In 1987 Yuji Horiguchi joined Recruit Co., Ltd. He held positions at Recruit spanning accounting, finance, corporate planning, legal, and new business development, eventually managing media production for a core component of Recruit’s business as the editor for 7 of Recruit’s magazines. Yuji joined IMJ as a corporate officer in 2005 and was promoted to CFO in 2008, in which role he headed numerous projects such as M&A, business transfers, capital policy, companies and divestiture, tax planning strategies, financing plans, labor issues, stock option design, and MBO. Additionally, he contributes to the business development of numerous companies as an outside director. In 2012 he founded IMJ Investment Partners, an investment branch of the IMJ group, and as representative director he worked on the launch of incubation programs in Japan and began investment activities in Japan and Silicon Valley. Furthermore, in order to expand investment opportunities in the Southeast Asian market and achieve a more global status for the company, in Feburary 2013 he established a new headquarters in Singapore, where he currently resides and leads investment activities.

Charlie had engaged in audit services for several listed companies and Initial Public Offer consultation services for unlisted companies at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLP. After being transferred to Deloitte Singapore, he was responsible for conduct audit, tax, company set-up, accounting advisory such as fast accounting closing, cost accounting and bookkeeping), and internal control consultation services. He joined in Spiral Ventures in Nov of 2018. He is in charge of fund management and growth of portfolio. He holds a B.S. in Faculty and Commerce at Keio University, Certified Public Accountant (CPA) qualification in Japan and USCPA.

Sujit began his career in Nomura Securities (previously Lehman Brothers) in India and Japan, where he led the planning and development of web solutions and analytics for fixed income institutional investors. Later, he worked with Dream Incubator, a Japanese strategy consulting and venture capital firm, in Singapore and India. He supported business development activities for Japanese companies in India and Southeast Asia through consulting and M&A advisory. Thereafter, he was involved in venture capital investment into early-stage companies in India. In January 2021, he joined Spiral Ventures and is in charge of identifying new investment opportunities and growth of portfolio companies in India. Sujit holds a BE from VJTI, University of Mumbai in Computer Engineering and an MBA from INSEAD. He is a CFA charterholder and is fluent in Japanese.

Irawan had 4 years of experience in GoTo Group, responsible for supply operations, new product development, business development & partnership, and strategic projects management involving state-owned enterprise, Indonesian conglomerates, and GoTo’s global corporate investors. Prior to GoTo, he was a Consultant in a Tokyo-based Japanese management consulting firm, developing market expansion and new product development strategy for major Japanese MNCs. He joined Spiral Ventures at the end of 2022 and is in charge of deal sourcing and growth of portfolio companies in the Southeast Asia markets. As an MEXT scholar, Irawan holds a B.Eng. in Electrical & Electronics from Shonan Institute of Technology (Japan) with domain of expertise in robotics, factory automation and IoT.

Anissa had 7+ years of combined experiences in business development and strategic partnership for both domestic and international partners across Asia-Pacific. In her previous role at one of Indonesia’s leading unicorn startups, Traveloka, she led the market & partnership team in its overseas branches in Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Philippines, responsible for developing strategic plans to ensure revenue growth, leading multi-million dollar negotiations with strategic partners, and standardizing business processes in each country. She joined Spiral Ventures in Feb 2023 and is in charge of both deal sourcing and supporting the growth of portfolio companies in Southeast Asia. She is a BBA graduate from Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan, supported by government and private company funded scholarships.

Takeo Takahashi had engaged in credit rating and composition of CMBS (Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities) at Moody's and Morgan Stanley Securities (current Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities). Subsequently, he joined J-Will Partners (Private Equity Firm) and he led fundraising of the flagship fund and various services for domestic investors. In June 2017, Takeo joined Spiral Ventures and is responsible for investor relations and branch representative operations. He received a BA in Economics from Keio University.