Taro Hizume

Taro Hizume is a partner at ff Venture Capital since June 2023 and serves as an investment director at JBIC IG Partners, a position held since August 2022. Taro has been a lifetime member of Beta Gamma Sigma since July 2022, recognizing exemplary achievements in business studies. Since April 2017, Taro has been a manager at Industrial Growth Platform Inc., contributing to management consulting, mergers and acquisitions advisory, and principal investment. Prior experience includes roles at JBIC IG Partners as a vice president from April 2018 to April 2020, and as an associate at Mitsui & Co., Ltd., from April 2013 to March 2017. Taro holds a Tech MBA with distinction from NYU Stern School of Business and a Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from The University of Tokyo.