Michael Yan leads Scrum Ventures' DeepTech investing as Partner & Head of Technical Investments, bringing a math background from MIT and Cambridge that founders credit for his sharp technical diligence and standout memory for detail, and he has also taken on operational roles building studios like Hokkaido F Village X and the SAKURA DEEPTECH SHIBUYA Accelerator. His investments span frontier areas like robotics, batteries, mining tech, and biotech, and founders such as Apptronik point to him as someone who combines technical understanding with real help expanding into markets like Japan.