Team

Moriyoshi Matsumoto

President & CEO
Moriyoshi Matsmoto brings an extensive background of investment and operational knowledge to JAIC America, Inc. Mr. Matsumoto, a CMA (Chartered Member of the Security Analysts Association of Japan) joined JAIC at the corporate headquarters in Tokyo, Japan in 1989 and has been a member of the Board of Directors and Investment Committee since 2000. Additionally, Mr. Matsumoto serves as Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of the fund for Private Equity Secondaries. He has vast experience in both Accounting and International Business and received a B.A. in Law from Keio University in Tokyo, Japan.

Mitch Kitamura

Investment Partner
Mitch Kitamura joined JAIC America in 2000. Mr. Kitamura brings a comprehensive background in combining operational, technical, and international business experience between Asia and the US. Mr. Kitamura leads JAIC America’s business development in Asia-Pacific and is responsible for investments in cutting-edge Consumer Electronics and Wireless and Digital media start-up companies in the US. Prior to joining JAIC, he held various positions at JETRO New York in New York where he worked closely with local/state government expanding local companies into Japan. Mr. Kitamura earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the Curtin University of Technology in Australia and an MA in Economics from Boston University.

Quaeed ‘Q’ Motiwala

Investment Partner
Q joined JAIC America in 2008 and brings 14 years of product and business development experience, working extensively across US, Japan, South Korea and India. Q is responsible for investments in the mobile, digital media and cleantech sectors. Prior to JAIC, Q spent 11 years at Qualcomm in various leadership roles that included deploying EV-DO in Korea, Japan and U.S, leading the initiative to embed wireless in notebooks and automobiles and leading business efforts at the Indian wireless carriers. He also worked at two mobile software startups. Q holds 4 patents in wireless telecom, has an MBA from Anderson School of Management, UCLA, an M.S.E.E from Virginia Tech and a B.E. (Electronics) from University of Bombay.

Kazuhiro Umeda

Investment Manager and Business Development
Kazuhiro joined JAIC in 2005 and started at JAIC America in 2008. He served as Manager, Biotechnology and Healthcare team for JAIC, Japan. He focuses on investments in consumer medicine, biotech, and diagnostics and specializes in the development of life science companies. He is currently a board member of US and Japan-based antibody drug companies. Prior to JAIC, he was in charge of marketing efforts at Daiichi Pharmaceutical, one of the top 3 pharmaceutical companies in Japan, where he promoted Cetirizine , meloxicam and CPT11.He also wrote feature columns in several journals. Kazuhiro received his B.S. and M.S in Life Science from Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences in Japan. He is a member of Japanese Association of Science & Technology Journalists.