Sota Nagano co-manages Abies Ventures with a background that mixes investment banking, private equity, and hands-on startup leadership, including a stint as board director and CFO of Kyoto University EV startup GLM, where he led a $1.5B cross-border M&A and IPO process. That combination shows up in his focus on Japanese deep tech—helping science out of university labs in fields like materials, quantum, and mechanical engineering reach international investors and markets.