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Yuichiro Hikosaka

Principal at Airbus Ventures

Tokyo, Tokyo

Overview 

Yuichiro Hikosaka is a bilingual VC and deeptech entrepreneur based in Tokyo, with a background at Goldman Sachs. Currently serving as the Chief Operating Officer and a founding member at Telexistence Inc, he has also held key positions at companies like Airbus Ventures and Zero-Error Systems. Hikosaka's career highlights include investing in Ispace Technologies during their Series C funding round and serving on the board of directors for various tech companies like Transcelestial and Q-CTRL.

Work Experience 

  • Principal

    2020 - Current

    Airbus Ventures is a SiliconValley-based independent global VC. Airbus Ventures distributes capitalists globally in, US, Europe, and Asia. I am responsible for covering the whole APAC as the primary coverage but not limited to. We love frontier tech which potentially breaks the limit of humanity.

Airbus Ventures empowers entrepreneurs to shift the future of aerospace.

  • Seed Investor

    2025

  • Board Observer

    2024

  • Board observer

    2024

  • Board Member

    2021

  • Member Board of Directors

    2023

  • Board Observer

    2020 - 2023

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2020

  • Investor

    2021 - 2023

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2018 - 2023

  • Chief Operating Officer, founding member

    2017 - 2019

    As the COO on the founding team at Telexistence Inc, I am responsible for VR, Robotics, and AI. My role mainly covers company strategy planning, business development and execution, accounting and financing, marketing and branding, and both global and local hiring – essentially everything!

  • Directer of the Board, Chief Operating Officer

    2016 - 2017

    As COO, led whole operation, including overseas business development, financing, tax&accounting, production management and hiring/team building.

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