Fuyuki Yamaguchi studied physics at the University of Tokyo before earning an MBA in private equity from Wharton, then spent years at Bain and Roland Berger and inside Taizo Son's startup world (Mistletoe, MOVIDA) before becoming Managing Partner at Abies Ventures. He now splits his time between Abies and Visionnaire Ventures, a US-Japan fund, and focuses on hardware and deep tech deals like A*QUANTUM and Cuebus, while also teaching as a Visiting Professor at Ritsumeikan University.