Shintaro Yamakami brings a rare combination of over a decade managing Japanese and US public equity portfolios at DIAM before moving into venture capital, giving him a global public-markets perspective that most Japanese CVC leaders lack. Under his leadership since 2015, Colopl Next has built one of Japan's most internationally focused CVC portfolios with over 250 investments, the majority outside Japan, while maintaining a long-term conviction in VR/AR as foundational technology across industries.