"Shin"ichiro joined Yahoo Japan Corporation in April 2013. From July 2013, he joined YJ Capital. He had served as COO of YJ Capital since January 2015 and served as CEO since November 2016. From April 2021, Shin serves as CEO of Z Venture Capital now after the merger between YJ Capital and LINE Ventures.
Currently, Shin has also served as Partner and Director of EV Growth Fund, co-GP fund among East Ventures, Sinarmas, and Z Venture Capital since 2018. Before Yahoo Japan Corporation, Shin was General Director of Dream Incubator Vietnam from 2007 to 2012, managing US$50 million private equity funds in Vietnam. He was formerly a Project Manager at Dream Incubator Japan. He started his career at Future Architect as a system engineer.
As a co-author, Shin published “STARTUP, how successful entrepreneurs think and move” from NewsPicks.
Shin received his bachelor's degree in Policy Management from Keio University.