Ryusuke Hayashi spent over 15 years at Nissan leading global EV business development across the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance before becoming a venture investor, giving him deep operational automotive experience rather than a traditional finance background. He leads Energy & Environment Investment's dedicated Mobility Business Innovation function and focuses on hardware-heavy infrastructure startups like robotic power-line maintenance systems, positioning him as a specialist connector between Japan's industrial base and global mobility startups.
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Energy & Environment Investment is Japan's first venture capital fund exclusively focused on environment and energy since 2006, giving it an unusually long and specialized track record in climate and cleantech compared to peers in Japan and many global funds. The firm positions itself as an impact investment manager aiming to realize a sustainable society through startups in decarbonization, resource circulation, and resilience, with partners focusing on sectors where environmental contribution is central to the business model and can be tracked with clear metrics such as CO₂ reduction.
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