners (GCP) in Silicon Valley together with Kamran Elahian and serves as General Partner. He has been involved in investing in and managing many early-stage IT-related ventures in the US and Asia. In 2014 he established Global Catalyst Partners Japan Fund I, a Japan fund. He serves as an outside director of nine GCPJ portfolio companies, and also as a member of the J-Startup recommendation committee of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, a member of the Innovation Leaders Summit advisory board, and a mentor at Plug and Play Japan. Graduated from the Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University. Completed the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University.

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