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Nobu Iguchi

Managing Partner at Great Wave Ventures

New York, New York

Overview 

Nobu Iguchi is a Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Great Wave Ventures, specializing in investments in ConstructionTech and Real Estate/PropTech sectors in New York City. With a background in top-tier companies like Amazon and McKinsey, Iguchi has successfully led teams and made strategic investments in startups like Mechasys and Psychic VR Lab. Highlights of Nobu Iguchi's career include his role as a Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Great Wave Ventures, where he focuses on seed and pre-seed stage investments in key sectors, and his experience as a Senior Investment Associate at Bridgewater Associates, showcasing his expertise in operations management and strategy.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder & Managing Partner

    2020 - Current

    Investing in Pre-seed through Series B in built world, climate, and logistics (fka Agya Ventures)

Great Wave Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund, investing in the future of the built world.

  • Senior Investment Associate

    2017 - 2020

    Bridgewater is the largest hedge fund in the world with $150 billion under management. Before co-founding Agya Ventures, I was on Bridgewater’s new research team called the microequities team that managed investments in equities for Pure Alpha (Bridgewater’s flagship alpha fund) at the sector level. Prior to that, I was Junior Team Lead on Team Americas in Client Service Research that addressed research questions for Bridgewater’s clients in North America.

Bridgewater manages approximately $120 billion in global investments for a wide array of institutional clients, including foreign

Raised $22,000,000.00.

  • Pathways Operations Manager

    2015 - 2017

    Direct management responsibility for 8 area managers, 500 employees (associates), and 200,000 shipments.

Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

Raised $8,108,000,000.00 from DBS Bank and Mizuho Bank.

  • Senior Program Manager

    2014 - 2014

    Helped expand Amazon Fresh in early days when it was still operating in three metropolitan areas.

Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

Raised $8,108,000,000.00 from DBS Bank and Mizuho Bank.

  • Business Analyst

    2011 - 2013

    Generalist management consultant. Worked for multiple global companies in sectors ranging from technology, chemical, telecom, to automotive.

McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity

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