Refu Nakaya brings an unusually broad background to venture investing, having worked across corporate finance, restructuring, direct growth investments, and global fund investing at Development Bank of Japan before joining JIC VGI in 2024, spanning sectors like aviation, logistics, energy, and regions including Japan, the US, Europe, Africa, India, and Southeast Asia. His graduate degree in Applied Life Sciences from Kyoto University's Graduate School of Agriculture gives him a science-driven perspective that's relatively rare among investors, particularly valuable for his healthcare and life-science investments like Ohara Pharmaceutical and KAKEHASHI.