THE FOUNDER OF JAPAN’S 22 Bn USD INCJ VC FUND is a super-smart man of about 47. Over lunch, Mr Sato disclosed to me some of the issues they face to innovate the economy. First, entrepreneurial talent is hard to find. Big company experts do not always learn to be entrepreneurs. Like Spain, the word ambition is synonymous with greed, and the nail that sticks up gets hammered in these group-centric family based societies. He believes that ‘networking horizontally’ across disciplines will bear fruit. He is focused on the early stage life science ecosystem, especially pluripotent stem cells.
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022