Yuriko Gibo works across venture investing, university commercialization, and impact-finance standard setting, holding roles such as Chair of the Community and Practice Subcommittee of Japan's Impact Consortium, steering committee member of the Japan Impact-driven Financing Initiative, and research fellow at SIMI, where she prepared a Japanese summary of UNICEF's Child-Lens Investing Framework, while also having built institutions like a Technology Licensing Organization in Okinawa and the JKiC. Her focus on Impact Measurement and Management is shaped by an international background that includes study or research at LSE, Stanford, and UC San Diego along with Silicon Valley experience, and it has led her to public forums like RI Japan 2024's plenary on impact investing and a roundtable on the Impact Performance Reporting Norms pilot.
About their Fund
Keio Innovation Initiative was the first impact fund among university-affiliated VCs in Japan, expanding beyond Keio-originated research to back deep-tech startups from other universities and research institutes in fields like regenerative medicine, AI, and health, while building out a formal impact strategy—including a Theory of Change, impact measurement, and shared KPIs with startups—from due diligence through execution. Backed by an unusually large group of investors, including Keio, Nomura, Japan Post Insurance, and major banks and insurers, and led by a CEO with a background spanning journalism, startup operations, and university governance, the fund supports technically complex startups from the lab stage through post-listing, aiming to advance quality of life, social systems, and environmental protection.
















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